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Big Brother Supporters – Countries, Corporations, and Corruption

Surveillance Who’s Who exposes the government agencies that attended six ISS... more

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Gary Johnson calls for repeal of the Patriot Act

By Eric W. Dolan Monday, January 30, 2012 17:08 EST Former New Mexico governor and... more

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Big Brother is Watching – Privacy, Censorship, and Staying Anonymous

The freedom of our internet is at stake, 1984 is here, Big Brother is watching you,... more

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Reality Check: Has the Patriot Act thwarted 42 terror attacks?

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FBI seeking social media monitoring tool

By Agence France-Presse Thursday, January 26, 2012 21:27 EST WASHINGTON —... more

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U.S. flouts law at Guantanamo, despite Obama vow: U.N.

By Reuters
Monday, January 23, 2012

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States is still flouting international law at Guantanamo Bay, despite President Barack Obama’s election pledge to shut the facility, the United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Monday.

“It is ten years since the U.S. Government opened the prison at Guantanamo, and now three years since 22 January 2009, when the President ordered its closure within twelve months. Yet the facility continues to exist and individuals remain arbitrarily detained – indefinitely – in clear breach of international law,” Pillay said in a statement.

Former President George W. Bush set up the camp at a U.S. naval base in Cuba after U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan to expel al Qaeda which had launched the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Eight prisoners have died at Guantanamo, two deaths ascribed to natural causes and the rest classified as suicides, and many detainees have said they were tortured. Only six trials have been completed in 10 years.

“While fully recognizing the right and duty of states to protect their people and territory from terrorist acts, I remind all branches of the U.S. government of their obligation under international human rights law to ensure that individuals deprived of their liberty can have the lawfulness of their detention reviewed before a court,” Pillay said.

“Where credible evidence exists against Guantanamo detainees, they should be charged and prosecuted. Otherwise, they must be released.”

Obama had planned to move some detainees to the United States, but Congress blocked funding for that plan and tightly restricted all transfers out, demanding his administration must notify congressional intelligence committees and guarantee the prisoner will not engage in terrorism.

Pillay urged Congress to enable the administration to close the camp.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/23/u-s-flouts-law-at-guantanamo-despite-obama-vow-u-n/

(Reporting by Tom Miles)

"So how bout it BO... Got anymore BS Campaign Slogans???"By Reuters Monday, January 23, 2012 GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States is... more

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ACLU Report Card Puts Ron Paul Above President Obama!

January 02, 2012 MSNBC

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ACLU deputy legal director: NDAA ‘still awful’ despite changes

By Eric W. Dolan Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director... more

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The Obama Administration Will Not Veto Defense Authorization Bill!

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Hello? Anybody Home?

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NYTimes Sues The Federal Government For Refusing To Reveal Its Secret Interpretation Of The PATRIOT Act

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Supreme Court lets Police search text messages without a warrant

By Reuters
Monday, October 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the police can search text messages from an arrested criminal suspect’s cell phone without obtaining a warrant.

The justices refused to review the California Supreme Court ruling that upheld the search on the grounds that defendants lose their privacy rights for any items they are carrying when taken into custody.

The Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal by Gregory Diaz, who was convicted on drug charges. His attorneys said Supreme Court intervention was needed to resolve differing lower court rulings on how to apply precedent to warrantless searches of cell phone data.

Diaz in 2007 was arrested, searched and taken to a police station after driving a car in which his passenger sold six pills of the drug Ecstasy during an undercover operation. A small amount of marijuana also was found in his pocket.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department seized his cell phone and placed it with other evidence. Diaz initially denied any knowledge of the drug transaction.

During a break in the interrogation, an officer looked at the text message folder and discovered a coded message that appeared to refer to the Ecstasy sales. That was about 90 minutes after Diaz had been arrested.

The officer showed the text message to Diaz, who then admitted that he had taken part in the deal. He later pleaded guilty to transportation of a controlled substance and was sentenced to three years of probation.

Diaz appealed, challenging the search as unreasonable and for violating his constitutional rights. A California appeals court and the state Supreme Court both upheld the search as valid under a lawful arrest.

The U.S. Supreme Court already has on its docket a case about privacy rights, the police and modern technology. On November 8, it will hear arguments on whether the police need a warrant to use a global positioning system device to track a suspect’s movements.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/03/supreme-court-wont-review-drug-case-text-message-search/

"Another Freedom of Privacy taken away??? What do you folks think???"By Reuters Monday, October 3, 2011 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court... more