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2008-09-20 19:00:00 Guest Post II By Oklahoma Charlie, a.k.a., “Chuck” To Our Co-Bloggers Here At The Gun Toting Liberal? [Editor's Note] Again, in the interest of truly “Fair And Balanced” political commentary, and in keeping true with our 2006 Finalist award for “Best Centrist... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
New Study Finds Conservatives Are More Easily Frightened Than Liberals
2008-09-19 21:02:00 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Study Goes A Long Way Toward Explaining Why Republican “Culture Of Fear” Exists And Why It Works… While the world is discussing the filthy, fear-mongering (Source: Swampland) campaign of “Meester Bipartisan Maverick McCain-Kennedy Open... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Anthrax versus the Patriot Act: Score One for Anthrax in the Death of Scien
2008-08-07 00:02:00 Dr. Francis A. Boyle of the University of Illinois at Champaign, from his book, Biowarfare and Terrorism: ?Could it truly be coincidental that two of the primary intended victims of the terrorist anthrax attacks?Senators Daschle and Leahy?were holding up the speedy passage of the pre-planned USA Patriot Act?an Act which provided the federal government with unprecedented powers in relation to U.S. citizens and institutions?? Go up against the mighty Patriot Act and you shall die. Not only would the anthrax offense have been effective had the intended victims succumbed, but the subsequent scare the whole anthrax form of invisible bio-terrorism?no matter the success or failure of the mission?would served as a fear-enforced shaper of the desired outcome either way. The Patriot Act had to be passed, and no one could stand in the way. And it worked.The downside of using anthrax as a weapon is that the weapon itself, like a nuclear bomb or the Ebola virus, must be wielded by a scientist....
By: Tumerica
?eBill of Rights? Proposed by Liberty Coalition
2008-06-06 09:12:00 From Liberty Coalition Release Transpartisan Alliance Seeks Internet Privacy/Security Guarantees; Demands Government and Business ?Stand Up and Play Right? (Washington, DC) … A broad range of advocacy organizations, ranging from the Rutherford Institute and the Equal Justice Alliance to the International Association of Whistleblowers, are uniting in support of a newly drafted eBill of Rights, created to ...
SEYMOUR TRUTH - THE SEX ACT vs. THE PATRIOT ACT
2008-06-01 08:43:00 Seymour Truth's latest letter to the president asks the difference betweeen the sex act and The Patriot Act ... as seen on www.blimptv.net
By: Blimp TV
Congress Reports on Major Event Security
2008-05-14 23:58:00 From Congressional Release May 13, 2008 (WASHINGTON) ? Today, the Majority Staff of the Committee on Homeland Security, Chaired by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), released a comprehensive report examining homeland security challenges for mass gatherings. The report, entitled ?Public Health, Safety, and Security for Mass Gatherings? details 30 recommendations for what should be done by ...
Congressman Ron Paul Speaks Out on National Security
2008-05-08 08:14:00 Washington, DC - At a packed meeting of the American Conservative Defense Alliance on Wednesday, Congressman Ron Paul, MD (R-TX) addressed a wide range of national security issues. During the meeting he expressed serious concerns about what the Patriot Act has meant to the liberty of Americans stating, ?What?s left of the 4th Amendment? Not much ...
DHS Proposes Biometrics Collection on Exiting Non-US Citizens
2008-04-22 19:27:00 WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today a notice of proposed rulemaking that will establish biometric exit procedures at all U.S air and sea ports of departure. The majority of non-U.S. citizens are already required to submit digital fingerprints and a digital photograph for admission into the country. The US-VISIT Exit ...
DHS Domestic Spy Platform Remains Concern for Congress
2008-04-08 05:56:00 Today, Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment Chair Jane Harman (D-CA), and Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Chairman Chris P. Carney (D-PA) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff detailing their concerns over the progress of the Department?s National Applications Office ...
National Dragnet Is a Click Away
2008-03-14 02:26:00 From WashingtonPost.com, by Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Ellen Nakashima Several thousand law enforcement agencies are creating the foundation of a domestic intelligence system through computer networks that analyze vast amounts of police information to fight crime and root out terror plots. As federal authorities struggled to meet information-sharing mandates after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, police ...
