Archive for January 8th, 2007

First wiretapping, now letter-opening?

Posted on January 8, 2007. Filed under: Big Brother |

Can the feds read your mail without a warrant? You wouldn’t think so, but that’s not how the president sees it.
LA Times | Jan. 8, 2007
THE BUSH administration seems determined to raise the specter of surveillance over every means of communication within the United States. Not content to monitor selected phone calls and e-mails in [...]

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A Mortgage? Give Us Your Fingerprints

Posted on January 8, 2007. Filed under: Big Brother, tyranny |

The People | Jan. 8, 2007
By Nigel Nelson
HOME seekers will soon have to show their FINGERPRINTS to take out a mortgage.
Banks and building societies will introduce the measure for first-time buyers to clamp down on identity fraud.
The shock move comes as the Government prepares plans to introduce its controversial ID cards.

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