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IMF Goes Directly After Bank Depositor Money In Cyprus Bailout Plan

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“The IMF today took an unprecedented step to grab bank depositor money.   In a new plan to bailout the government of Cyprus, under the watchful eye of the IMF, depositors in Cypriot banks will be hit with a one-time tax on their savings, as part of a €10 billion ($12.96 billion) bailout.   In a deal, announced early Saturday, accounts with more than €100,000 will be taxed at 9.9%, those with less at 6.75%, raising an expected €5.8 billion for the near-bankrupt nation. Cypriot Finance Minister Michalis Sarris said the Cypriot Parliament would adopt the taxes over the weekend and the money would be extracted from accounts before banks take up business Tuesday.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/extremely-disturbing-imf-goes-directly.html

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The 12 Companies Cashing In On Drones

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“The U.S. military spent about $3 billion on drone programs last year, according to the Wall Street Journal. And as government spending cuts threaten to pinch some of that money, defense contractors are looking for ways to expand the drone market domestically to law enforcement agencies, universities and border patrols.  According to HuffPo, here are 12 major corporations making money off of drones.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/the-12-companies-cashing-in-on-drones.html

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‘Thanks For Your Help, Sorry About The Drone’

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“The US administration believes it can actually determine who is or is not a radical Islamist and kill those people by drone, leaving only smiling democrats ready to welcome Western NGOs to help them write a nice new constitution. It is a delusion. It has never worked yet.  It probably means the US is planning to enter a much more active phase in the conflict. In preparation for a US invasion of Syria, which will no doubt continue on into Iran, some of the more dangerous and difficult to control elements must be gotten rid of.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/133948.html

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New York police running criminal checks on domestic abuse victims

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“New York City police have been ordered to run criminal background checks on domestic abuse victims, The New York Post reported on Friday.  According to a March 5 memo obtained by the newspaper, Chief of Detectives Phil Pulaski has directed detectives to run background checks on both the accuser and the alleged perpetrator in domestic violence cases. If victims are found to have outstanding warrants, police are ordered to arrest them.  The new policy is already drawing criticism from victims’ advocates.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/15/report-new-york-police-running-criminal-checks-on-domestic-abuse-victims/

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South Dakota College Tests Fingerprint Purchasing Technology

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“On a recent Friday, mechanical engineering major Bernard Keeler handed a Red Bull to a cashier in the Miner’s Shack campus shop, typed his birthdate into a pay pad and swiped his finger. Within seconds, the machine had identified his print and checked that blood was pulsing beneath it, allowing him to make the buy. Afterward, Keeler proudly showed off the receipt he was sent via email on his smartphone.  It’s the extra layer of protection — that deeper check to ensure the finger has a pulse — that researchers say sets this technology apart from already-existing digital fingerprint scans.”

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/sd-college-tests-fingerprint-purchasing-technology

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Private surveillance companies flock to Arizona’s annual Border Security Expo

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“The Expo began on Tuesday and concludes today. About 185 companies are showcasing everything from gates to guns, drones to portable toilets. A stall offering self-heating meals was next to a table of firearms.  Two themes emerged from a day at the Expo: equipment and technology used by the US military is increasingly becoming available to domestic entities. And software is now easy to use and more powerful. Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software potentially gives officials huge surveillance powers whether in a desert or a metropolis.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/14/private-surveillance-companies-flock-to-arizonas-annual-border-security-expo-for-their-slice-of-multi-billion-dollar-industry/

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88-year-old peaceful activist wins surveillance database fight

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“Three appeal court judges have ruled that police violated the human rights of an 88-year-old peaceful campaigner when they secretly labelled him a ‘domestic extremist’ and recorded his political activities.  John Catt, who has no criminal record, was shocked when he discovered police had clandestinely kept a detailed note of his presence on more than 55 demonstrations over a four-year period.  On Thursday, he won his legal action to have the records deleted from a secret database of so-called domestic extremists. Details of the surveillance were revealed by the Guardian in 2010.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/14/88-year-old-peaceful-activist-wins-surveillance-database-fight/

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Drones 101

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“Reapers feature a maximum payload of 3,000 pounds, or 1.5 tons. That means they can carry a combination of Hellfires and larger 500 pound bombs like the GBU-12 Paveway II and GBD-38 JDAM. Those have an ‘effective casualty radius’ of about 200 feet. That means that about 50 percent of people within 200 feet of the blast site will die. Those odds improve — or worsen, depending on how you look at it — the closer you get, obviously.
So imagine if you took a football field and shrunk it by a third. A Reaper attacks one endzone with a GBU-12. If you’re on the field, you have a 50 percent chance of dying.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/drones-101.html

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Combat stress felt far from front lines

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“Sitting at computer banks lining the expansive room, the Air Force analysts watch the video feeds streaming from surveillance drones and other military assets monitoring U.S. forces around the globe. Photos, radar data, full-motion video and electronically gathered intelligence flows across multiple screens. In 15- to 20-minute shifts, the airmen watch and interpret the information.  While they are thousands of miles from the gritty combat in Afghanistan, the analysts in the cavernous room at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia relive the explosions, the carnage and the vivid after-battle assessments of the bombings over and over again.”

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REMOTE_WARFARE_STRESS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-11-03-49-30

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Judge approves use of ‘truth serum’ on accused Aurora shooter James Holmes

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“Legal and medical experts are questioning the decision of a judge inColorado to allow James Holmes, the suspected gunman in the Aurora cinema shooting, to be tested with a ‘truth serum’ should he plead not guilty by reason of insanity. William Shepherd, chair of the criminal justice section of the American Bar Association, whose members include both prosecutors and defence lawyers, said that the proposed use of a ‘truth drug’ to ascertain the veracity of a defendant’s plea of insanity was highly unusual in the US. He predicted it would provoke intense legal argument relating to Holmes’s right to remain silent under the fifth amendment of the US constitution.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/12/judge-approves-truth-serum-james-holmes

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