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Counter-Insurgency Warfare in Boise?

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“Boise is one of several Idaho cities and towns — including minuscule Preston, which is practically crime-free — where police departments have obtained MRAPs, which were designed for counter-insurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chief Masterson insists that Boise residents who are alarmed over the prospect of police militarization are focusing on what he calls ‘the symbolism of a free vehicle.’ The MRAP, he maintains, will protect his officers — whom he calls ‘peacekeepers’ — from ‘high-caliber bullets and bombs’ in what he calls ‘an increasingly violent society.’  This depiction of Boise as a proto-Fallujah can charitably be described as statistically implausible.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/counter-insurgency-warfare-in-boise/

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Retaining Their Freedom Is the Real Problem US Citizens Face

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“As an all-encompassing Leviathan is created incrementally and relentlessly, we are directed to discuss budgetary matters that will actually have little impact on larger authoritarian trends. The article should be asking, who will want to live in the United States – solvent or not – if the larger issues of a nascent Surveillance State remain unrectified? How is it that Homeland Security buys 1.5 billion hollow point bullets and never properly explains the purchase? How is it that the West continues to wage unpopular and unnecessary wars? How is it that taxes and regulations pour out of Western governments with no possibility of diminution? These are the big issues facing the US and the West.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/34759/Retaining-Their-Freedom-Is-the-Real-Problem-US-Citizens-Face/

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Homeland Security must disclose ‘Internet Kill Switch,’ court rules

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“The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is seeking ‘Standard Operating Procedure 303,’ also known as the ‘Internet kill switch’ from Homeland Security. The protocols govern shutting down wireless networks to prevent the remote detonation of bombs.  The broad government power to shut down communications networks worries civil libertarians. However, the agency argues the protocols must be kept secret to protect national interests and the safety of individuals.  Homeland Security originally said it could not find any records on the kill switch.  After EPIC appealed, the agency located the protocol, but redacted nearly all of the information.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/13/homeland-security-must-disclose-internet-kill-swit/

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Homeland Security Fusion Centers Will Share Intelligence Horizontally

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“As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) doles out billions of dollars to convince local police departments to surrender control to the federal agency, a recent report indicates that intelligence gathered at precincts-cum-surveillance-centers will be shared among all levels of law enforcement.  The representatives’ zeal for constructing local outposts of the central surveillance headquarters is not surprising. Self-serving bureaucrats inside the U.S. government are tirelessly trying to obliterate local police forces answerable to local citizens and promote the consolidation movement as a step toward federalization of law enforcement.”

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/16942-dhs-creates-new-fusion-centers-taking-control-of-local-police

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Obamacare and the New Soviet Man

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“All that is missing from Emanuel’s blueprint is the punishment. If America’s youth does not live up to Emanuel’s version of the New American Man, they will not suffer the carnage of the kulaks. No one is suggesting that. But something will be done. And, with government, ‘something done’ always means coercion, even if it comes in the disguised form of an incentive that someone else needs to fund. Obama will not allow his signature legacy to become a signature failure. The extraordinary website problems attending Obamacare may be good news for its advocates. It distracts attention from what could be a far less solvable problem.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/34740/Wendy-McElroy-Obamacare-and-the-New-Soviet-Man/

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Paul Craig Roberts: The Real Agenda Of The American Police State

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“The police are taught to shoot first not once but many times, to protect their lives first at all costs, and not to risk their lives by asking questions. This is why the 13-year old kid with the toy rifle was shot to pieces. Questioning would have revealed that it was a toy gun, but questioning the ‘suspect’ might have endangered the precious police who are trained to take no risks whatsoever.  The police operate according to Obama’s presidential kill power: murder first then create a case against the victim. In other words, dear American citizen, your life is worth nothing, but the police whom you pay, are not only unaccountable but also their lives are invaluable.”

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2013/11/13/real-agenda-american-police-state-paul-craig-roberts/

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Feds subjected New Mexico woman to vaginal, anal drug search

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“Female agents also allegedly pressed their fingers into her vagina looking for drugs.  The woman claims they didn’t discover anything during the on-site strip search, so they took her to University Medical Center of El Paso.  ‘First, medical staff observed her making a bowl movement and no drugs were found at that point,’ Schaur Ives said. ‘They then took an X-ray, but it did not reveal any contraband. They then did a cavity search and they probed her vagina and her anus, they described in the medical records as bi-manual–two handed. Finally, they did a cat scan. Again, they found nothing.’  The ACLU claims the federal agents never secured a search warrant before probing or touching the woman.”

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3212603.shtml

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Americans’ personal data shared with CIA, IRS, others in security probe

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“U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands of Americans in an attempt to root out untrustworthy federal workers that ended up scrutinizing people who had no direct ties to the U.S. government and simply had purchased certain books.  The officials distributed a list of 4,904 people to nearly 30 federal agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Food and Drug Administration.  The unprecedented creation of such a list and decision to disseminate it widely demonstrate the ease with which the federal government can collect and share Americans’ personal information, even when there’s no clear reason for doing so.”

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/14/208438/americans-personal-data-shared.html

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David Galland: Toad Tossing

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“He described a case he was involved in, related to prostitution, in which he argued that the federal government had no status in the case, given that neither the courtesan nor her customer had crossed state lines. The judge replied by pointing out that the condom used had been manufactured in another state, and therefore the federal government was within its right to prosecute based on the legislation emanating from the Interstate Commerce Clause in the Constitution. When the government awards to itself unassailable legal cover for its every action, then by definition no rule is permanent, no law nonmalleable, and no corner of human action impervious to government assault.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/toad-tossing

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Stephen Halbrook on His New Book “Gun Control in the Third Reich”

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“Cam Edwards talks to Stephen Halbrook, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, about his new book ‘Gun Control in the Third Reich’.”

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