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Obama’s War On Whistleblowers
At perhaps the most perilous time in world history, exposing vital truths takes on greater urgency than ever. Freedom in America is endangered. Truth telling and dissent increasingly aren't tolerate. Whistleblowers are called threats to
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Drones Over New York City?
In a world in which the NSA has access to everything, including – soon – one’s bank accounts, because “the government is there to protect you“, it was only a matter of time before
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5 Unbelievably Creepy Surveillance Tactics
Since the erosion of Americans' civil liberties depends on high levels of public apathy, some of the most dangerous privacy breaches take place incrementally and under the radar; if it invites comparisons to Blade
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‘Vulture spying for Israel’ caught in Sudan
The avian discovery was made in Kereinek, a town in the Darfur region of western Sudan, Israeli media have reported. Sudanese officials are said to have concluded that the bird was a secret agent after
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Obama Gives OK For Black Box Data Recorders to Be Installed in All Cars
With complete disregard for driver privacy, the Obama administration gave their consent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to mandate black box event data recorders (EDR) be installed in all new cars
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Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History
Indeed, the American government has more information on the average American than Stalin had on Russians, Hitler had on German citizens, or any other government has ever had on its people. The American government is
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Arrest of Activist Artist Protesting Drones Highlights NYPD Surveillance Program
New York is now widely regarded as the pinnacle of the police state. The full-spectrum surveillance grid in place supposedly utilizes biometrics and a city-wide camera system that supplies real-time data to law enforcement.
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Obama Memorandum Protects National Security By Demonizing Whistleblowers
On November 25th President Barack Obama issued a presidential memorandum entitled “National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider Threat Programs” that outlines the provision “and guidance to promote the development
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Presidential memo on insider threats: Why now?
On the day before Thanksgiving with little or no media attention, President Obama wrote a memorandum, which is an unofficial directive, to the “heads of executive departments and agencies” that addresses “insider threats.” While
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Police Install Camera Focused on Back Yard of Woman’s Home
Recently I wrote about an ACLU of Michigan report that highlighted the problem of police cameras being installed outside of people’s private homes. Last week I learned from my colleague Doug Bonney of the
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Anger as Government plans for new network of road tolls policed by cameras revealed
Motorists will be expected to pay a new round of pay-as-you-drive charges under plans being drawn up by the Government and councils, it has been claimed. Proposals already exist for three new tolling schemes under
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Big Brother Surveillance Only Used for Corporate Marketing, Says Expert
In the UK, more than 200 CCTV cameras have been installed in bathrooms and changing rooms to monitor students. Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch said that parents were not aware of this
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Big Brother and the Coming Drone Wars
Perhaps one day they’ll arrive over a neighborhood near you. Drones are becoming America’s weapon of choice. Domestically so far, they’re used only for eyes in the sky spying. Big Brother wants to watch everyone
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Federal court approves use of hidden surveillance cameras on private property without warrants
Yet again, a federal judge undermined the Constitution in a wholly disturbing fashion, this time by allowing police to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search warrant. This is especially troubling
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WATCH: Rise of the Machines: “A Drone in Every Home”
A decade ago drones were bulky looking aircraft controlled by complex computer systems requiring multiple pilots, and were reserved exclusively for military and foreign intelligence operations. But technological advancements in just the last five years
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DHS to test spy drones for ‘public safety’ applications
The Department of Homeland Security has announced in a solicitation to drone manufacturers that it will begin testing “Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety” at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, indicating that small spy drones will be
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DHS Set to Use Smaller and Smaller Spy Drones Against the American People
With technology in overdrive, “Big Brother” has something in store for you and the rest of the American people. In the coming months the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to utilize smaller drones to
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The US Government Today Has More Data On The Average American Than The Stasi Did On East Germans
We've written plenty about how the US government has been quite aggressive in spying on Americans. It has been helped along by a court system that doesn't seem particularly concerned about the 4th Amendment
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ACLU of Michigan exposes police surveillance cameras being used in residential neighborhoods
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan recently put out a fascinating report (PDF) on the use of surveillance cameras in residential Lansing, Michigan which seems to be congruent with the ongoing rise
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Hi-tech CCTV can recognise faces from half a mile away
High–definition CCTV cameras that can identify and track faces from half–a–mile away could turn Britain into a Big Brother society if left unregulated, the first surveillance commissioner has warned
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