Archive for November, 2006
Police target dangerous suspects before they can offend
Times Online | Nov. 27, 2006
By Lucy Bannerman
Criminal profilers are drawing up a list of the 100 most dangerous murderers and rapists of the future even before they commit such crimes, The Times has learnt.
The highly controversial database will be used by police and other agencies to target suspects before they can carry out a [...]
Why we love government
Townhall.com | Nov. 29, 2006
By Walter E. Williams
Unlike today’s Americans, the founders of our nation were suspicious, if not contemptuous, of government. Consider just a few of their words.
James Madison suggested that “All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
Thomas Paine observed, “We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting [...]
Guest Opinion: North American Union would supplant U.S. sovereignty
Tucson Citizen | Nov. 30, 2006
By Karen S. Johnson
I just returned from a week in Washington, D.C., with a group of concerned women where we learned about the Security and Prosperity Partnership, also known as “The North American Union.”
This partnership was agreed upon at a private meeting held in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005, [...]
Palmdale-produced robot spy craft to begin real operations in U.S.
Related: Fox News Trumpets Pentagon Spy Drones Listening In On Americans
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LA Daily News | Nov. 26, 2006
By Jim Skeen
PALMDALE – The Palmdale-produced Global Hawk robot spy plane is coming up on a number of firsts, including the start of operations in the United States and the beginning of flight testing of a larger, more capable [...]
Gingrich Says Terror Threat May Necessitate Changes In Freedom Of Speech Laws
Union Leader | Nov. 28, 2006
By Riley Yates
MANCHESTER – Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich yesterday said the country will be forced to reexamine freedom of speech to meet the threat of terrorism.
Gingrich, speaking at a Manchester awards banquet, said a “different set of rules” may be needed to reduce terrorists’ ability to use [...]
Police want power to crack down on offensive demo chants and slogans
London Guardian | Nov. 27, 2006
By Vikram Dodd
Police are to demand new powers to arrest protesters for causing offence through the words they chant and the slogans on their placards and even headbands.
The country’s biggest force, the Metropolitan police, is to lobby the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, because officers believe that large sections of the [...]
Secret Pentagon Documents Classify Central Coast Group as a “Threat”
KSBY | Nov. 24, 2006
By Matt Cota
New details tonight about a secret Pentagon database used to monitor anti-war protests and activists. Recently-disclosed documents reveal that some of the surveillance targets include an organization with ties to the Central Coast.
Secret Pentagon documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union provide details of how the organization called [...]
Covert U.S. Wiretapping Continues Unabated
UPI | Nov. 25, 2006
A covert U.S. wiretapping program continues unabated nearly a year after President Bush admitted its existence, it was reported Saturday.
Neither Congress nor the courts have taken definitive action against the National Security Agency program, The New York Times reported.
While Democrats have vowed to press for more facts about the operation, they [...]
Word on the street … they’re listening
Times Online | Nov. 26, 2006
POLICE and councils are considering monitoring conversations in the street using high-powered microphones attached to CCTV cameras, write Steven Swinford and Nicola Smith.
The microphones can detect conversations 100 yards away and record aggressive exchanges before they become violent.
The devices are used at 300 sites in Holland and police, councils and [...]
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