Monthly Archives: September 2013

Senate About to Legalize NSA Logging of Every American’s Phone Calls?

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“This is what I feared would be the ultimate outcome of the Snowden revelations.  Bottom line: At this point, the only clear result of the Snowden leaks is that the Senate is about to pass a bill legalizing the logging of the phone calls of all Americans. Further, who knows what amendments will be added in the mark up stage.  Don’t for a minute think the mark ups are going to advance privacy. It will be all about complex paragraphs that will allow even greater surveillance.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/09/is-senate-about-to-pass-bill-legalizing.html

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The Truth About America’s Murder Capital

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“The FBI says it is Chicago. Don’t believe it for a minute. The big time murderers are in Washington DC. And they don’t use handguns.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/09/the-truth-about-americas-murder-capital.html

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Not a Peep from Obama: Violent Crime Now at a 42-Year Low

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“Last week, the FBI released its national crime report for 2012.  By a slight margin, the nation’s violent crime rate decreased in 2012–relative to 2011–making it the lowest it has been since 1970.  Compared to 1991, when it hit an all-time high, violent crime is down by 49 percent.  The nation’s murder rate was unchanged in 2012; still lower than any time since 1963 and at nearly an all-time low.  Between 2011 and 2012, 24 states and the District of Columbia experienced decreases in their murder rates.  There was no correlation of these trends with the severity of the states’ or the District’s gun control laws.”

http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/9/not-a-peep-from-obama-violent-crime-now-at-a-42-year-low.aspx

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Chicago Police Devastated This Man’s Life, And Now They Owe Him $1M

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“Today Collins is a free man, acquitted of all charges, and the Chicago Police owe him $1 million. His seven-year odyssey may have finally ended this week, when a jury unanimously found the two officers involved guilty of malicious prosecution for fabricating the case against him.  Court documents and interviews reveal a remarkable story of a barber who blew the whistle on two veteran police officers and was vindicated. But the details of Collins’ case also underscore just how difficult it is for an ordinary citizen to prove misconduct by the police. Innocence, of course, is helpful. But luck is essential.”

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/09/27/2690121/the-chicago-police-devastated-this-mans-life-and-now-they-owe-him-1-million/

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Police Brutally Attack And Release Dog On Unarmed Teenager

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“An unbelievable display of police brutality followed by the police chief’s claims that his officers did no wrong.  What we are seeing today in our police force is growing ever more similar to what the Germans experienced under Hitlers Gestapo police force. The police brutalized and terrorized the people of Germany into acceptance of Nazi rule. The biggest mistake the German people made at that time was to do nothing and to offer no real resistance to the Gestapo police. It did not end well for the German people. How will it end for Americans?”

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Al Franken’s Privacy Concerns About Faceprints

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“Facebook has more than one billion users. The company knows their names, friends, jobs, and likes, and it also has a growing number of their faceprints. As Sen. Al Franken put it, ‘the implications of this are tremendous.’  A faceprint is a unique digital model of a face, think of it like a fingerprint. Facebook recently announced a potential expansion of their faceprint collection, and that’s why Franken wrote a letter to the company expressing concerns over privacy. ‘Unless we consider how we treat this,’ said Franken, ‘wherever you go people can see who you are and know a lot about you, and that’s never happened before.'”

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S3166980.shtml?cat=89

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“Does the NSA Violate Your Constitutional Rights?”

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“Without this limitation on warrants, officials could look for wrongdoing at will. Where there are witch hunts, witches will be found, and officials with unlimited authority to seek out wrong doing are going to find it. Protections such as the Fourth Amendment are especially important for people who make choices that don’t fit with mainstream thinking. People who choose to pursue happiness in unconventional ways or ways that differ from the majority should be free to do those things. These freedoms enable Americans to find their own paths to happiness as free and equal citizens. What value do you place on your constitutional rights in the United States?”

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Obama’s NSA review panel: An arm of the national security apparatus

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“What did the Associated Press expect with the latest ‘hey, we’ll investigate ourselves’ project? The AP is shocked, shocked to find that the supposedly independent review of the NSA’s practices has started to look a lot like an operation run by its parent organization; that would be the same James Clapper who misled Congress on the nature of the NSA’s activities, and then later claimed to have been as transparent as possible.  Ron Wyden had actually given Clapper a full day’s notice on the question, but rather than ask for a classified briefing, offered a false denial instead.  Now he’s basically running the investigation into himself, but we knew that already.  The AP is just catching up.”

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/09/23/ap-nsa-review-panel-looks-like-an-arm-of-dni/

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The United Nations vs. the NSA

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“It didn’t take long for the recent NSA leaks to dog President Obama and the United States at Tuesday’s UN General Assembly debate in New York City. The very first speaker of the day was Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who devoted a third of her speech to bashing the NSA’s mass global surveillance operations. But what other diplomatic fallout might we see at the UN stemming from Edward Snowden’s revelations? RT’s Sam Sacks reports.”

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Watching you: When and where you may be tracked

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“With continuing developments about my own computer that was hacked and revelations that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press journalists, it got me thinking about ways throughout the day in which my movements and habits are tracked, often with my knowledge and permission.  On any given day, most of us are tracked and watched dozens of times. Of course it’s one thing to have it done as part of a convenience and with our explicit or tacit permission; it’s quite another to be subjected to an unauthorized or illegal intrusion of privacy.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57604678/watching-you-when-and-where-you-may-be-tracked/

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