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'Behavior detection' now at major U.S. Airports

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/08/AR2009110817898_pf.html

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Kids Arrested for Food Fight

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Hostage Crisis Anniversary, Police Confronts Mob, CNN / AP

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UK ranks 5th in study of most aggressive police states

A study designed to rank countries in terms of how aggressively they monitor their populatio
ns electronically, has placed the US as 6th and the UK as 5th on a global index.

The two countries lag behind only China, North Korea, Belarus and Russia in terms of governmental surveillance.
52 countries were rated on 17 criteria with regard to how far down the line they are toward a total electronic police state.
"In an Electronic Police State, every surveillance camera recording, every e-mail you send, every Internet site you surf, every post you make, every check you write, every credit card swipe, every cell phone ping… are all criminal evidence, and they are held in searchable databases, for a long, long time," the report states.

"Whoever holds this evidence can make you look very, very bad whenever they care enough to do so. You can be prosecuted whenever they feel like it – the evidence is already in their database," the report continues. "Perhaps you trust that your ruler will only use his evidence archives to hurt bad people. Will you also trust his successor? Do you also trust all of his subordinates, every government worker and every policeman?"
It is no surprise to see the UK ranking higher than the US, with it's estimated 4.5 million CCTV cameras, it's active DNA database, and given that the British government has openly announced the fact that it wants the authority to monitor and store all phone calls, text messages and emails, a practice already strongly rumoured to be in operation.

Extremely sobering words, we are worse than America for aggressive police tactics etc.
This has gone too far, we are all now guilty until proven innocent, and this isn't for terrorists, it's for people who just may say the wrong thing and step out of line in opposition to the government, our police officers have been brainwashed for years now, same as our Armies, and the only people who suffer will be you and me.

In the photograph above, Red shows the most developed police states, green second, and yellow third.

http://elementalsblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/police-state-study-ranks-uk-as-5th.htmlA study designed to rank countries in terms of how aggressively they monitor their... more

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Labour is watching you!

The UK government is considering the mass surveillance and retention of all user... more

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British County to ban parents from playgrounds

It seems the Brits are attempting to protect their children from the most influential... more

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SEE

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Quarter of all workers have criminal records

A quarter of all workers and volunteers will have every minor conviction they have... more

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English Defence League being escorted to Victoria Station

What looks like just a load of loutish dillitary football fans is actually racist... more

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You turned your twitter avatar green to show solidarity with Iran, Now turn it red and black!

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Obama Sides with Republicans; PATRIOT Act Renewal Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

The Senate Judiciary Committee just passed a bill to renew all of the PATRIOT powers... more

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American Police Force (APF) spokesperson holds emotional press conference; lawyer quits project

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Hardin, Montana: Former city attorney fears jail deal will derail law enforcement deconsolidation

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MARTIAL LAW,FEMA DEATH CAMPS AMERICA HOLOCAUST COMING SOON

WAKE UP MY FELLOW AMERICANS, STOP THINKING NEGATIVE AND WANTING WARS THATS HOW THE... more

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Montana Attorney General Probes Secretive American Police Force

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Bosses Can Now Monitor You From Their Cell Phones

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New Labour & new technology create surveillance 'perfect storm'

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Shot with Rubber Bullets

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Protests at Group of 20 Conference Pics

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Police State

If the United States is at war against terrorism to preserve freedom, a new coalition of conservatives and liberals is asking, why is it doing so by wholesale abrogation of civil liberties?

Under the USA PATRIOT Act in this country, Section 802 defines domestic terrorism as engaging in "activity that involves acts dangerous to human life that violate the laws of the United States or any state and appear to be intended: (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping."

The ACLU has posted on its Website, www.aclu.org, a comprehensive list of the provisions and summarizes the increased powers for federal spying. The following are a sample of some of the changes as a result of the so-called USA PATRIOT Act. The legislation:

a.. minimizes judicial supervision of federal telephone and Internet surveillance by law-enforcement authorities.

b.. expands the ability of the government to conduct secret searches.

c.. gives the attorney general and the secretary of state the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations and deport any noncitizen who belongs to them.

d.. grants the FBI broad access to sensitive business records about individuals without having to show evidence of a crime.

e.. leads to large-scale investigations of American citizens for "intelligence" purposes.

More specifically, Section 203 (Authority to Share Criminal Investigative Information) allows information gathered in criminal proceedings to be shared with intelligence agencies, including but not limited to the CIA - in effect, say critics, creating a political secret police. No court order is necessary for law enforcement to provide untested information gleaned from otherwise secret grand-jury proceedings, and the information is not limited to the person being investigated.

Furthermore, this section allows law enforcement to share intercepted telephone and Internet conversations with intelligence agencies. No court order is necessary to authorize the sharing of this information, and the CIA is not prohibited from giving this information to foreign-intelligence operations - in effect, say critics, creating an international political secret police.If the United States is at war against terrorism to preserve freedom, a new coalition... more

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'Behavior detection' now at major U.S. Airports

Kids Arrested for Food Fight

Hostage Crisis Anniversary, Police Confronts Mob, CNN / AP

UK ranks 5th in study of most aggressive police states

Labour is watching you!

British County to ban parents from playgrounds

SEE

Quarter of all workers have criminal records

English Defence League being escorted to Victoria Station

You turned your twitter avatar green to show solidarity with Iran, Now turn it red and black!

Obama Sides with Republicans; PATRIOT Act Renewal Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

American Police Force (APF) spokesperson holds emotional press conference; lawyer quits project

Hardin, Montana: Former city attorney fears jail deal will derail law enforcement deconsolidation

MARTIAL LAW,FEMA DEATH CAMPS AMERICA HOLOCAUST COMING SOON

Montana Attorney General Probes Secretive American Police Force

Bosses Can Now Monitor You From Their Cell Phones

New Labour & new technology create surveillance 'perfect storm'

Shot with Rubber Bullets

Protests at Group of 20 Conference Pics

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