Posted on April 14, 2008 by Andrew Axsom
The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation’s most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea’s legal authority.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department will activate his department’s new domestic satellite surveillance office in stages, starting as soon as possible with traditional scientific [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2008 by Andrew Axsom
Under the guise of protecting seniors and our national security, Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois 10th District and Peter Roskam of the 6th District are setting the wheels in motion for another crack at a national ID card.
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Posted on March 16, 2008 by Andrew Axsom
All British citizens will have their fingerprints and photographs registered on a national ID database within 10 years under plans outlined by the Government.
Millions in sensitive jobs, including teachers, carers and health workers, will be among the first to be entered on to the identity register.
Attempts have been made to justify this invasion of privacy [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 by Andrew Axsom
By: Wilton D. Alston - October 29, 2007
We live in a surveillance society. It is pointless to talk about surveillance society in the future tense. In all the rich countries of the world everyday life is suffused with surveillance encounters, not merely from dawn to dusk but 24/7. Some encounters obtrude into the routine, like [...]
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