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Govt Documents Reveal DHS Domestic Spy Takeover

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“Seattle spy boxes can track the last 1,000 GPS locations of cellphone users. But as new documents reveal, the grid is far deeper than the media is telling you. The Seattle DHS spy system ultimately ties in with an enormous stealth database that acts as an intelligence hub for all of your personal data.  On page 55 of the document that we have obtained, a diagram reveals the system’s basic communication abilities in regards to the Port of Seattle that the DHS has refused to comment on despite funding with millions in taxpayer dollars.  The wireless mesh network was built by California-based Aruba Networks, a major provider of next-generation mobile network access solutions.”

http://www.infowars.com/exclusive-snowden-level-documents-reveal-stealth-dhs-spy-grid/

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15 new UK banks in five years, predicts Metro founder

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“Mr Thomson, backed by US banking entrepreneur Vernon Hill, launched Metro Bank in 2010. It was the first award of a new full banking licence since the 19th Century, underlining the barriers to entry that new competitors face.  New entrants to the market have failed to loosen the grip of the ‘Big Five’ banks, which includes the taxpayer-owned Lloyds-Halifax brands and RBS-NatWest.  It was announced in March that new applicants for UK banking licences would face more ‘relaxed’ demands on the amount of capital they hold as part of plans to reduce barriers to entry and stimulate competition.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/banking/10106524/15-new-UK-banks-in-five-years-predicts-Metro-founder.html

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Thousands protest in Japan against new state secrets bill

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“Thousands of people protested in Tokyo against a bill that would see whistleblowing civil servants jailed for up to 10 years. Activists claim the law would help the government to cover up scandals, and damage the country’s constitution and democracy.  About 10,000 people crowded shoulder-to-shoulder, holding banners that read: ‘Don’t take away our freedom.’ Currently, long prison terms only apply to those Japanese who leak classified data from the US military.  PM Shinzo Abe says that the new legislature is extremely important to secure cooperation with Japan’s major ally, the US, as well as other countries.  The data security bill resembles laws targeting whistleblowers in the US.”

http://rt.com/news/japan-secrets-bill-protests-133/

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Oakland moves forward with plans for Orwellian surveillance complex

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“Lawmakers in Oakland voted to move forward with plans pertaining to the city’s Domain Awareness Center (DAC), an all-seeing intelligence-analysis complex that when completed will link data captured by surveillance cameras, gunshot detectors, license plate readers, Geographic Information Systems mapping and social media feeds to provide law enforcement personnel and emergency responders with 24/7 access to seemingly all public activity within the town of 400,000.  The city intends on having the DAC fully operational by July 2014, much to the chagrin of privacy advocates who have campaigned adamantly in recent months to try and halt officials from moving forward.”

http://rt.com/usa/oakland-dac-council-meeting-114/

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Privacy nightmare: Company advertises over 1bn license plate records

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“According to a statement made by Vigilant Solutions earlier this month, the company has over one billion logs in its system of license plates caught by LPR cameras capable of capturing data on thousands of automobiles each day. With the right access, any individual with LEARN or a similar system at their disposable can scour this data to see where and when a specific automobile traveled over time. But as the ACLU adamantly noted throughout its report earlier this year, many jurisdictions have no retention policy in place, allowing private companies like Vigilant Solutions and their law enforcement associates to indefinitely expand the amount of information in their networks.”

http://rt.com/usa/license-plate-ldr-database-039/

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The Border-Industrial Complex Goes Abroad

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“It should never be claimed that this mania for what we insist on calling ‘security’ provides no security for anyone.  After all, it guarantees the safety of those officially guarding us.  They always know that some small set of maniacs or other will make sure the funding never stops, their jobs will remain secure, and the military-industrial-complex, homeland-security complex, and border-security complex will continue to thrive in a country that’s been looking a little on the peaked side of late.  In this context, TomDispatch regular Todd Miller, who covers our borderlands for this site, offers us the latest news about how to keep border security rolling in dough.”

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175774/tomgram:_todd_miller,_the_border-industrial_complex_goes_abroad/

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D.C. awash in contracts, lobbying wealth

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“During the past decade, the region added 21,000 households in the nation’s top 1 percent. No other metro area came close.  Big companies realized that a few million spent shaping legislation could produce windfall profits. They nearly doubled the cash they poured into the capital.  The signs of the new Washington are everywhere — from the Tiffany store that Fairfax County (Va.) development officials boast is the most profitable in the country to the new Tesla dealership in Tysons Corner.  A company called Strategas has built an index to track the stock performance of the 50 companies that lobby the most; last year, that index outperformed the rest of the market by 30 percent.”

http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/d-c-awash-in-contracts-lobbying-wealth/article_53336d9b-a75f-5a1a-bb19-d46d3186a960.html

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Maryland Speed Camera Cash Used To Shock, Shoot And Spy On Drivers

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“Last month, the city council in Salisbury voted unanimously to take the automated ticketing cash and buy Glock training handguns, Tasers and a device that police can use to crack passwords and download data off the cell phones of motorists during a traffic stop.  To obtain the needed votes when expanding the speed camera program statewide in 2009, lawmakers agreed to a few compromises. Cities are not allowed to collect more than ten percent of their municipal budget from camera revenue, and profit must go ‘solely for public safety purposes, including pedestrian safety programs.'”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/42/4259.asp

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Think NSA Snooping Is Bad? Check Out MPAA Theater Security

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“Hollywood studios are urging theater operators to crack down on in-theater camcording with the deployment of night-vision goggles, low-light binoculars and security cameras.  The latest version of the Motion Picture Association of America’s ‘Best Practices to Prevent Film Theft‘ (.pdf) also suggests old-school surveillance, like ‘random bag and jacket checks for prohibited items’.  Camcording is a federal felony carrying a maximum 3 year penalty. The District of Columbia and 41 states also have their own laws against it. The MPAA guidance urges theater employees, who are eligible for $500 rewards, to call the police immediately if they think illegal filming is occurring.”

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/11/mpaa-theater-security/

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How Jeremy Hammond Exposed State’s Plan to Criminalize Dissent

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“Christopher Hedges, on the sentencing of Jeremy Hammond, says there will be no free press without figures like Hammond and Manning.”

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