Sep 28, 2014 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, News
FBI Rapid DNA Initiative Targets Local Police Departments In 2014, the FBI announced plans to dramatically accelerate the collection of DNA profiles for its expanding biometric identification database. The initiative sought to enlist local police departments across...
Sep 21, 2014 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, Video, WAR: By Design
Few developments in domestic law enforcement should alarm Americans more than the quiet emergence of private military-style contractors conducting armed raids on U.S. soil. In 2014, two largely overlooked incidents in California signaled a troubling new chapter in the...
Sep 21, 2014 | Abuses of Power, Black Technology, Leaks
Government Threatened Yahoo With Daily Fines Over PRISM Compliance In September 2014, approximately 1,500 pages of previously classified court documents revealed how the United States government coerced Yahoo into participating in the NSA’s PRISM surveillance...
Aug 14, 2014 | Abuses of Power
The history of prison camps dates way back to the dawn of time, with victorious battles leading to enslavement and eventual death for the defeated. In the middle ages, these practices moved to trades and ransoms. From those ancient times until now, civilizations have...
Jul 12, 2014 | Abuses of Power, News
Shortly after the Snowden leaks began exposing the NSA’s massive collection efforts, the New York Times uncovered the DEA’s direct access to AT&T telecom switches (via non-government employee “analysts” working for AT&T), from which it...
Jul 2, 2014 | Abuses of Power, News
The bulk phone records program under the Patriot Act drew intense public backlash against the National Security Agency for years. But a far more expansive and arguably more invasive surveillance apparatus deserved equal scrutiny: the warrantless search capabilities...
May 19, 2014 | Abuses of Power, Black Technology, Leaks
Understanding NSA Naming Conventions The National Security Agency and related U.S. intelligence organizations use a structured system of nicknames and codewords to identify their surveillance programs, tools, databases, operations, and targets. These designations...
Feb 6, 2014 | Abuses of Power, Black Technology, News
In a somewhat disturbing case of life imitating art, it seems that real world turmoil is catching up with classic science fiction projections of a dystopian future as envisioned by writers like George Orwell and Ray Bradbury — a world where the general populace...
Dec 21, 2013 | Abuses of Power, Leaks, News
In December 2013, a Reuters investigation revealed that the National Security Agency paid security firm RSA $10 million to deliberately weaken its encryption products — a transaction that raised fundamental questions about the integrity of commercial...
Dec 11, 2013 | Abuses of Power, Satire
We’re being destroyed from within by a socialistic bureaucracy who’s overriding goal is its own survival at the cost of National Security, which as the historian Thomas Cahill asserts was one of the major reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.
Oct 18, 2013 | Abuses of Power, Black Technology, News
Hackers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller have demonstrated from the backseat of a Toyota Prius that all you need is a Macbook and a USB cable in order to hack into a computer-controlled car. Valasek is the director of security intelligence for IOActive and Miller is a...
Jul 9, 2013 | Abuses of Power, Nature Body Mind
The Gap Between Vitamin D Science and Federal Guidelines A growing body of medical research has pointed to significant health benefits from Vitamin D3 supplementation at levels far exceeding what the US government recommends. Yet federal agencies and mainstream...
Apr 9, 2013 | Abuses of Power, News
The United States government routinely classifies documents to protect genuine national security interests. However, the classification system also provides a convenient mechanism for officials to bury materials that would expose embarrassing, unethical, or outright...
Mar 20, 2013 | Abuses of Power, Survivalism
Over the past several decades, a wave of controversial legislation has systematically weakened constitutional protections for ordinary Americans. Laws like the Military Commissions Act, the Patriot Act (both iterations), the John Warner Defense Authorization Act, and...
Mar 20, 2013 | Abuses of Power, Survivalism
A common Rule of Thumb….when ever a bureaucrat asks you a question, a safe “answer” is to ask them a question in return. Be polite, but be firm. They often want to extract information out of you without you being the wiser. There is no transparency...
Jan 16, 2013 | Abuses of Power, News
Executive Actions on Gun Safety Following Mass Shootings In January 2013, President Barack Obama signed a series of executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence in the United States. The measures came in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in...
Dec 28, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Globalist Corporations, News
Facebook Purged Pro-Second Amendment and Alternative Media Accounts In late December 2012, Facebook conducted what appeared to be a coordinated removal of accounts and pages associated with pro-second amendment advocacy and alternative media commentary. The purge...
Dec 19, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Events & Assassinations, News
The Documented Link Between Disarmament and State Violence Throughout the twentieth century, a disturbing pattern emerged across multiple continents: governments that stripped their populations of firearms often followed with campaigns of mass persecution. The...
Dec 19, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News, Video
http://youtu.be/N4CT4boLPrU Maybe they should prosecute the MSM. Posting Truth,Info,Questions or not believing official story Related to Mass Shooting In Newtown Connecticut at Sandy Hook Elementary School will result in arrests and prosecutions of perpetrators of...
Dec 6, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Conversations about police misconduct often hit the same wall: disbelief. People who have never had a negative encounter with law enforcement struggle to accept that officers can operate with so few constraints. For anyone working in criminal defense, though, that...
Nov 28, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Nov 8, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Army Prosecutors Unveil Case Against One-Star General In November 2012, Army prosecutors at Fort Bragg, North Carolina opened an Article 32 hearing against Brigadier General Jeffrey A. Sinclair, a 27-year veteran of the United States military. The 50-year-old officer...
Nov 4, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Nov 1, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Pre-Trial Hearings Expose Government Secrecy Over Torture In late October 2012, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants in the 9/11 terror case appeared for a pre-trial hearing at Guantanamo Bay. Army Colonel James L. Pohl presided over the military commission...
Oct 31, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Activism
Whether you view Barrett Brown as a folk hero or a reckless provocateur, most observers agreed on one thing in late 2012: the statements that led to his arrest and federal indictment were profoundly unwise. His detractors felt vindication, while his supporters rallied...
