Big day for Anonymous: enormous email cache from Iraq war crimes case coming

This is what a surveillance state looks like

Thanks to the Associated Press, we now have a glimpse of how the New York Police Department marshals its massive intelligence gathering capacity to place a religious community under siege. 

The target: New York’s Shi’a population, estimated to be 35,000 strong (8,500 of whom are believed to be Iranian). 

#FFF strikes again

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Red light cameras in New Jersey don’t mean what you think

The police are attaching red light beams to surveillance cameras. They intend to shine them onto people they suspect are about to commit a crime. Yeah you read that right. (In case you wondered: the government is actually serious about 'precrime.')

International solidarity and the First Amendment in the crosshairs

Do you remember the FBI raids on anti-war and international solidarity activists that took place in September and December 2010, and resulted in 23 people being issued with subpoenas to testify before a Chicago grand jury?

Thursday technology links round-up

From über cheap internet sniffing spyware to surveillance drones capable of capturing 80 years worth of video in a day, this week's been another doozy in the technologies of control department. Oh, and if you are reading this, the FBI probably thinks you are suspicious.

Arresting the truth: House Republicans prevent ‘Gaslands’ director from filming Congressional hearing on fracking

House Republicans directed Capitol police to remove Academy Award winning director Josh Fox from a hearing on fracking today. He was arrested and released after the hearing. 

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Obama on drone strikes: rock on, it’s all good, etc.

President Obama had to directly answer an ordinary person's question about the deadly drone war his administration is pursuing. Watch:

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Contact lenses that bring the digital world into your head

The future is coming, fast.

H.R. 1981 is vacuum-style surveillance, legalized