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FBI Had 12-Page File On George Carlin Because He Made Jokes About Government
FBI Had 12-Page File On George Carlin Because He Made Jokes About Government Comedian George Carlin is known as one of the most controversial and outspoken entertainers of his time, and as far as the government is concerned, he could have possibly been a terrorist. Carlin was not a violent or criminal person in any way, but […]
Greenspan Imagines Better, Alternate Universe in Which Greenspan Was Not Fed Chair
Greenspan Imagines Better, Alternate Universe in Which Greenspan Was Not Fed Chair Alan Greenspan, the policy failure whose tenure at the Federal Reserve helped create the conditions for the largest financial crisis in nearly a century, was inexplicably given a major newspaper platform on Monday to opine about regulation, which he ideologically abhors. So it […]
FBI says that citizens should have no secrets that the government can’t access: the Orwellian cyber police state has arrived
FBI says that citizens should have no secrets that the government can’t access: the Orwellian cyber police state has arrived The police and surveillance state predicted in the forward-looking 1940s classic “1984” by George Orwell, has slowly, but steadily, come to fruition. However, like a frog sitting idly in a pan of steadily-warming water, too […]
Leaked Documents Show FBI, DEA and U.S. Army Buying Italian Spyware
Leaked Documents Show FBI, DEA and U.S. Army Buying Italian Spyware The FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Army have all bought controversial software that allows users to take remote control of suspects’ computers, recording their calls, emails, keystrokes and even activating their cameras, according to internal documents hacked from the software’s Italian manufacturer. The […]
FBI Uses Surveillance “Air Force” To Monitor US Citizens, AP Finds
FBI Uses Surveillance “Air Force” To Monitor US Citizens, AP Finds In the wake of the violent protests, looting, and riots that shook Baltimore to its core and left parts of the city smoldering in late April, Benjamin Shayne — who had just sat down in his backyard to enjoy a radio broadcast of an […]
FBI Confirms No Major Terrorism Cases Cracked via Unconstitutional Patriot Act Phone Spying
FBI Confirms No Major Terrorism Cases Cracked via Unconstitutional Patriot Act Phone Spying FBI agents can’t point to any major terrorism cases they’ve cracked thanks to the key snooping powers in the Patriot Act, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report Thursday that could complicate efforts to keep key parts of the law […]
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors The FBI has wide leeway to conduct surveillance on possible threats to “national security.” Where the rubber meets the road, of course, is who the Bureau decides constitutes such a threat. Both the president and the Pentagon have proclaimed that global warming is a threat to U.S. national security. But there’s no sign […]
Gen. Petraeus: Too Big to Jail
Gen. Petraeus: Too Big to Jail From the Archive: Retired Gen. David Petraeus confessed on Thursday to giving sensitive government secrets to his mistress and then lying about it to the FBI, but will get no jail time, only two years probation and a fine, showing that he is too big to jail, as ex -CIA […]
GOP Establishment Queen Mitch McConnell Introduces Patriot Act Reauthorization with Zero NSA Reforms
GOP Establishment Queen Mitch McConnell Introduces Patriot Act Reauthorization with Zero NSA Reforms Late last week, I published a post about Patriot Act reauthorization that turned out to be extremely popular. It was titled, Congress is Attempting to Reauthorize Key Patriot Act Provisions by Sneaking it Into “USA Freedom Act.” Here’s an excerpt: June 1, 2015 is […]
HEAD of the FBI’s Anthrax Investigation Says the Whole Thing Was a SHAM
HEAD of the FBI’s Anthrax Investigation Says the Whole Thing Was a SHAM Agent In Charge of Amerithrax Investigation Blows the Whistle The FBI head agent in charge of the anthrax investigation – Richard Lambert – has just filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit calling the entire FBI investigation bullsh!t: In the fall of 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, […]
The Anthrax Coverup Exposed
The Anthrax Coverup Exposed Update: Both Senator Leahy and Senator Daschle were in positions capable of blocking the neo-Nazi PATRIOT Act. Both senators had negotiated with the Bush regime changes in the act that made it less tyrannical. However, the changes were not in the final draft of the act sent to Congress. Consequently, Leahy […]
Congress is Attempting to Reauthorize Key Patriot Act Provisions by Sneaking it Into “USA Freedom Act”
Congress is Attempting to Reauthorize Key Patriot Act Provisions by Sneaking it Into “USA Freedom Act” Yet with Section 215’s lifespan now stretching to a matter of weeks, supporters of broad surveillance powers have yet to put forth a bill for their preservation – evidence, opponents believe, that the votes for reauthorization do not exist, particularly […]
The FBI Busts Up Another of its Own Terrorist Plots and Politicians Rush to Blame the First Amendment
The FBI Busts Up Another of its Own Terrorist Plots and Politicians Rush to Blame the First Amendment Like other recent sensational “terror plots,” however, the criminal complaint unsealed yesterday demonstrates the key role of an undercover law enforcement informant in both formulating and facilitating the alleged plot. It doesn’t appear that Velentzas or Siddiqui actually planned or attempted to […]
DEA GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET EXPOSED; ACCESS TO DATA LIKELY CONTINUES
DEA GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE DRAGNET EXPOSED; ACCESS TO DATA LIKELY CONTINUES Secret mass surveillance conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration is falling under renewed scrutiny after fresh revelations about the broad scope of the agency’s electronic spying. On Tuesday, USA Today reported that for more than two decades, dating back to 1992, the DEA and the Justice Department “amassed […]
FBI Moves to Broaden Hacking Authority – Google Says it Poses “Monumental Constitutional Concern”
FBI Moves to Broaden Hacking Authority – Google Says it Poses “Monumental Constitutional Concern” A judicial advisory panel Monday quietly approved a rule change that will broaden the FBI’s hacking authority despite fears raised by Google that the amended language represents a “monumental” constitutional concern. The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules voted 11-1 […]
