After the IG Report, Let’s Kill the FBI While We Can

“Now the FBI has managed to anger both major political parties and much of the country. It’s demonstrated its capacity for political meddling and misuse of power—even if people disagree on who was on the receiving end.  That offers a rare opportunity to pull the plug on a dangerously powerful agency at a moment when its potential for bias, arrogance, insubordination, and plain incompetence are on public display. Let’s kill the FBI while we can.”

Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/06/19/after-the-ig-report-lets-kill-the-fbi-wh/print

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Jim Bovard: The Pro-War Media Deserve Criticism, Not Sainthood

“Even in the Trump era — when the press is openly clashing with a president — bombing still provides push-button presidential redemption.”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/the-pro-war-media-deserve-criticism-not-sainthood/

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State Dept. Wants All Visa Applicants To Provide Their Social Media Information

“This appears to be an expansion of a 2017 program that sought social media information only from a subset of initially suspicious visa applicants.”

Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/04/state-dept-wants-expand-social-media-collection-all-visa-applicants

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Government Eyes Are Watching You

“There’s little room for indiscretions, imperfections, or acts of independence—especially not when the government can listen in on your phone calls, monitor your driving habits, track your movements, scrutinize your purchases and peer through the walls of your home.”

Read more: https://rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/government_eyes_are_watching_you_we_are_all_prisoners_of_the_surveillance_state

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The government’s creepy obsession with your face

“From the federal Department of Homeland Security down to local police departments, governmental use of biometric facial recognition software has gained a startling amount of traction in recent years. And these agencies are getting help from big business, to boot.”

Read more: https://theweek.com/articles/779196/governments-creepy-obsession-face

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Inspector general’s report on FBI and Clinton’s emails shows secrecy threatens democracy

“Few commentators are recognizing the vast peril to democracy posed by the sweeping prerogatives of federal agencies.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/15/inspector-general-report-clinton-emails-secrecy-column/704890002/

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Police Now Using Facial Recognition With Driver License Databases In 31 States

“Thirty-one states now allow law-enforcement officials to access license photos to help identify potential suspects.”

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-use-of-drivers-license-databases-to-nab-crooks-spurs-privacy-concerns-1529233200

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India to Intensify Scrutiny of Citizens’ Social Media, Emails

“India’s government is looking for a company to analyze social media posts to help boost nationalism and neutralize any ‘media blitzkrieg by India’s adversaries.'”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/india-wants-a-new-media-command-room-to-help-boost-nationalism

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Abolish ICE

“America got along just fine for 225 years before ICE, the monstrous child of the wars on drugs and terrorism, was spawned. It can do so again.”

Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2018/06/11/abolish-ice

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Sweden’s Military Madness: Conscription and Propaganda

“The government of Sweden has reinstated the military draft and sent a war propaganda brochure to all Swedes promoting fear, Russophobia, and warlike thinking.”

Read more: http://davidswanson.org/swedens-military-madness/

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