Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Entries Tagged ‘spying’

True Patriot Acts

Standing on the ashes of the man,
originally uploaded by herby_fr.
Today’s attack on democracy in the United States began with George W. Bush’s efforts to strongarm the House of Representatives into extending the Protect America Act.
Failure to act would harm our ability to monitor new terrorist activities and could re-open dangerous gaps in [...]

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Through the eyes of unregistered voices

Note: this is guest-blogged by my 13-year old daughter, who came home today in a huff after tussling with friends and peers at school over such diverse subjects as the Iraq war, warrantless wiretapping, Election 2008, and illegal immigration all in the span of a 90-minute PE class. I asked her to blog it [...]

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Careful — Big Brother IS Watching You

Via CNet News, confirmation that those of us who share photos and videos online may be the next target of government scrutiny:

The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose [...]

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