Public buses being outfitted with sophisticated audio surveillance across U.S.

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“In cities across the United States, government officials are installing sophisticated audio surveillance equipment on public buses.  Documents obtained by The Daily indicated that at least seven cities throughout the United States were installing surveillance systems capable of capturing riders’ conversations in addition to the video already being captured by existing systems.  While transit agencies say that the system is intended to enhance saftey and resolve passenger complaints, experts have warned that the technology could easily be misused.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/11/public-busses-being-outfitted-with-sophisticated-audio-surveillance-across-u-s/

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Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History

“In a radio interview, Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin (who’s been one of the best at covering the surveillance state in the US) made a simple observation that puts much of this into context: the US surveillance regime has more data on the average American than the Stasi ever did on East Germans.  The American government is collecting and storing virtually every phone call, purchases, email,  text message, internet searchessocial media communicationshealth information,  employment history, travel and student records, and virtually all other information of every American.”

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/12/americans-the-most-spied-on-people-in-world-history.html

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Forced sterilization victims still seek justice in US

“Denied the chance of a baby – a decades long program of forced sterilization in America, left tens of thousands of women unable to have children. Once promoted as a way to build a healthy nation, its only recently that the traumatized victims of a eugenics programme, are being considered for compensation. RT’s Marina Portnaya went to meet one of those who were left traumatised, by compulsory birth control.”

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Pentagon to expand intelligence gathering to rival CIA

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“The Pentagon, in a major expansion of its intelligence gathering activities, plans to assemble an espionage network rivaling the Central Intelligence Agency in size.  Citing unnamed US officials, the Washington Post said that as part of the project, US military officials will send hundreds of additional spies overseas.  They also plan to overhaul the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) which has focused primarily during the past decade on activities related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  When the expansion is complete, the DIA is expected to have as many as 1,600 intelligence ‘collectors’ around the world.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/02/pentagon-to-expand-intelligence-gathering-report/

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NSA Whistleblower Says Everyone In US Under Surveillence, Massive Data Center In Utah

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UK tax hitmen to track your spending

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“Credit reference agencies will cross-check details of the income people declare on their tax returns against their spending patterns to identify ‘high’ and ‘medium’ risks of both illegal and legal tax avoidance.  About two million people are expected to be scrutinised under the programme, which may lead to privacy concerns.  Treasury sources said that ‘hundreds of millions’ are expected to be raised from the greater use of third-party data, such as that supplied by credit reference agencies.  Information will also be routinely shared between the British and American authorities.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/9717894/Tax-hitmen-to-track-your-spending.html

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TX teen ostracized for protesting school GPS chip

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“A Texas teenager’s attorney told RT on Friday that her refusal to wear an ID badges with a GPS tag has led to her being ostracized from all school activities.  ‘She’s not being treated equally,’ said John Whitehead, who is representing Andrea Hernandez in an upcoming trial next week. ‘If she doesn’t have the chip, she can’t access the library, cafeteria, she was told she couldn’t vote for the homecoming king and queen.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/24/attorney-tx-teen-ostracized-for-protesting-school-gps-chip/

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The TSA Meets Independent Media – Opt Out And Film Week

“On day one of the ‘Opt Out And Film The TSA’ campaign, Dan Dicks of Press For Truth and Ashley Jessica went to the Buffalo International airport to help raise awareness about the intrusive and invasive TSA procedures. We were immediately surrounded by members of the TSA and also the Buffalo Transit Police who tried various intimidation tactics on us but ultimately failed to deter us from taking part in this important campaign.”

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Google takes action to support open Internet

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“The conference, organized by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) has reignited a fierce debate over who should control the Web.  Google has remained unequivocal in its stance that the closed-door meeting a power grab aimed at ending public control of the Internet and strangling free speech.  Google, which has consistently taken a self-regulatory approach to the Internet, called the Dubai conference the‘wrong place’ to make decisions on the future of the Internet.”

http://rt.com/news/google-free-internet-battle-340/

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California gets face scanners to spy on everyone at once

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“In a single second, law enforcement agents can match a suspect against millions upon millions of profiles in vast detailed databases stored on the cloud. It’s all done using facial recognition, and in Southern California it’s already occurring.  Imagine the police taking a picture: any picture of a person, anywhere, and matching it on the spot in less than a second to a personalized profile, scanning millions upon millions of entries from within vast, intricate databases stored on the cloud.  It’s done with state of the art facial recognition technology, and in Southern California it’s already happening.”

http://rt.com/usa/news/california-facefirst-surveillance-recognition-908/

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