by d.johnson | Mar 11, 2013 | Civil Liberties Watch, slider
To answer Paul’s question of whether Obama “has the power to authorize lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil and without trial”; Holder went on to assert…
by d.johnson | Feb 22, 2013 | Civil Liberties Watch, slider
The Illinois State Senate has introduced bill 1614 entitled “Internet Posting Removal Act” that “provides that a web site administrator shall, upon request, remove any posted comments posted by an anonymous poster unless the anonymous poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post and confirms that his or her IP address, legal name, and home address are accurate.”
by d.johnson | Feb 19, 2013 | Civil Liberties Watch, slider
In Washington State, the federally-funded predictive cloud-based software PREDPOL will be assisting police departments in Tacoma and Seattle. PREDPOL utilizes mathematical algorithms based on five years of sociological data on citizens such as criminal behavior and records
by d.johnson | Dec 9, 2012 | Civil Liberties Watch, slider
Big brother at its finest…
by d.johnson | Nov 17, 2012 | slider, Victories
‘People are filmed on the street every day by businesses and others and don’t even know about it. Our agency is letting them know it’s happening and we are not trying to hide the fact that an area is under surveillance.'”
In other words: “We know spying without a warrant is wrong but hey, everyone else is doing it…