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It’s good to see the mainstream media finally notice! — PID
(AFP) — The government is creating a vast domestic spying network to collect information about Americans in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and subsequent terror plots, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The government is using for this purpose the FBI, local [...]
But don’t worry, we’re still safe: the president, per last week’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge John Bates, can still order the assassination of American citizens without due process of law or oversight of any kind. — PID
(WIRED.COM) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the Obama administration’s contention that the government [...]
(Washington Times) — The Federal Communications Commission FCC is poised to add the Internet to its portfolio of regulated industries. The agencys chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced Wednesday that he circulated draft rules he says will “preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet.” No statement could better reflect the gulf between the rhetoric and the [...]
(NORTHEAST INTELLIGENCE NETWORK) — In the realm of criminal investigation, there are instances where a crime has been committed but the criminal, in an attempt to confuse investigators and redirect the investigation away from themselves or conceal their true intent, will alter the crime scene. That’s called “staging,” and is often indicated when investigators encounter [...]
MYFOXNY.COM – It might sound a little disturbing to some people but a new pilot program will attempt to recover kidneys from people who die at home in Manhattan.
A team of organ specialists will have about 20-minutes after a cardiac-arrest patient is declared dead to arrive at the home, check a donor registry, determine [...]
(MSNBC) — A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
“I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak,” said Thomas D. “Tom” Sawyer, 61, of [...]
Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app [...]
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