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PATH: BS | Government | 1984

Public Expression of Religion Act = Gov. Mandated Religion Posted by Pile (7604 views) [E-Mail link]
There is a very scary series of bills moving through both houses of Congress right now, and it's under the radar of the mainstream media (as usual). These bills are designed to keep people from taking legal action against the government in areas relating to the separation of church and state. As is typical, the name of the bill, "Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005" is totally bogus. The bill claims to give people the "freedom" to express religious views without fear of legal intimidation. What this translates to is special protection from repurcussions of extending religious influence and promotion in areas where it is illegal and unconstitutional! Please take a closer look at this very, VERY dangerous legislation. Update: This bill is now being called, "The Christian Supremacy Act" by people in politics.
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US Citizens Refused Re-Entry Unless They Give Up Rights Posted by Pile (5919 views) [E-Mail link]
The federal government has barred two (U.S. citizen) relatives of a California man convicted of supporting terrorists from returning to the country after a lengthy stay in Pakistan, placing the U.S. citizens in an extraordinary legal limbo.
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Congress Set To Ban Public Access To Popular Web Sites Posted by Pile (8989 views) [E-Mail link]	[Bad Parents]
Web sites like Amazon.com and MySpace.com may soon be inaccessible for many people using public terminals at American schools and libraries, thanks to the U.S. House of Representatives. By a 410-15 vote on Thursday, politicians approved a bill that would effectively require that "chat rooms" and "social networking sites" be rendered inaccessible to minors, an age group that includes some of the Internet's most ardent users.
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Laptops Can Be Searched At Border Without Warrant Posted by Pile (7754 views) [E-Mail link]
A business traveler protests the warrantless search and seizure of his laptop by Homeland Security at the U.S.-Canada border. A court case ensues and a three-judge panel unanimously says that border police may conduct random searches of laptops without search warrants or probable cause. These searches can include seizing the laptop and subjecting it to extensive forensic analysis. One guy got 15 years in prison for images in his browser cache that he thought were deleted.
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CIA Blogger Fired For Citing Geneva Convention Posted by Pile (7190 views) [E-Mail link]	[Activists]
Christine Axsmith, a software contractor for the CIA, considered her blog a success within the select circle of people who could actually access it. Only people with top-secret security clearances could read her musings, which were posted on Intelink, the intelligence community's classified intranet. Writing as Covert Communications, CC for short, she opined in her online journal on such national security conundrums as stagflation, the war of ideas in the Middle East and -- in her most popular post -- bad food in the CIA cafeteria. But the hundreds of blog readers who responded to her irreverent entries with titles such as "Morale Equals Food" won't be joining her ever again. On July 13, after she posted her views on torture and the Geneva Conventions, her blog was taken down and her security badge was revoked.
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Evacuees Banned From Talking To Media Without Chaperone Posted by Pile (8552 views) [E-Mail link]	[Terroir-ism]
Residents of trailer parks set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to house hurricane victims in Louisiana aren't allowed to talk to the press without an official escort, The Baton Rouge Advocate reported. In one instance, a security guard ordered an Advocate reporter out of a trailer during an interview in Morgan City. Similar FEMA rules were enforced in Davant, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
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Katrina Beer Looters Get 15 Years In Prison Posted by Pile (8162 views) [E-Mail link]
Three people convicted of looting a liquor store in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina last year were given the harshest sentence possible in a Louisiana court on Wednesday. The three were convicted on May 2 of stealing 27 bottles of wine and liquor, six cases of beer and a case of wine coolers over the course of a week after the storm first hit.
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Administration Secretly Tapping Your Bank Records Posted by Pile (6317 views) [E-Mail link]
The Bush administration, relying on a presidential declaration of emergency, has secretly been tapping into a vast global database of confidential financial transactions for nearly five years, according to U.S. government and industry officials. Initiated shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, the surveillance program has used a broad new interpretation of the Treasury Department's administrative powers to bypass traditional banking privacy protections. It has swept in large volumes of international money transfers, including many made by U.S. citizens and residents, in an effort to track the locations, identities and activities of suspected terrorists.
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Wired Goes Public With AT&T Documents on Spying Posted by Pile (6480 views) [E-Mail link]
Here's a snippet of the information AT&T and the US Government are desperately trying to supress: In 2003 AT&T built "secret rooms" hidden deep in the bowels of its central offices in various cities, housing computer gear for a government spy operation which taps into the company's popular WorldNet service and the entire internet. These installations enable the government to look at every individual message on the internet and analyze exactly what people are doing. Documents showing the hardwire installation in San Francisco suggest that there are similar locations being installed in numerous other cities. The cat's out of the bag. Wired has made a pre-emptive move for "freedom" by publicly releasing the documents showing details on wiretapping and more.
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Government Using Illegal Phone Records To ID Media Leaks Posted by Pile (7454 views) [E-Mail link]
Sources are telling major news networks that the government is now going over phone records of reporters in an effort to identify who within the administration is leaking details of the NSA's illegal record search system to reporters. A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers Brian Ross and Richard Esposito call in an effort to root out confidential sources. "It's time for you to get some new cell phones, quick," the source told us in an in-person conversation.
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Why Qwest Told the NSA to Piss Off Posted by Pile (6551 views) [E-Mail link]
Verizon Communications Inc., and BellSouth Corp. began sharing records of tens of millions of their customers' phone calls with the NSA shortly after the 2001 terror attacks, according to USA Today. But when the NSA came calling, former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio broke ranks with fellow former Bell companies and didn't sell out his customers...
