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America, Land Of Christians Or Else …

Posted by bosskitty

Atheist soldier claims harassment

Army Spc. Jeremy Hall sues U.S. for religious discrimination
Hall is known as “the atheist guy,” called immoral and a devil worshipper
He turned to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation for help
“It’s just about time somebody said something” about pressure to believe in God

It eventually came out in Iraq in 2007, when he was [...]

Customs: “Hand Over That Cell Phone, iPod & Laptop”

Posted by bosskitty

More and more people travel with laptops, BlackBerrys and cellphones.
The US government’s laptop-equals-suitcase position is raising red flags.
… her cellphone was taken from her purse.
… A few months earlier in the same airport, a tech engineer returning from a business trip to London objected when a federal agent asked him to type [...]

H.R. 1955: Another Reason For Paranoia

Posted by bosskitty

SEC. 899C. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE.
 
H.R.1955
Title: To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Harman, Jane [CA-36] (introduced 4/19/2007) Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 10/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the [...]

Is The Dark Web Watching You or Your Visitors

Posted by bosskitty

The Dark Web project team catalogues and studies places online where terrorists operate. Hsinchun Chen and his Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Arizona have created the Dark Web project.
Terrorists and extremists have set up shop on the Internet, using it to recruit new members, spread propaganda and plan attacks across [...]

Provisions of Patriot Act Unconstitutional

Posted by nytexan

Finally a judge has ruled on what many Americans have known for some time, that the FBI’s national security letters are a violation of the Constitution.

A federal judge today struck down portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional, ordering the FBI to stop issuing “national security letters” that secretly demand customer information from Internet [...]

Get Ready For The Media Blitz – Petreaus In The Headlights

Posted by bosskitty

Marketing the War
September marks the media rollout for the next stage of the White House campaign to keep boots on the ground in Iraq. Will General Petraeus stick to the script?
 By Eleanor Clift  Newsweek   CT Aug 31, 2007
Aug. 31, 2007 – From a marketing standpoint, if you’re going to roll out a [...]

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