Saturday, February 28, 2009

A real nice summary of the power of "our" executive

Since 9/11, and seemingly without the notice of most Americans, the federal government has assumed the authority to institute martial law, arrest a wide swath of dissidents (citizen and noncitizen alike), and detain people without legal or constitutional recourse in the event of "an emergency influx of immigrants in the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs."


Rule by fear or rule by law?
Lewis Seiler,Dan Hamburg
Monday, February 4, 2008

Friday, February 20, 2009

Can't even buy a beer without being spied on ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151505/Buying-wine-Spy-cameras-watching.html
Earlier this week, a law came into force which carries a maximum ten-year jail term for anybody taking a picture of a police officer if it is ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.
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The UK already has more than four million closed-circuit TV cameras covering the streets – the largest number in the world.
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The footage of people innocently buying a bottle of wine in a shop or a pint of beer in a bar must be stored for at least 60 days, and be handed over to the police on demand.

Chicago Mayor Wants A Surveillance Camera On Every Corner

Will the Chicago Olympics usher in a new era of spying on us?

read this:
by 2016, there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago

Pick your enemies carefully, because you become them ...

LONDON -- A former intelligence chief in Britain is warning that a police state is looming because of measures taken out of fear of terrorism.

"The fear of terrorism is being exploited by the government to erode civil liberties and risk creating a police state," she said.

From Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.