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Government Wants To Bury Spy Lawsuit Posted by Pile (6061 views) [E-Mail link]
When the government told a court Friday that it wanted a class-action lawsuit regarding the National Security Agency's eavesdropping on Americans dismissed, its lawyers wielded one of the most powerful legal tools available to the executive branch -- the state secrets privilege. That privilege allows the government to tell a judge that a civil case may expose information detrimental to national security, and to ask that testimony or documents be hidden or a lawsuit dismissed. This seems to be a recurring theme. We all should try it. Next time you get pulled over, tell the policeman, "It's a matter of national security." Go beat up and detain someone; stop their right of free speech and expression -- just say, "National security." And apparently you can get away with anything. "In a nutshell, invoking the privilege shuts down the judicial process and it says that the courthouse doors are closed," said Aftergood. "In a society ruled by law, that is a subversive action."
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Document Reveals AT&T Involved in Massive Illegal Wiretapping Posted by Pile (7061 views) [E-Mail link]
AT&T is seeking the return of technical documents presented in a lawsuit that allegedly detail how the telecom giant helped the government set up a massive internet wiretap operation in its San Francisco facilities. In papers filed late Monday, AT&T argued that confidential technical documents provided by an ex-AT&T technician to the Electronic Frontier Foundation shouldn't be used as evidence in the case and should be returned. The documents, which the EFF filed under a temporary seal last Wednesday, purportedly detail how AT&T diverts internet traffic to the National Security Agency via a secret room in San Francisco and allege that such rooms exist in other AT&T switching centers. As a result, the EFF has filed a massive class action suit in defense of privacy rights of American citizens.
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Louisiana Wants eBay Sellers To Be Licensed Posted by Pile (10082 views) [E-Mail link]
If you sell more than two items per year on eBay, the Louisiana Auctioneer Licensing Board is trying to force eBay Sellers to be licensed as auctioneers. Complying with the Auctioneer Licensing Board is not simple. It requires sellers to fill out forms, pay a licensing fee, obtain surety bonds and submit a notarized copy of your voter registration cards. All this just to sell a few items on eBay. It's a good thing Louisiana is in such great economic shape that it can afford to stifle even more business development.
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Being Concerned About Security Now A Security Risk Itself? Posted by Pile (6071 views) [E-Mail link]
The second in command at the Pentagon said Thursday that people who publicly oppose allowing a Middle Eastern company to take over management of some U.S. ports could be threatening national security. No word yet on what's the exact flavor of the Kool-Aid these people are handing out. My guess is "tutti-fruitti."
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Bush Intern Moved To NASA, Says "Big Bang" A "Theory" Posted by Pile (6334 views) [E-Mail link]
In the wake of administration pressure towards scientific groups over issues like religion and global warning, the New York Times mentions: George Deutsch, a 24-year-old presidential appointee in NASA headquarters, told a Web designer working for the agency to add the word "theory" after every mention of the Big Bang. Update: The guy has resigned in disgrace and more info comes to light on his nutty agenda and that he lied on his resume about graduating from college.
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Cindy Sheehan Arrested for Her T-Shirt Posted by wizeGurl (5878 views) [E-Mail link]
As some of you may have heard, before last night's State of the Union address, invited guest Cindy Sheehan was arrested and detained. Her crime? Wearing a T-shirt that said "2245 Dead -- How many more?" Apparently "free speech" is not protected within the House of Representatives. "Demonstrating" in the House gallery is prohibited--though I have to wonder how wearing a shirt with letters on it is "demonstrating." Although news reports say that Ms. Sheehan ignored instructions to close her jacket and quiet down, she tells the story a bit differently. Oh, if only there had been a few news cameras at the event to catch it all on tape! Click Read More for Cindy's version of events.
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Administration Caught Spying On "Terrorist" Georgian Vegetarians Posted by RantMaster (6292 views) [E-Mail link]
The ACLU of Georgia released copies of government files on Wednesday that illustrate the extent to which the FBI, the DeKalb County Division of Homeland Security and other government agencies have gone to compile information on Georgians suspected of being threats simply for expressing controversial opinions. Two documents relating to anti-war and anti-government protests, and a vegan rally, prove the agencies have been "spying" on Georgia residents unconstitutionally, the ACLU said.
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Administration Accused Of Trying To Silence NASA Scientist Posted by Pile (7160 views) [E-Mail link]	[Environment]
The top climate scientist at NASA says the Bush administration has tried to stop him from speaking out since he gave a lecture last month calling for prompt reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
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Government Goes After AOL, Google, MSN, Yahoo User Data Posted by Pile (5842 views) [E-Mail link]
The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded databases. The move is part of a government effort to revive an Internet child protection law struck down two years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court. The law was meant to punish online pornography sites that make their content accessible to minors. The government contends it needs the Google data to determine how often pornography shows up in online searches. It's worth noting that while Google is fighting this, AOL, Yahoo and MSN coughed up their users' data without much hooplah. SNL made fun of the Google story Saturday but neglected to mention their parent company, Time-Warner owns AOL and was involved in the issue. Perhaps it really is true that Google intends to be less evil. In any case, it doesn't say much for MSN or Yahoo, or the users who were foolish enough to use them for their search engine. Buh-Bye Privacy!
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