Richard Adhikari: Who's Watching The FBI Watchers?

New technology offers new opportunity for abuse. The FBI soon will begin offering client software for its nationwide facial recognition database at no charge to law enforcement agencies in the United States. This is the fourth element in its seven-increment Next Generation Identification Program. The facial recognition system was deployed ... MORE

The Number Of Americans Spied Upon Is Too High To Count

by Andrew Napolitano. Gazillions. That's the number of times the federal government has spied on Americans since 9/11 through the use of drones, legal search warrants, illegal search warrants, federal agent-written search warrants and just plain government spying. This is according to Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who, when he asked the government to tell him what it was ... MORE

Lisa Cerda: Hi-Jacking Your Privacy

Government laser will analyze you at the molecular level.   Your privacy is a highly prized possession, and the government wants to take it away. You may not even notice it is gone at first, but then one day, when you least expect it, your going to want your privacy back. But it will be too late. The government will have gathered and stored enough information ... MORE

Daily Mail: It's Too Doggone Easy To Search For Drugs

Police utilize pooch that alerts for drugs in every car. A dog with a sharp nose for drugs can be a great asset to any police department, but in the case of a German shepherd named Bono, accuracy is not his strongest suit. The four-legged crime fighter working for the Virginia State Police has been on a hot streak, detecting drugs nearly every time he’s on the ... MORE

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Scott Lemieux: All The State's Spies

Will crony capitalists become government spies?     Congress is seriously considering a bill called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). Intended to allow information sharing both between corporations and between corporations and the government, it presents serious dangers to individual privacy. The most important parts of ... MORE

VIDEO: Top Cop Chooses Not To See Voter Fraud

Even after stranger given Attorney General Eric Holder's ballot.

Paul Venezia: Your Privacy Is A Sci-Fi Fantasy

Welcome to the twilight zone.  The assault on personal privacy has ramped up significantly in the past few years. From warrantless GPS tracking to ISP packet inspection, it seems that everyone wants to get in on the booming business of clandestine snooping -- even blatant prying, if you consider reports of employers demanding Facebook passwords   ... MORE

Goose Bumps And Yawning Signs Of Potential Terrorism?

Homeland Security's latest scheme to spot terrorists. The office of Homeland Security is warning that apparently innocuous behavior in passengers could be a sign that they are a terrorist. A presentation released by the New Jersey office of the agency warns  that passengers yawning, developing goose bumps and appearing fidgety could all be      ... MORE

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