DHS Holds Cyber Storm II
2008-03-11 06:49:00 CYBER STORM II EXERCISE HELD TO FURTHER CYBER SECURITY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPABILITIES From DHS Release WASHINGTON? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting the largest cyber security exercise ever organized. Cyber Storm II is being held from March 10-14 in Washington, D.C. and brings together participants from federal, state and local governments, the private sector, and the ...
GSA Developing Federal Motor Vehicle Registration System
2008-03-03 07:46:00 From FedAgent.com The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced yesterday that it is developing the Federal Motor Vehicle Registration System, which will register all federally-owned and commercially-leased motor vehicles that display official U.S. government license plates. The system, under development by GSA’s Office of Governmentwide Policy and the GSA Fleet Program, also will hold a complete ...
Supreme Court Passes on Warrantless Wiretapping Case
2008-02-22 08:03:00 From FEDagent.com On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a legal challenge to the Bush Administration’s warrantless surveillance program. The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of journalists, scholars, attorneys and national nonprofit organizations who say that the surveillance program is disrupting their ability to communicate effectively with sources ...
Michael Scheuer says, ?Our Country Is in Trouble.?
2008-02-15 06:06:00 From Newsweek, by John Barry An ex-bin Laden hunter on why the U.S. hasn’t beaten Al Qaeda. Michael Scheuer is a worried man?and an angry one. He’s worried by what he regards as the United States’s failure to devise a successful strategy against Osama bin Laden and angered by what he sees as the political timidity behind ...
More Reason To Fear Obama
2008-02-13 20:41:00 Here?s the Wall Street Journal on yesterday?s overwhelming bipartisan vote to protect from lawsuits telecommunications companies that, in good faith, cooperated with the government to help apprehend terrorists: Now and then sanity prevails, even in Washington. So it did yesterday as the Senate passed a warrantless wiretap bill for overseas terrorists while killing most of the ...
By: Webloggin
Michael Chertoff?s Deepest Fears
2008-02-12 03:17:00 From NewYorkDailyNews.com, By James Gordon Meek America’s top counterterror official says “more than a dozen” people tied to Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and other extremists have tried to infiltrate the U.S. since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But they weren’t caught swimming the Rio Grande from Mexico, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the Daily News in a recent ...
Innocents on Watch Lists Critical of TRIP
2008-01-30 06:39:00 From WallStreetJournal.com, by Scott MacCartney A government program set up to remove innocent people from terrorism no-fly and watch lists has been ineffective and riddled with problems, travelers and congressional leaders say. The Department of Homeland Security’s Traveler Redress Inquiry Program, or TRIP, was started almost a year ago to clear people routinely subjected to extra airport-security ...
State Lawmakers Challenge REAL ID Act
2008-01-29 03:04:00 From The State Journal, by Walt Williams (Contributed by Michael Ostrolenk) Some states are refusing to meet national security standards spelled out in the REAL ID Act. CHARLESTON – West Virginia would join a growing number of states that are refusing to change what appears on their driver’s licenses to meet new national security standards under a proposed bill ...
Goodbye Anonymity. Hello ID Superiority.
2008-01-23 06:07:00 From FCW.com, by Jason Miller Government-issued personal identity verification cards are a form of identity proofing superior to anything available in the past, security experts say. When federal agencies finish issuing computer-readable personal identity cards, it will mark the end of a difficult four-year process and the beginning of a new era. The new federal ID cards will ...
Patriot Act
2008-01-22 13:41:00 by Dennis Jett Why is it that those who proclaim their patriotism the loudest often demonstrate the least understanding of what this country stands for? Or to put it more accurately, what this country should stand for. Take the debate on torture. The disclosure that the CIA destroyed hundreds of hours of videotapes of two prisoners being subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques" is only the latest reminder of what is being done in our name. Pro-torture patriots who argue vigorously in favor of these techniques imply that their love of country is second to none because they are willing to use any means to defend it. They are not above questioning the patriotism of those who disagree. And they like to argue about the definition of torture, claiming that waterboarding and similar methods are not so bad. Yet the United Nations Convention Against Torture, an agreement the United States signed and ratified, puts it in words hard to misunderstand: &q...
