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James Retherford : Who Watches the Watchman? The Espionage Octopus
Part IIIWho Watches the Watchman? COINTELPRO and the Federal Government’sClandestine Attack on the U.S. Constitution Using FBI and CIA intelligence reports, the federal government compiled a Rabble Rouser Index of activists. By 1973 the National Security Council compiled a ‘watch … Continue reading →
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James Retherford : Who Watches the Watchman? Attacks on ‘Negroism’ and CPUSA
Cartoon from The Progressive.Part IIWho Watches the Watchman? COINTELPRO and the Federal Government’sClandestine Attack on the U.S. Constitution By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2009 The repression of dissident groups by shadowy government operatives is nothing … Continue reading →
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James Retherford : Who Watches the Watchman? J. Edgar Hoover and COINTELPRO
J. Edgar Hoover and friend.Part IWho Watches the Watchman? COINTELPRO and the Federal Government’sClandestine Attack on the U.S. Constitution By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / June 23, 2009 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?— Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347 [A version … Continue reading →
A Summary of Internet Surveillance Legislation
Internet surveillance laws in Canada and around the worldJune 19, 2009 The Canadian government has been trying to modernize its surveillance and wiretapping laws for years now, to take into account the growth of cellphone and internet communications. Canada’s current … Continue reading →
James Retherford : Who Watches the Watchman?
Introduction:Who watches the watchman? COINTELPRO and the federal government’s clandestine attack on the U.S. constitution By James Retherford / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2009 I wonder how many Americans actually remember or are even aware of the excesses … Continue reading →
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Did Bush Administration Have ‘Executive Assassination Ring?’
Investigative reporter Sy Hersh dropped a bombshell at the University of Minnesota, March 11, 2009. The Bush administration held that, as commander in chief, the president could authorize almost anything. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / March 24, … Continue reading →
A Special to the Rag Blog from OneLove, Our Foreign Correspondent
To Catch a SpyBy OneLove / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2009 Ahh, ain’t it a bitch. Your friend, buddy, Lover, comrade, comrade in arms, Brother, Sister, Affinity group member, long time associate, trusted mentor, favorite protege, You know … Continue reading →
Cop Nation : Snitch Brandon Darby, and Riot Police With the ‘Kent State’ Gene
Riot cops at 2008 Republic National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Photo by Pan African News. ‘I fear those individuals, identified only after they explode, who project their anxieties, anger and insecurities by becoming officers of the law and marauding … Continue reading →
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Brandon Darby – ‘To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest’
If Darby had really been worried people he was working with were planning violence, he could have taken it up with other group members. But that would have required honest discussion. When there is no honesty on one side, discussion … Continue reading →
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Brandon Darby : FBI Informant is Provocateur, Not a Hero
Austin activist and FBI informant Brandon Darby. Photo courtesy of YouTube. ‘FBI informant Brandon Darby did not heroically intervene to stop violence. Rather it appears that he actively sought out people that he could manipulate and entrap.’ By Austin Informant … Continue reading →
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Worse Than Thought : Maryland Spied on EVERYBODY
Maryland State Police Superintendent Terrence B. Sheridan announced in October that the department was sending letters to activists, inviting them to review their files. Photo by Sarah L. Voisin / The Washington Post. ‘The Maryland State Police surveillance of advocacy … Continue reading →
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Obama’s ‘Black Widow’ : The Super Spy Computer
‘The NSA’s colossal Cray supercomputer, code-named the ‘Black Widow,’ scans millions of domestic and international phone calls and e-mails every hour. . . . The Black Widow, performing hundreds of trillions of calculations per second, searches through and reassembles key … Continue reading →
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