Privacy Matters

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"The notion that the United States, with a tiny minority of the world's population, has the right to dominate other countries is profoundly authoritarian and profoundly anti-democratic." -- Andy Thayer, Chicago anti-war activist.

From the Joe Callahan defense committee:

_{President Obama with "cyber czar" Howard Schmidt}

How did you react to the news that the “CIA reportedly thwarted new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot”?  

So-called "Secure Communities" is just the opposite. It is a dragnet intelligence gathering scheme that will unfairly discriminate against Latino immigrants, make police work harder and cities more dangerous, and destroy families.

The following was posted on the website Building Liberty this morning. This grand jury subpoena comes in the context of an expanding FBI war on the green and animal rights movements in the United States. For context, see Green is the New Red.

The Massachusetts version of Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio has something to celebrate. 

“The goal is to get people thinking beyond the simple stuff,’’ said Mark Menz, a computer forensics specialist who will be leading a session on Internet investigations. “Many people will check a suspect’s Internet history, for example, but it’s important to know that with a warrant you can also look at the logs of the Web servers that the suspect was visiting.’’

Ending the war on drugs would not only alleviate over incarceration, it would also slow the rapid expansion of the surveillance state. 

Listen to Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, break it down.