Patriot act: the road for Big Brother
2008-01-08 18:46:00 What is the Patriot Act? What’s its impact of our life? The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress that President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. The acronym stands for: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism ...
2008 Election: Presidential Endorsement
2008-01-01 22:09:00 Part IV: My 2008 Presidential Candidate Endorsement. I’ve hinted at it before, but I now make my endorsement official. The person that I am endorsing is…Mitt Romney. Now, why? I am hard core pro-life. Period. If you aren’t pro-life, I won’t be voting for you. I oppose privileges for homosexuals. Privileges are not the same as rights. Marriage the ...
Patriot Act
2007-12-27 18:53:00 Congress actually accomplished something. The Patriots/Giants game will be on CBS and NBC in an unprecendented deal after the cable companies refused to budge. ?We had some of the same interests as the politicians, but this was a reaction to our fans." NFL network CEO Steve Bornstein denying political pressure had anything to do with the move. NYT
By: Chickaboomer
DIGG, the Technological Version of the Patriot Act
2007-12-22 21:59:00 One of the things I love about my Community, whether it be the blogging community, the GLBTI community, or the community in which I live, is experiencing our diversity. We are of all colors, religions, ages, sexual orientations or gender identifications, socio-economic levels, or any of the other differences that make us human, different, and special in our own special way. But, watch out?danger lurks in these here blogging waters, and it?s not the bloggers you need worry about! It's Digg. Who Are These Guys?From Wikipedia:?Digg is a community-based popularity website with an emphasis on technology and science articles, recently expanding to a broader range of categories such as politics and entertainment. It combines social bookmarking, blogging, and syndication with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control.News stories and websites are submitted by users, and then promoted to the front page through a user-based ranking system. This differs from the hierarchical ed...
Patriot Act Loses Appeal
2007-12-11 20:25:00 Vague language helped strike down a small part of the Constitutionally-unsound Patriot Act Monday;The ruling released Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco affirms a 2005 decision by a lower court judge.That judge, Audrey Collins, ruled on a petition seeking to clear the way for U.S. groups and individuals to assist organizations in Turkey and Sri Lanka with training on applying for disaster relief or conducting peace negotiations.Collins said language in the Patriot Act was vague on matters involving training, expert advice or assistance, personnel and service to foreign terrorist organizations.Here's the part that throughly enrages me;Collins' ruling prevented the federal government from enforcing the vague Patriot Act provisions as they apply to the terrorist groups named in the lawsuit.In its 27-page decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that to survive a vagueness challenge, a statute "must be sufficiently clear to put a person of ord...
By: Mike Kuykendall
DHS Revising ?No Match? Rule
2007-11-30 06:01:00 From FEDagent.com The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has temporarily abandoned its attempt to enforce its proposed ?no match? rule that would use Social Security records for immigration enforcement. In a late Friday afternoon court filing the day after Thanksgiving in federal court in San Francisco, DHS requested that a lawsuit challenging the rule be put ...
EMS Personnel as Intelligence Sensors
2007-11-29 18:46:00 From Homeland Security Affairs, by Michael Petrie The use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel 1 as intelligence sensors or information collectors to provide information to Terrorism Early Warning Groups (TEWGs) and other local and state government intelligence fusion centers is recommended by numerous academic papers, professional articles and presentations, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security best-practice ...
Domestic Spying, Inc.
2007-11-29 18:41:00 From CorpWatch, by Tim Shorrock A new intelligence institution to be inaugurated soon by the Bush administration will allow government spying agencies to conduct broad surveillance and reconnaissance inside the United States for the first time. Under a proposal being reviewed by Congress, a National Applications Office (NAO) will be established to coordinate how the Department of ...
Creeping Sovietism
2007-11-28 05:19:00 From Right-Thinking.com, by Hal_10000 I hate to say this, but I?m with the ACLU on this one: Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people?s privacy. Homeland Security defends this with their usual discharge from the ...
Firefighter Help on Terrorism
2007-11-28 05:08:00 From Associated Press, by Eileen Sullivan WASHINGTON (AP) ? Firefighters in major cities are being trained to take on a new role as lookouts for terrorism, raising concerns of eroding their standing as American icons and infringing on people’s privacy. Unlike police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel don’t need warrants to access hundreds of thousands of homes ...
