Apr 24, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
How Law Enforcement Bypassed iPhone Passcodes A four-digit iPhone passcode might deter a casual snoop, but in 2012, law enforcement agencies had access to commercial tools that could crack that security in remarkably little time. A Swedish firm called Micro...
Apr 16, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Globalist Corporations
H.R. 3523 – Letters of Support AT&T Boeing BSA Business Roundtable CSC COMPTEL CTIA – The Wireless Association Cyber, Space & Intelligence Association Edison Electric EMC Exelon Facebook The Financial Services Roundtable IBM Independent Telephone...
Apr 16, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
Executive Order on National Defense Resources Preparedness: What It Actually Claims In March 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order titled “National Defense Resources Preparedness” that significantly expanded the claimed scope of executive...
Apr 16, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Arizona HB 2549: Criminalizing Online Speech In 2012, the Arizona legislature passed House Bill 2549, a measure that would have expanded the state’s existing telephone harassment statute to cover the internet and all electronic communications. The bill’s...
Apr 16, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Video, WAR: By Design
In April 2012, Harper’s Magazine published “The Warrior Class,” a feature by journalist Charles Glass examining the rapid expansion of private military contractors in the years following the September 11 attacks. The centerpiece of the article was a...
Apr 16, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA, rapidly emerged as the internet’s most controversial proposed law following the defeat of SOPA. Critics warned it posed severe threats to online privacy and civil liberties under the guise of...
Apr 10, 2012 | Abuses of Power
About Cop Block is a decentralized project supported by a diverse group of individuals united by their shared goal of police accountability. We highlight the double standard that some grant to those with badges by pointing to and supporting those harmed. By...
Mar 31, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Nature Body Mind
In March 2012, James Stewart, a 65-year-old raw dairy farmer from California with a completely clean criminal record, endured what he described as a nightmarish ordeal inside the Los Angeles County jail system. Stewart, known locally as a beloved provider of...
Mar 12, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Black Technology
Japanese researchers developed a handheld device capable of disrupting a person’s ability to speak from distances of over 30 meters. The device, which resembled a directional gun, exploited a well-documented psychological phenomenon known as Delayed Auditory...
Mar 2, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
http://youtu.be/Evg4xppTEPg Marine Sergeant Manuel Loggins Jr. was shot and killed by an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy in the parking lot at San Clemente high school. According to the Sheriff’s department the deputy watched Loggins crash...
Jan 31, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Leaks
Another international conflict, another horrific taxpayer-funded sex scandal for DynCorp, the private security contractor tasked with training the Afghan police. While the company is officially based in the DC area, most of its business is managed on a satellite...
Jan 31, 2012 | Abuses of Power, WAR: By Design
(AP) (CBS News) The White House is signing off on a controversial new law that would authorize the U.S. military to arrest and indefinitely detain alleged al Qaeda members or other terrorist operatives captured on American soil. As the bill neared final passage in the...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Written by Joe Wolverton, II Friday, 15 April 2011 10:35 On March 30, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y., picture, left) and 15 co-sponsors (including Republican leaders) introduced S. 679, the “Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act.” The measure would...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Video
Posted on | September 26, 2011 | 12 Comments Up close shot of Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna’s badge Newer Fresher Update: Pepper Spray happy NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna Is punished…not really Update: Correction he’s not a Captain he’s Deputy...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Video
By VC | April 20th, 2011 | CelleBrite Michigan state police (or should we say police state?) have been using a handheld mobile forensics device to steal information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The high-tech device...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
EFF activist Eva Galperin interviews EFF criminal defense attorney, Hanni Fakhoury, on the newest edition of Line Noise, the EFF podcast. Whether law enforcement wants to search your home computer, tries to browse through your smart phone at a traffic stop, or seeks...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exits a limousine. AP State Department dominates the limo count, says purchases reflect need to protect diplomats and foreign visitors in a dangerous world By Joe Eaton 2:00 am, May 31, 2011 Updated: 1:03 pm, August 29, 2011...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power
By David Kravets, wired.com | Published 8 months ago The secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved all 1,506 government requests to electronically monitor suspected “agents” of a foreign power or terrorists on US soil last year, according to a Justice...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Virginia Roberts’ Account of Jeffrey Epstein’s Elite Connections and Her Encounters with Bill Clinton One of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts (now Virginia Giuffre), has provided a detailed account of the convicted sex...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Indiana Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to Warrantless Entry In May 2011, a controversial Indiana Supreme Court ruling in Barnes vs. State of Indiana sent shockwaves through civil liberties communities across the country. The 3-2 decision effectively held that...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News, Video
The Congressional Supercommittee and Agricultural Legislation In late 2011, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, commonly known as the “supercommittee,” became a focal point of controversy over legislative process and concentrated power. The...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Events & Assassinations, Video
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Where has your PNR data gone? (click image for larger version or here for details) The U.S. government has filed its initial answer to our lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for illegally withholding records of its travel surveillance system, and...
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Activism, Video
A remarkable and direct speech to the House regarding the current overreach of Government authority and the plans of Congress to expand War Powers beyond control....
Jan 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, Video
