Broad New Domestic Spying Measures Are Coming to a Neighborhood Near You 8-21-8

The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years.

Police to get £40m mobile fingerprinting kit 8-21-8

The Home Office is preparing to spend up to £40m on the roll out of a mobile biometric identification service.The police are seeking the ability to provide real or near-real time identification of people at the scenes of incidents, through accessing fingerprint and other biometric information held by law and order agencies.

Russia sends aircraft carrier to Syria 8-21-8

The Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” is ready to head from Murmansk towards the Mediterranean and the Syrian port of Tartus. The mission comes after Syrian President Bashar Assad said he is open for a Russian base in the area.

NSA Security Officer: We Should Just Kill These People 8-20-8

Richard Volaar | Wayne Madsen has an executive level NSA staff person on record saying that significant sentiment exists within the NSA to kill troublesome bloggers and journalists.

Vaccines Found to Cause Diabetes in Children 8-20-8

Two new studies showing that vaccines increase the risk of diabetes have been published in the Open Pediatric Medicine Journal.

U.S. Government Holding International Travel Information for 15 Years 8-20-8

The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S. citizens crossing by land, compiling data that will be stored for 15 years and may be used in criminal and intelligence investigations.

The Return Of The U.S.S.R? 8-20-8

The re-sovietization of Russia is possible because when the Soviet Union fell, the new Russian state did not break irrevocably with its communist heritage. To do this, it needed to define the communist regime as criminal and the Soviet period as illegitimate, open the archives, including the list of informers and find and commemorate all mass burial grounds and execution sites. Unfortunately, none of this was done with consequences that are being felt today.

Future Wars "to Be Fought with Mind Drugs" 8-20-8

Landmines releasing brain-altering chemicals, scanners reading soldiers’ minds and devices boosting eyesight and hearing could all one figure in arsenals, suggests the study.

MSNBC: Bush creating 'embryonic police state' 8-20-8

"Now that the Democrats were nice enough to fold up on FISA," MSNBC's Keith Olbermann said, "the issue is all contained now. Right? Not exactly."

US and Poland sign defence deal 8-20-8 The US and Poland sign a deal to locate part of a controversial US missile defence shield on Polish territory.

Are You Ready For Nuclear War? 8-19-8

Paul Craig Roberts | In order to keep the billions of dollars in profits flowing to its contributors in the US military-security complex, the Bush Regime has rekindled the cold war.

Passengers test new face scanners 8-19-8

Facial recognition scanners are being trialled at an airport as part of government efforts to improve security and reduce passenger congestion.

Putin Orders ‘Nuclear Noose’ Put Around US 8-19-8

New reports circulating in the Kremlin today are stating that Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev have jointly ordered Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN) to begin the encirclement of the United States with a ‘Nuclear Noose’ in preparation for ‘all out’ war with American Military Forces.

 

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