Tag Archives: Surveillance

Lisa Fithian: FBI Informant Brandon Darby : Sexism, Egos, and Lies

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Brandon. Darby. Still from a video / videochannels.com.Sexism, egos, and lies:Sometimes you wake up and it is not different By Lisa Fithian / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010 Community organizer and nonviolent activist/trainer Lisa Fithian will be Thorne … Continue reading →

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Spying on Americans : Reagan and the PROMIS Conspiracy

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s a national tradition:Spying on Americans Part II: Reagan administration acquires PROMIS software By James Retherford and Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / February 2, 2010 [This is the second installment in a series about the U.S. government’s extensive … Continue reading →

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U.S. Government : Six Decades of Spying on its Citizens

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s a national tradition:Spying on Americans Part One: LBJ and Nixon By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / January 5, 2010 [This is the first installment of Sherman DeBrosse’s series about the U.S. government’s extensive and inglorious history of … Continue reading →

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A Summary of Internet Surveillance Legislation

Posted on June 22, 2009 by RagBlog

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 →

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Great Britain : Extensive Camera Network Ups Police State Ante

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from Getty Images. The BBC says the massive tracking database will be up and fully functional in a matter of months. By Stephen C. Webster / May 25, 2009 See BBC Video, Below. The British government will soon have … Continue reading →

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Cop Nation : Snitch Brandon Darby, and Riot Police With the ‘Kent State’ Gene

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

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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Worse Than Thought : Maryland Spied on EVERYBODY

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

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

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

‘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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Your Digital Trail and the New Big Brother

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

About 100 students at M.I.T. are trading privacy for a smartphone that tracks their calls, messages and movements. Photo by Jodi Hilton / NYT. Even its practitioners acknowledge that, if misused, collective intelligence tools could create an Orwellian future on … Continue reading →

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Stopping the NSA’s Illegal Surveillance of Us

Posted on September 19, 2008 by RagBlog

This is the continuing saga of trying to bring a little justice back to the US. We posted about it a few weeks ago. It is encouraging to see these folks being utterly persistent in the endeavour. Richard Jehn / … Continue reading →

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Georgetown : Ex UT Austin Top Cop Used Undercover Snoops Against Student Anti-War Groups

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Jeffrey Van Slyke when serving as police chief at University of Texas at Austin.Georgetown paper calls Chief Jeffrey Van Slyke to taskBy Scott Henson Jeffrey Van Slyke, the former University of Texas Police Department chief who authorized undercover snooping on … Continue reading →

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FBI Grabbing More Power While They Still Can

Posted on August 21, 2008 by RagBlog

Relax, We’re Only Assessing YouJacob Sullum / August 21, 2008 Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and several of his colleagues are worried about new guidelines for FBI investigations that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is on the verge of approving. Yesterday, in … Continue reading →

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