Combining facial recognition, iris scanning, DNA analysis and voice modulation, the FBI will have the most comprehensive data collection on American citizens.
What recourse do we have against a power structure that bolsters it’s authority by removing your privacy?
Read more: Federal Agencies, Corporations and Local Police: The Many Faces of Big Brother
‘Americans seem confident in the mythical notion that the United States is a free nation dedicated to reproducing the principles of equality, justice and democracy. I want to address this seemingly untenable notion that the United States has become a breeding ground for authoritarianism by focusing on four fundamentalisms: market fundamentalism, religious fundamentalism, educational fundamentalism and military fundamentalism.’
Read more: American Theocracy: 4 Fundamentalist Ideologies Threatening U.S. Liberty
‘Reporting from Washington— The Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee took aim Thursday at an Obama administration plan to transfer five prisoners out of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay as part of a package of negotiations with the Taliban.
With four of the country’s top intelligence officials in front of him, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said the path the Obama administration had taken in the negotiations “crosses a pretty dangerous line” in U.S. policy.’
Read more: House Intelligence Committee: ‘Dangerous Line’ Crossed In Talks With Taliban
‘This week’s Supreme Court hearing in the Julian Assange case has profound meaning for the preservation of basic freedoms in western democracies. This is Assange’s final appeal against his extradition to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct that were originally dismissed by the chief prosecutor in Stockholm and constitute no crime in Britain.
The consequences, if he loses, lie not in Sweden but in the shadows cast by America’s descent into totalitarianism. In Sweden, he is at risk of being “temporarily surrendered” to the US where his life has been threatened and he is accused of “aiding the enemy” with Bradley Manning, the young soldier accused of leaking evidence of US war crimes to WikiLeaks. ‘
Read more: Wikileaks – The Julian Assange case means we are all suspects now
#War is #peace. #Freedom is #slavery. #Ignorance is #strength -George #Orwell
‘The legislation ran into an even more significant problem yesterday when the White House announced its opposition to the bills. Though the administration’s chief technology officials officials acknowledged the problem of online privacy, the White House statement presented a fairly detailed critique of the measures and concluded, “We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.” It added that any proposed legislation “must not tamper with the technical architecture of the Internet.”’
Read more: Victory for Internet Freedom: Obama Announces Opposition to SOPA, Congress Shelves Bill
[Image] Quit Squirming! You’re oppressing our religious freedom!
“A controversial measure aimed at stopping online privacy that critics contend would kill the Internet as we know it hit a minor snag on Friday, when a key backer delayed a vote on the measure until next week. Republican Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, decided against holding a committee vote that had been expected on Friday. The panel later scheduled a vote for Wednesday, December 21.
The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, aims to prevent Internet users from stealing content that does not belong to them but a growing chorus of opponents say the legislation is a sledgehammer that would stifle free speech.”
Read more: SOPA, bill to stop online piracy, hits minor snag in House
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