Posted in Blacklists, Surveillance on Sep 6th, 2006
Yet more damning evidence came out this week that the federal government is using the War on Terrorism for sweeping surveillance based on mysterious terrorist databases. The FBI has worked with the Education Department for the past five years to sift through millions of student financial aid records as part of “Project Strike Back, the [...]
Posted in Surveillance on Jul 10th, 2006
Federal agents must have it pretty rough these days. It seems they don’t have time for pesky warrants, so the Bush administration has approved the illegal spying program of the National Security Agency.
Now over-burdened FBI agents want to force Internet service providers to create backdoors for easier government surveillance.
The FBI has drafted overly broad legislation [...]
Posted in Harassment, Surveillance, Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2006
From the Associated Press today:
LOS ANGELES - A high-ranking California law enforcement official said in a personnel complaint that he was demoted after questioning the legality of federal and state intelligence-gathering methods, but authorities dispute the claims.
Edward Manavian was chief of criminal intelligence for the California Department of Justice, and chairman of the executive board [...]
Posted in Surveillance on May 8th, 2006
The former head of the National Security Agency, who designed and ardently defended Bush’s domestic spying program, today was nominated to head the CIA.
Air Force General Michael V. Hayden has been Bush’s go-to man on the illegal spying program that lets the National Security Agency eavesdrop on Americans’ calls and emails without a warrant.
The [...]
Posted in Harassment, Surveillance, Terrorism Rhetoric on Apr 14th, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security distributed a bulletin on Thursday to help corporations fight “eco-terrorism” like “flyer distribution,” “graffiti,” and “tying up company phone lines.”
Go ahead and laugh, but it gets worse. There are two things in this bulletin that are dead serious:
1. DHS admits it has “no specific, credible information [...]
Posted in Surveillance on Apr 14th, 2006
AT&T let the National Security Agency set up secret rooms in company offices to monitor public calls and sift through massive amounts of data, according to evidence filed in a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
A whistle-blower who worked for the company for 22 years said a device was installed with the “ability to [...]
Posted in Surveillance on Mar 31st, 2006
I just posted a column I wrote for the next issue of No Compromise about President Bush admitting that he authorized spying on ordinary Americans, with no judicial review. An excerpt:
For activists in the trenches, this may not seem like cause for celebration. The true breadth and depth of government surveillance and harassment hasn’t [...]
The War on Terrorism has come home. Corporations and politicians are labeling activists "eco-terrorists" and national security threats. Think red-baiting, with a green twist. Here you'll find original reporting and analysis of the Green Scare, and history repeating itself.