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A man named James Moore found himself on the no-fly list a year ago. He's never done anything illegal or that might link him with terrorists. But every time he flies, he must get to the airport 3 hours early so there will be plenty of time for the authorities to confirm that, yes, he's not THE James Moore that they are supposedly looking for. Then he can get on the plane, after a nice thorough security search. There is, of course, no way to be taken OFF the list, and heaven forbid that they cross-reference the list with something people generally have on them, like a specific credit card or driver's license number. But how did James Moore get on the list in the first place?
It seems that in addition to the warrentless spying that the NSA has been doing on American citizens, in clear violation of U.S. law, isn't the only way they've been keeping an eye on us. There was also the illegal cookies.
In what some are calling a scandal that makes Watergate look like a parking ticket, two years ago, George W. Bush went behind the back of the American people and secretly authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to carry out surveillance of people throughout the United States. 
It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn't. The pages coming out of your color printer may contain hidden information that could be used to track you down if you ever cross the U.S. government.
Today the Federal Communications Commission issued a release announcing its new rule expanding the reach of the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
Photographer Thomas Hawk was doing what he normally does: wandering around the city taking photographs, until he started taking pictures of the building at One Bush St., and a security guard from within came out and told him taking pictures was illegal and he would call the police.