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GOP campaign downplays Palin book-banning inquiry - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:11 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Just what we need, a book banning vice president. What else will she ban?

politics, government, out, of, control

Exclusive: Widespread cell phone location snooping by NSA? | Surveillance State - CNET News

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 10:56 PM EDT (CNET.com)

Is the NSA tracking your cell phone?

politics, government, out, of, control

T-shirt gets Van Nuys woman kicked out of federal building - LA Daily News

Seeded on Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:36 PM EDT (dailynews.com)

VAN NUYS - A routine trip to the Social Security office Monday turned into 30 minutes of shock, disbelief and irritation for Lapriss Gilbert, who was forced to leave the federal building by a guard who objected to her "lesbian.com" T-shirt.

politics, government, out, of, control

Delayed by her bra, air passenger is indignant

Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:45 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Stop the abuse. . . .For Kates, on Sunday, though, the security check got too invasive. A big-busted woman wearing a large underwire bra, she set off the metal detector. She was pulled aside and checked by a female TSA agent with a metal-sensitive wand.

politics, government, insanity

The Associated Press: Senators: FBI rules could target innocent people

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:20 PM EDT (Associated Press - Google)

Proposed rules to help the FBI catch terrorists could lead to innocent Americans being spied upon by government agents or informants "all without any basis for suspicion," a group of Democratic senators said Wednesday.

politics, your, government, out, of, control

The Columbus Dispatch : Ohio's voting machine glitch exposed

Seeded on Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:40 PM EDT (The Columbus Dispatch)

The maker of touch-screen voting machines used in half of Ohio's counties has admitted that its own programming error is to blame for votes being dropped in some counties.

politics, government, funny

Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Pew Survey: More Americans Want Religion Out of Politics

Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:03 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

For the first time in more than a decade, a narrow majority of Americans say churches should stay out of politics, according to a poll released today by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

politics, in, your, government

Watch-Listed Fliers Can Sue, Appeals Court Rules | Threat Level from Wired.com

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:14 PM EDT (Wired News)

Airline passengers on the government's no-fly list can sue the government to get their names removed, according to a federal appeals court ruling Monday that swept aside complicated judicial rules that insulated the government from lawsuits over the sprawling list of suspected te …

politics, your-rights, privacy

Judge: Man can't be forced to divulge encryption passphrase | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:53 PM EDT (CNET.com)

A win for privacy and your rights. . . . A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that prosecutors can't force a criminal defendant accused of having illegal images on his hard drive to divulge his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) passphrase.

politics, your-rights, privacy

War On Terror board game seized by police - Cambridge News

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:28 PM EDT (cambridge-news.co.uk)

Now board games that make fun of politicians are banned as terrorist weapons. I guess you could beat your fellow players off the head with the game board if you lose? Stop the insanity

politics, government-out-of-control, your-rights

They Say They Were Born in the U.S.A. The State Department Says Prove It - WSJ.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:56 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

In the archives of local institutions, Juan Aranda's life is firmly rooted in this small south Texas town. [open interactive graphic]

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Police Turn to Secret Weapon: GPS Device - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:32 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

. . . Across the country, police are using GPS devices to snare thieves, drug dealers, sexual predators and killers, often without a warrant or court order.

politics, privacy, your-fourth-admendment-rights

Electronic Privacy in Jeopardy - HotHardware

Seeded on Sat Aug 9, 2008 8:35 AM EDT (hothardware.com)

In the recent case of "Justin Bunnell, Forrest Parker, Wes Parker and Valence Media, LTD., vs. Motion Picture Association of America" (MPAA), the owners of TorrentSpy accused the MPAA of violating the federal Wiretap Act by intercepting e-mails.

politics, prvacy, your-rights

Public Pressure Mounts Against Invasive Border Searches | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 5:06 PM EDT (eff.org)

Random, invasive laptop searches and other digital privacy violations at the U.S. border are facing increasing pressure from the public and Congress.

politics, privacy, your-rights

Chertoff Misleads on Laptop Searches, Feingold Charges | Threat Level from Wired.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 7:11 PM EDT (Wired News)

Once again Senator Feingold is the only one standing up for our rights.

politics

SMBlog -- 10 July 2008

Seeded on Tue Aug 5, 2008 8:49 AM EDT (cs.columbia.edu)

This is insanity. The federal government continues to assert its right to search anyone, anytime, anywhere. Despite our constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

politics, privacy, your-rights

FBI seizes local Md. library computers

Seeded on Sun Aug 3, 2008 8:03 PM EDT (WTOP)

The FBI removed computer records from the C. Burr Artz Library this week, a library official confirmed Saturday.

politics, your-rights, privacy, fbi

Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border (washingtonpost.com)

Seeded on Fri Aug 1, 2008 11:28 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.

politics, out-of-control, government, privacy, your-rights

Waxman: White House Knew Of Iraqi Oil Deal, By Ryan Grim - CBS News

Seeded on Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:04 PM EDT (CBS News)

(The Politico) In September 2007, the Kurdish Regional Government, which runs the semi-autonomous region of Northern Iraq, announced that it had entered into an oil contract with U.S.-based Hunt Oil.

politics

Judge orders White House to resolve e-mail backup 'ambiguity'

Seeded on Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:30 AM EDT (Computerworld)

A federal judge has told the White House to answer "once and for all" whether backup tapes holding e-mail documents sought by a Washington-based watchdog group have been preserved. These guys are all going to be out of office and off scotch free soon.

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