UPDATE: Boston Globe reports Twitter subpoena “part of a pending grand jury investigation”

Citing a representative of the court, the Boston Globe is reporting that the Suffolk County District Attorney's subpoena for Twitter account holder information related to Occupy Boston is "part of a pending grand jury investigation."

Bill of Rights Being Dismantled – Call the White House Now!

What do you think would happen to you if you read the Bill of Rights while being screened at the airport? Would you get blank looks? Signs of interest? Arrested?

WTF? (What the Fawkes?)

TSA designation of Algeria as suspect nation upset the Algerian government

Tag and track automated surveillance is coming

More on the militarization of the police

The ACLU's Catherine Crump and Center for Investigative Reporting's George Schulz were on DemocracyNow! today discussing the militarization of US policing. Watch:

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DA Conley’s office subpoenas Occupy Boston Twitter account information

(Well, it tried: the DA's office asked for the wrong account!)

On the Friday before Christmas (today), CORRECTION: On December 20, 2011, Twitter revealed to the targets that Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County (Boston) Benjamin Goldberger had subpoenaed their account information in a document dated December 14, 2011. ADA Goldberger asked for: 

FBI likely has documents on Occupy SF

When Truthout managing editor Jason Leopold filed a request to the FBI asking for records related to law enforcement action around the Occupy movements, the agency told him they had no such records. 

On October 31, 2011, Leopold asked the agency for:

Data-mining: terrorism prevention or social control?

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