IAEA and Project Echelon?
Les Dabney has been on the receiving end of strange traffic from the International Atomic Energy Agency (chartered by the U.N.) as reflected by his referral logs. It appears from reading the comments to...
Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts
Privacy Villain of the Week
The National Consumer Coalition's Privacy Villain of the Week is Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY): Sen. Hillary Clinton told WABC radio this week that to combat the scourge of cheap lawn care by migrant wokers,...
Homeland Intelligence Agency
Radley's favorite, Senator Handsome has introduced legislation to create a Homeland Intelligence Agency. The only thing missing now are detention camps. And don't think they aren't being considered. Senator Edwards' Press Release Related Fact...
PATRIOT ACT II
Well, PATRIOT Act II is coming soon, to a home invasion near you. Over the last year and a half, I've participated in a loosely-held coalition of liberal, conservative and libertarian advocacy organizations and...
DoD Tries to Reassure Us
From a Department of Defense press release dated Friday, February 7: The Department of Defense will establish two boards to provide oversight of the Total Information Awareness Project, the program designed to develop tools...
Letters Update
I’ve updated the advocacy and comment letters section to add three recent letters sent out via Americans for Tax Reform regarding Amtrak and the ACLU on Total Information Awareness: ACLU on Total Information Awareness:...
EPIC 1, DoD 0
EPIC won it's FOIA lawsuit against DoD for Poindexter records: U.S. District Judge John Bates today issued a decision that rejects the Defense Department's attempt to impose financial obstacles to EPIC's requests under the...
Clueless Times
Lynette Clemetson of the New York Times on Protest Groups Using Updated Tactics to Spread Antiwar Message: As the threat of war with Iraq heightens, leaders of the antiwar movement are feeling an urgency...
Opening that door
Ellen Sorkin of The Washington Times on how the ACLU fears door open to Big Brother: The United States is at risk of turning into a full-fledged surveillance society where "Big Brother is watching...
Savage Stupidity
I don't usually listen to much talk radio, but I accidentally found myself sucked into a few minutes of Michael Savage's show yesterday around 11:40 pm. I know better than to listen to such...