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Massive US airships to conduct 24/7 domestic aerial surveillance
The US Army plans to deploy two massive airships with powerful surveillance systems over the US state of Maryland to monitor the country’s East Coast round-the-clock, heightening privacy concerns. The airships, known as aerostats, will
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Netanyahu says any U.S. spying on Israel unacceptable
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on allegations the United States had spied on Israel's leaders, said on Monday such activity was unacceptable and had no place in the allies' close relationship. Documents leaked on Friday
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Feds declassify Bush-era surveillance docs
Federal intelligence officials are declassifying eight documents about the origins of controversial surveillance systems created under former President George W. Bush. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) announced on Saturday that it
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Write wrongs! Over 500 world-famous authors sign anti-surveillance petition
More than 500 renowned authors – including five Nobel laureates - from across the globe have signed a petition demanding an end to ‘mass surveillance’. It follows the revelations over the last few months
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What now for the surveillance state?
Even GCHQ and the NSA know their work may not be sustainable without a proper debate about their power To most visitors, Cheltenham is a charming spa town on the edge of the Cotswolds. They
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Federal government planning black box vehicle mandate to track, tax and even remotely control all personal vehicles
The federal government is working on a plan that would mandate black box tracking devices be installed in every vehicle, with real-time uploading of vehicle location, speed and mileage to government authorities. This Orwellian
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WANTED Dead Not Alive!
Taxing Human Life One government Murder at a time! There are literally dozens of ways that innocent Americans are killed every hour of every day in America today! With Obama’s Unaffordable Deathcare Taxes, you must pay this
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Ex-NSA/CIA chief Hayden jokes of putting Snowden on kill list
When it comes to Edward Snowden, it's reasonable to expect a little hard talk from former NSA and CIA chief Michael Hayden. After all, it is HIS baby that’s been shamed by Snowden’s leaks. But
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Ohio admits facial recognition used to scour state driver’s license database without public knowledge
For nearly three months, law enforcement in Ohio have had access to an unregulated facial recognition database that includes all statewide driver’s license photos and mug shots, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Monday
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‘You Are Being Tracked’: ACLU reveals docs of Mass License Plate Reader Surveillance
The American Civil Liberties Union has released documents confirming that police license plate readers capture vast amounts of data on innocent people, and in many instances this intelligence is kept forever. According to documents obtained
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Chicago police start using facial-recognition software to arrest suspects
Police officers in Chicago, Illinois can remotely access video shot from any of the city’s 24,000 closed-circuit television cameras, and they are already using that ability to nab suspects who thought they could outsmart
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Rand Paul demands answers on drones
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told radio host Aaron Klein that the Obama administration may have made promises about drones over U.S. soil, but “there still exists a question” on exactly how the White House
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Nancy Pelosi’s Greatest Hits
Actual quotations or paraphrases from former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): Unemployment benefits are the best form of economic development
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Whistleblower Outgunned in Michigan (Update)
As I stated in my original article posted on April 27th, updates on my mother’s situation would be provided as they became available. I have included a link to the official police report phoned
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US assassination drone kills 5, injures 7 in northwestern Pakistan
At least five people have been killed and seven others injured in an attack by a US assassination drone in northwestern Pakistan’s tribal region, Press TV reports
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Look! Up in the sky! 10,000 drones in US by 2020
The idea of thousands of drones buzzing high above Main Street, USA may sound just a bit too Orwellian for most people. But according to the FAA, the future is already here. The Federal Aviation
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‘To whistleblow is like a death sentence’: five people who risked everything to speak out
Nevres Kemal was a social worker with Haringey Council between 2004 and 2007. After raising concerns with senior managers about child protection failings there, she wrote a letter in February 2007 to the Department
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Ignoring Whistleblowers
A government whistleblower, disclosing classified secrets, risks criminal charges. Defining restricted material usually includes a broad scope of information that casts officials or agencies in a compromising embarrassment. The idea that public servants may
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Things You Didn’t Know About the President’s Secret Army
The U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC, pronounced: JAY-sock) is best known for the Osama bin Laden raid. But it has long served as the president's secret army, planning and executing the most dangerous,
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CIA Must End Silence on Drone Targeted Killings, Appeals Court Says
A federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit seeking Central Intelligence Agency documents outlining its drone targeted killing program, ruling Friday that the agency’s refusal to acknowledge the program and whether records exist about it
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