Rudy Guiliani Defends The Patriot Act — Fine, Let’s Use It On H
2007-11-25 18:33:00 No surprise, but ole’ ROO-JOO just LOVES the USA (so-called) “Patriot” Act; defending it tooth and nail as supporters of that guy with two first names (Ron Paul — Opposes the Patriot Act) encircled him on a stroll through New Hampshire, waving their “Ron Paul For President” signs in his face… From The Swamp: Pro-Patriot Act Giuliani ...
There is no opposition party in Washington
2007-11-19 14:46:00 In describing the Democratic response to Bush’s sabre-rattling toward Iran, Power of Narrative’s Arthur Silber summed things up neatly: They don’t object because — they don’t object. The only thing wrong with Silber’s assessment is that it was limited to Iran. In truth, you could just as easily use those seven succinct words to characterize the Democratic Party in general. Time and time again, on critical issue after critical issue, the Democrats fall in line with their Republican leaders and do what they’re asked. They do the will of the GOP instead of the will of the people. They act in the interests of the nation’s narrow power elite instead of in the public interest. They follow instead of leading. And they do so because - they don’t object. Some examples illustrate the point. Despite winning a majority in both houses of Congress largely on America’s unhappiness with our open-ended occupation of Iraq, and despite cont...
Remarks By Sec. Chertoff at 2007 Customs and Border Protection Trade Sympos
2007-11-17 05:35:00 SECRETARY CHERTOFF: It’s a lunch speech, but I don’t see lunch. I guess you all ate before I got here. I want to thank Commissioner Basham for the introduction. But beyond that, I want to thank him for his service not only in this challenging and very important job with a huge domain of responsibility, but ...
LAPD Scraps ?Muslim Mapping? Plan
2007-11-16 08:03:00 From LATimes.com, by Richard Winton and Teresa Watanabe The LAPD on Wednesday abruptly scrapped a program to map the city’s Muslim population, a major retreat for a department that said the system was needed to identify potential hotbeds of extremism. The reversal comes after a week of protests from Muslim groups and civil libertarians, who equated the ...
Napolitano of Fox News Against Patriot Act
2007-11-06 00:00:00 President George W Bush on March 9 signs document to renew the Patriot Act Civil liberties in war time - Fox News’ Senior Judicial Analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano makes an argument against the Patriot Act. Good for him. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/-foxpatriot.flv A Nation of Sheep: I’m guessing this was shown at 4AM Gentle reminder: VA Joe’s summary of the ...
By: Garling Gauge
NY Faces Court Challenge Over License Plan
2007-11-04 06:22:00 From CNSNews.com At least two lawsuits aim to strike down the New York state policy of granting driver’s license to illegal aliens. New York Democratic Gov. Elliott Spitzer pushed the policy, enacted last month, as a “common sense change” to give illegal aliens “the opportunity to obtain a driver license in a responsible and secure manner.” But opponents ...
Patriot Act In Operation-Man Smeared By Angry In-Law!
2007-11-03 00:40:00 The effects of laws such as the Patriot Act were exemplified in a recent case in which an angry father-in-law told American authorities his son-in-law was a member of al-Qaeda. No sooner had the son-in-law arrived in the United States on a trip when he was pulled aside by armed security guards and taken to ...
Understanding The ?Argument? Over FISA
2007-10-18 06:09:00 From CBSnews.com, by Benjamin Wittes (The New Republic) For all the fire-breathing rhetoric we can expect to hear about modernization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in the coming months, last week’s introduction by House Democrats of their bill on the subject makes one thing abundantly clear: The Democrats and the Bush administration aren’t very far ...
Prosecution Against Critical Art Ensemble Nets Victim - Dr. Ferrell Pleas G
2007-10-15 15:33:00 On Thursday last week, Dr. Robert Ferrell, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, pleaded guilty under intense pressure from the Department of Justice to charges of ?wire fraud? and ?mail fraud?, a decision family and friends say was due to his severe illness. Dr. Ferrell has lymphoma and malignant melanoma. He has had two minor strokes and endured months of rehabilitation since he and Steven Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble were indicted under the Patriot Act in 2004 for ?bioterrorism?. Dr. Ferrell was indicted because he helped the artist collective obtain culture samples for their public art installations. After failing to produce any evidence that would support charges of bioterrorism, the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed the charges to ?mail fraud? and ?wire fraud?. The maximum penalty under the Patriot Act for these charges is 20 years. Gentry Ferrell, Dr. Ferrell?s daughter, said in a statement that ?The fact th...
