tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38345212009-04-17T14:36:01.263-07:00Bill of Rights Under AttackNews summaries of stories focused on the demise of freedom in the USALorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-67376680858687627642009-04-17T14:08:00.000-07:002009-04-17T14:36:01.278-07:00Obama's FISA Bill Worse than Bush!Here is what Professor Turley had to say about Obama's un-American FISA bill on the day before he pushed it through the Senate:And here is the resultSpying Abuses 'Systemic' In Recent Months -- Which Is Exactly What the 2008 FISA Law Was Designed to Do(Glenn Greenwald, April 16, 2009, Salon)The article reports that the spying abuses are "significant and systemic"Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-18732130194767492142009-03-22T20:34:00.000-07:002009-03-22T20:52:26.708-07:00Rockefeller: Internet is "Number One National Hazard"(Kurt Nimmo, Infowars, March 23, 2009)According to the great-grandson John D. Rockefeller, nephew of banker David Rockefeller, and former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller the internet represents a serious threat to national security. Rockefeller is not alone in this assessment. His belief that the internet is the "number Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-17956143041021300122008-12-23T15:14:00.000-08:002008-12-31T14:43:08.576-08:00Pentagon Planning for Widespread Civil Violence in U.S.(Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Business Journal, December 17, 2008)A new report by the U.S. Army War College talks about the possibility of Pentagon resources and troops being used should the economic crisis lead to civil unrest, such as protests against businesses and government or runs on beleaguered banks. . . . "Widespread civil violence inside Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-1833414205845616902008-11-15T17:19:00.000-08:002008-11-15T17:28:19.527-08:00Proposition 8 Protest in the final days of electionSee the ignorant bigots in action, products of the U.S. education system.Prop 8 Explained in One MinuteLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-60381758559746907622008-11-08T09:00:00.000-08:002008-11-08T09:12:11.622-08:00Mormons and Catholics Show Bigotry in their Voting(Karl Vick and Ashley Surdin, The Washington Post, 11-7-08)Any notion that Tuesday's election represented a liberal juggernaut must overcome a detail from the voting booths of California: The same voters who turned out strongest for Barack Obama also drove a stake through the heart of same-sex marriage. . . . Seven in 10 African Americans who wentLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-15753530359547971072008-10-12T13:54:00.000-07:002008-10-12T14:12:22.831-07:00Militarizing the "Homeland" in Response to the Economic and Political Crisis(Tom Burghardt, Global Research, October 11, 2008)Based on a document (AR 500-3) published by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, it described "all hazards COOP planning" as the mechanism by which "the Army remains capable of continuing mission-essential operations during any situation, including military attack, Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-65677214540806534122008-10-08T16:11:00.001-07:002008-10-08T16:11:57.674-07:00Interview - Naomi Wolf - Give Me LibertyLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-18669100452749758572008-09-04T11:56:00.000-07:002008-09-04T12:01:04.615-07:00Terrorism charges lodged against protesters at GOP conventionProsecutors in Ramsey County, Minn., have formally charged eight alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee -- one of the groups organizing protests at the GOP convention in St. Paul -- with terrorism-related charges, The Times' P.J. Huffstutter reports. . . . Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce Guillen Givins, Erik Oseland, Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-82054117426038068892008-08-16T11:31:00.000-07:002008-08-16T11:54:28.679-07:00U.S. Police State Expands Domestic Surveilance"It turns police officers into spies on behalf of the federal government."WELCOME TO THE GULAG(Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, August 16, 2008)The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-62291361757275890812008-08-08T12:01:00.000-07:002008-08-08T12:04:08.776-07:00An Internet-911 Event ComingLawrence Lessig, a respected Law Professor from Stanford University told an audience at this years Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference in Half Moon Bay, California, that "There's going to be an i-9/11 event" which will act as a catalyst for a radical reworking of the law pertaining to the Internet.Lessig also revealed that he had learned, during a dinner with former Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-21127020087600076642008-07-20T19:09:00.000-07:002008-07-20T19:13:59.369-07:00YOU can now be held forever without any charges ever filed against you!The Bush administration has been a waging a fierce battle for the power to lock people up indefinitely simply on the president's say-so. It scored a disturbing victory last week when a federal appeals court ruled that it could continue to detain Ali al-Marri, who has been held for more than five years as an enemy combatant. Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-83341246504857187772008-07-09T12:30:00.000-07:002008-07-09T12:53:27.226-07:00Obama's coverup of surveillance crimes(Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, July 9, 2008)For the Government to invade our communications with no probable cause showing to a court is exactly what the Founders prohibited as clearly as the English language permitted. . . . But today, the Democratic-led Congress -- with the support of both John McCain and Barack Obama -- will cover-up those crimes. . . . Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-92007545412134319622008-07-07T19:09:00.000-07:002008-07-07T19:14:55.169-07:00Daniel Ellsberg on FISA...Only Fascists Will Vote For It(Tim Ferriss, July 7, 2008)Tomorrow, July 8th, could mark the beginning of official condoning of warrantless surveillance of law-abiding citizens in the US, not to mention foreign nationals. I am not an alarmist and believe in qualified surveillance with process — this is different. I’ve done the homework. . . . The above [CLICK LINK] is an Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-60552879925442760242008-06-28T20:14:00.000-07:002008-06-28T20:25:19.181-07:00FISA Is Only the Prelude to NightmareThe selective focus on FISA misses the crucial larger picture in a way that ensures that the ruling class's hold on increasingly tyrannical power will never be consistently or seriously challenged -- which is, of course, precisely what the ruling class wants. . . . why in the world would Obama oppose the current FISA compromise bill? If it's done on Bush's Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-12101272384811392732008-01-28T09:37:00.000-08:002008-01-28T09:44:03.976-08:00Microchips Everywhere: Big Brother on Steroids(TODD LEWAN, The Associated Press,January 26, 2008)Here's a vision of the not-so-distant future: Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items _ and, by extension, consumers _ wherever they go, from a distance. . . . A seamless, global Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-8844321592749463832007-12-09T12:54:00.000-08:002007-12-09T17:34:57.564-08:00Bill of Rights Under Bush: A TimelineClick the link above to see a very well-detailed (complete with links) timeline of how the Clinton-Cheney-Bush Crime Family has taken away your civil liberties.Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-30372786206016164022007-12-06T16:33:00.000-08:002007-12-06T16:42:02.719-08:00 Bush Uses Private Companies to Spy on You(Tim Shorrock, CorpWatch, 27 November 2007) The Bush administration is launching a new government agency that will rely heavily on private security contractors to conduct surveillance in the US. A new intelligence institution to be inaugurated soon by the Bush administration will allow government spying agencies to conduct broad surveillance and Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-52617310065183886502007-07-20T21:35:00.000-07:002007-07-20T21:43:30.713-07:00Bush Outlaws All War Protest In United States(Sorcha Faal, July 19, 2007)In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war. . . . President Bush enacted into US law an 'Executive Order' on July 17th titled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-56687476496926678572007-02-05T13:18:00.000-08:002007-02-05T13:28:12.097-08:00U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Racist Expansion of DNA Sampling(Julia Preston, The New York Times, February 5, 2007)The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities, a vast expansion of DNA gathering that will include hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, by far the largest group affected. . . . The new Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-92021708751497686362007-01-31T06:26:00.000-08:002007-01-31T06:31:34.930-08:00The FBI is watching YOU!(Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, January 30, 2007)The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed. . . . Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing, agents conducting investigations appear to be assembling the activities of thousands of Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-1165457684165162472006-12-06T18:05:00.000-08:002006-12-06T18:14:44.226-08:00Fine Print in Defense Bill Opens Door to Martial Law(Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor, December 1, 2006)It’s amazing what you can find if you turn over a few rocks in the anti-terrorism legislation Congress approved during the election season. . . . Take, for example, the John W. Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2006, named for the longtime Armed Services Committee chairman from Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-1162665951920912832006-11-04T10:40:00.000-08:002006-11-04T10:45:52.016-08:00U.S. privacy rights as bad as China, Russia and Malaysia(The Red Tape Chronicles, November 1, 2006)U.S. privacy protections rank among the worst in the democratic world, a London-based privacy organization said Wednesday. . . . Privacy International ranked 36 nations around the globe, including all European Union nations and other major democracies, and determined that in categories such as Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-1161700373617301762006-10-24T07:28:00.000-07:002006-10-24T14:48:20.963-07:00Are You In the FBI's Secret Database?(Michelle Chen, The New Standard, 23 October 2006)The FBI is gathering hundreds of millions of pieces of personal information in the name of fighting terrorism and storing them in a vast, secretive data "warehouse." . . . The privacy-rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice on Tuesday, demanding the Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-1161139797101025012006-10-17T19:44:00.000-07:002006-10-17T19:49:57.120-07:00The Day King George Was Crowned - Dictatorial Powers AssumedBush gives himself power to disappear YOU!"Mythical America, R.I.P."Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834521.post-1159580255293782702006-09-29T18:31:00.000-07:002006-09-29T18:37:35.336-07:00Molly Ivans warns: U.S. looks like Nazis(Molly Ivans, Truthout, 27 September 2006)With a smug stroke of his pen, President Bush is set to wipe out a safeguard against illegal imprisonment that has endured as a cornerstone of legal justice since the Magna Carta. . . . The bill also expands the definition of an unlawful enemy combatant to cover anyone who has "has purposefully and materially Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16598377696238546062noreply@blogger.com