Certain Provisions of the Patriot Act to Remain Secret

More and more, both houses of the U.S. Congress are demonstrating that they are merely ceremonial bodies that rubber-stamp legislation that advances the corporate, defense, and financial interests that own them. An amendment offered on May 24 by Sen. Ron Wyden would have challenged the Administration’s reliance on what he called “secret law” and required [...]

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Majority Killed by Predator Drones in 2010 Were Civilians

As people in the U.S. expresses outrage over last weekend’s mass shooting in Tucson, we might well ask ourselves: Where’s the outrage over this? LAHORE: Of the 1,184 persons killed by the American drones in 124 attacks in 2010, around 59 percent were innocent civilians while the remaining 41 percent were terrorists belonging to numerous [...]

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Homeland Security Hasn’t Made Us Safer

The author of this column claims that the sole purpose of the Dept. of Homeland security is to provide bonanzas for favored congressional districts. Its purpose goes further than that: To maintain a constant mood of low-level fear so the people will continue going along with government abuses of power. Hardly anyone has seriously scrutinized [...]

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Miami-Dade County to Deploy Surveillance Drones

One more time! (Say it with me.) “Weapons and tactics developed for use in war zones can and will be used against the American people.” In places such as Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) hovering over homes, following suspects, and tracking enemies of the state are a daily reality. So where are [...]

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Senator Obama on Illegal Domestic Surveillance

In May 2008, before he became president, I wrote to the junior senator from my state, Barack Obama, with a direct question: “Why is Congress doing nothing about the crimes committed by the current administration? In particular, why are you and your colleagues doing nothing in response to the abduction and outsourced torture of foreign nationals and [...]

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TSA Procedures Amount to State-Sponsored Sexual Molestation

People continue to express shock at the abuse they’re subjected to at the hands of security agents at airports. How much more obvious could it be that the federal government is out to humiliate the people, to keep us in our place? Is there still anyone who believes that this activity is intended to protect [...]

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Consultant to Cops: Kill Militant Muslims, ‘Including Children’

Forget about due process, forget about the rights of children. Kill ’em all and let God sort ’em out. “Kill them…including the children.” That’s how to solve the threat of militant Muslims? This quote is from what one official involved in homeland security said was the theme of a speech by Walid Shoebat at an [...]

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Tennessee ACLU Placed on Fusion Center’s Terrorism Map

The lead paragraph reads like it’s a sick joke, but it’s not. A state government anti-terrorism agency placed the Tennessee ACLU on a map of “terrorism events and other suspicious activity” for sending a letter warning public schools not to celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. The ACLU expressed outrage Tuesday over its appearance on [...]

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A Brief Review of Phony Terrorism Scares

From the Youtube description: “The Miami 7, the Fort Dix 6,the Newburgh 4, the Underwear Bomber, the Portland Car Bomber… The FBI has set up then knocked down dozens of terrorist straw men in an effort to convince you that the ‘war on terror’ is real. This is a very real war for your mind [...]

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White House Drafting Order for ‘Indefinite Detention’

“Well,” you might say, “this policy would be intended for prisoners at Guantanamo suspected of being terrorists. Why does it matter to me?” It matters because it sets a horrifying precedent. Remember that weapons and tactics developed for use in the “war on terror” can and will be used against the American people. Remember how [...]

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