RAND Corporation Blueprint for Militarized 'Stabil
USA - ~RAND Corporation Blueprint for Militarized “Stability Police Force”~ The RAND Corporation, one of the most fecund research arms of the Military-Industrial-Homeland Security Complex, has released a study entitled A Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Creating U.S. Capabilities. The SPFOR (to use the inevitable acronym) would be a “hybrid” military/law enforcement unit created within the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) for use “in a range of tasks such as crowd and riot control, special weapons and tactics (SWAT), and investigations of organized criminal groups” — both abroad, in UN-directed multilateral military operations, and at home, as dictated by the needs of the Regime. Initially as small as 2–6,000 personnel, the SPFOR’s size “could be increa...    Continue

Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remo
virginia - ~Henrico Medal of Honor winner, 90, ordered to remove flagpole~ Col. Van T. Barfoot, a local Medal of Honor winner, is under the gun from his Henrico County community's homeowner associa...    Continue

Sprint Received 8 MILLION Law Enforcement Requests
. - ~Sprint Received 8 MILLION Law Enforcement Requests for GPS Location Data in the Past Year~ This October, Chris Soghoian — computer security researcher, oft-times journalist, and current tech...    Continue

Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot A
USSA - ~Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires~ Rushed into law by Congress just weeks after Sept. 11, 2001 three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act granting officia...    Continue

Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods
WASHINGTON-D.C. - ~Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence~ WASHINGTON-D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out str...    Continue

Philly Cops Caught Beating Motorists on Video
PA - Yet another instance of cops acting like predatory pack animals. It should be obvious by now the police are out of control, a parasitical force unleashed on society at large. Cops no longer help ...    Continue

Gun Ban
Country - WASHINGTON - Americans have a right to own guns, Supreme Court justices declared Tuesday in a historic and lively debate that could lead to the most significant interpretation of the Second ...    Continue

Prisoners 'to be chipped like dogs'
UK - Ministers are planning to implant "machine-readable" microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space in B...    Continue

California Toll Agency Wants Power to Seize Cars
California - Toll road officials in San Francisco, California want the authority to seize any vehicle accused of "cheating" on toll payments. A Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) presentation yesterday ca...    Continue

California wants to control home thermostats
California - The conceit in the 1960s show "The Outer Limits" was that outside forces had taken control of your television set. Next year in California, state regulators are likely to have the eme...    Continue