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Tom Engelhardt> The National Security Complex and You> That Makes No Sense! Your Security’s a Joke (and You’re the Butt of It)

Tomgram: Engelhardt, The National Security Complex and You That Makes No Sense! Your Security’s a Joke (and You’re the Butt of It)  By Tom Engelhardt Posted by Tom Engelhardt at 9:00am, July 19, 2012. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. When my daughter was little and I read to her regularly, one illustrated book was a favorite of ours.  In a series of scenes, More

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Arun Gupta> Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement?

Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement? Is the government unleashing the same methods of entrapment against OWS that it has used against left movements and Muslim-Americans? By Arun Gupta     May 24, 2012  |    AlterNet  Photo Credit: Shutterstock With the high-profile arrest of activists on terrorism charges in Cleveland on More

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Arun Gupta> Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement?

Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement? Is the government unleashing the same methods of entrapment against OWS that it has used against left movements and Muslim-Americans? By Arun Gupta     May 24, 2012  |    AlterNet  Photo Credit: Shutterstock With the high-profile arrest of activists on terrorism charges in Cleveland on More

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Glenn Greenwald> Surveillance State democracy

Surveillance State democracy As the FBI seeks full access to all forms of Internet communication, it is not voters who need to be convinced. BY GLENN GREENWALD    SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 06:37 AM CDT     salon.com President Barack Obama at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., on, Friday.(Credit: AP) CNET‘s excellent technology reporter, Declan McCullagh, reports on ongoing More

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Glenn Greenwald> Surveillance State democracy

Surveillance State democracy As the FBI seeks full access to all forms of Internet communication, it is not voters who need to be convinced. BY GLENN GREENWALD    SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2012 06:37 AM CDT     salon.com President Barack Obama at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., on, Friday.(Credit: AP) CNET‘s excellent technology reporter, Declan McCullagh, reports on ongoing More

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David Sirota> Property Rights in the Cloud

As the Los Angeles Times reported, Google’s announcement of its “Google Drive” came with the promise that users will “retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content.” Property Rights in the Cloud by David Sirota      5 May 2012      Nation of Change When you hear the phrase "property More

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David Sirota> Property Rights in the Cloud

As the Los Angeles Times reported, Google’s announcement of its “Google Drive” came with the promise that users will “retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content.” Property Rights in the Cloud by David Sirota      5 May 2012      Nation of Change When you hear the phrase "property More

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John Pilger> You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It?

You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It? By John Pilger    April 26, 2012    opednews.com You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland More

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John Pilger> You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It?

You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going To Do About It? By John Pilger    April 26, 2012    opednews.com You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland More

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Pam Martens> Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD

How 60 Minutes Blew the Story Wall Street’s Secret Spy Center, Run for the 1% by NYPD by PAM MARTENS   FEBRUARY 06, 2012    Counterpunch On September 25, 2011, just eight days after the Occupy Wall Street protests began in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, the much acclaimed CBS News program, 60 Minutes, aired More

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Sherwood Ross> Is America a Police State?

A young girl protesting at an Occupy Portland demonstration has military grade pepper spray sprayed down her throat at close range by riot police, 11/18/11. (photo: Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian) Is America a Police State? By Sherwood Ross  07 February 12    OpEd News via  RSN You know you live in a police state when More

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