Prosecution Against Critical Art Ensemble Nets Victim - Dr. Ferrell Pleas G
2007-10-15 15:33:00 On Thursday last week, Dr. Robert Ferrell, Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, pleaded guilty under intense pressure from the Department of Justice to charges of ???wire fraud??? and ???mail fraud???, a decision family and friends say was due to his severe illness. Dr. Ferrell has lymphoma and malignant melanoma. He has had two minor strokes and endured months of rehabilitation since he and Steven Kurtz of the Critical Art Ensemble were indicted under the Patriot Act in 2004 for ???bioterrorism???. Dr. Ferrell was indicted because he helped the artist collective obtain culture samples for their public art installations. After failing to produce any evidence that would support charges of bioterrorism, the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed the charges to ???mail fraud??? and ???wire fraud???. The maximum penalty under the Patriot Act for these charges is 20 years. Gentry Ferrell, Dr. Ferrell???s daughter, said in a state...
Another Clinton appointee Chisels Away At The Patriot Act
2007-09-27 13:46:00 I am not conversant with the details of the Patriot Act, nor am I a Constitutional lawyer. I simply find it interesting that, more often than not, when a Federal District Court judge rules something about the Patriot Act unlawful, that judge is a Clinton appointee. The most recent case in point is a decision ...
By: Webloggin
Two Provisions of Patriot Act Called Unconstitutional by Federal Judge
2007-09-27 07:37:00 Two provisions of the Patriot Act were called unconstitutional by a federal judge in Oregon: In a case brought by a Portland man who was wrongly detained as a terrorism suspect in 2004, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Patriot Act violates the Constitution because it “permits the executive branch ...
By: Liberal Values
Brandon Mayfield VS the Patriot Act - 2007
2007-09-27 06:22:00 The details of the Brandon Mayfield arrest can be found in this July, 2005 post;Brandon Mayfield VS The Patriot ActHere is a brief summary. In May of 2004 Brandon Mayfield, a Portland Lawyer, was arrested on suspicion of being involved with the terrorist bombing in Spain based on a faulty fingerprint analysis by the FBI. His house was broken into and computers and documents were taken by the FBI based on provisions of the Patriot Act. Mayfield was also held without charge for over two weeks. Mayfield had another problem - he was Muslim. He was eventually released, the FBI apologized and gave him a Two million dollar settlement. Mayfield went to court to challenge the Patriot Act. A little more than two years later:Judge rules in favor of Mayfield challenge A federal judge in Portland declared a portion of the USA Patriot Act unconstitutional Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Patriot Act violated the constitutional ban on unreasonable search and seizure.The deci...
2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
2007-09-27 06:16:00 From Breitbart.com, AP Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, “now permits the executive branch of government ...
2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
2007-09-27 04:35:00 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended by the Patriot Act, “now permits the executive branch ...
By: The Hot Joints
The Patriot Act - Two provisions declared Unconstitutional
2007-09-27 04:09:00 Finally there is some voice of reason coming forward from our judicial system. Maybe it has something to do with getting rid of Bush?s ?Get out of Jail Free Card? Alberto Gonzales? Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. read more
By: Communati.com
Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional. Duh?
2007-09-27 02:06:00 PORTLAND, Ore. - Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. | view source | Share This
By: Thought-Blender
Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read
2007-09-25 06:58:00 From Wired.com, by Ryan Singel International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for years. Privacy advocates obtained database records showing that the government routinely records the ...
ACLU Clock to Tick Down U.S. Privacy
2007-09-25 06:47:00 From WashingtonTimes.com, by Audrey Hudson A “Surveillance Society Clock” created by the American Civil Liberties Union will symbolize the encroachment of government spying on private citizens as part of the war against terrorism ? and the ticktock is fast approaching midnight. “The extinction of privacy is a real possibility,” said Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU’s Technology ... |
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