Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
The Department of Homeland Security is creating what it calls fusion centers. These secretive federal data-collection centers are being set up across the nation. This is from the DHS’s website. State and major urban area fusion centers (fusion centers) are owned and operated by state and local entities, and are designated by the governor of [...]
Continue reading →The Department of Homeland Security has launched its “If You See Something, Say Something” Campaign. It encourages us to call 911 when we see something like a 9-11 attack brewing. Think back to 9-11. What did any of the alleged perpetrators do that would have given any indication that they are about to hijack four [...]
Continue reading →The National Security Agency, known as NSA (“No Such Agency”), is allowed to tap the communications of Americans, but only insofar as they are dealing with people outside the USA. For over five years, the NSA has been monitoring the communications of Americans who were communicating only inside the USA. The Electronic Freedom Foundation has [...]
Continue reading →The Fourth Amendment does not protect terrorists. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld George W. Bush’s Terrorist Surveillance Program. “This case effectively brings to an end the plaintiffs’ ongoing attempts to hold the executive branch responsible for intercepting telephone conversations without judicial authorization.” Unless the U.S. Supreme Court reverses this, it is likely [...]
Continue reading →The FBI and the CIA have always been hostile competitors. My father, in the FBI, told me about this competition in the 1960s. It has not lessened. The possession of secret information is a mark of power in every organization. Information is potentially power. It is always a factor in hierarchical standing in government. It [...]
Continue reading →The Air Force is short 600 people. They are needed to fly robot drone planes. This is a new career niche. This one is in one of the fastest growing careers in the world. The military needs skilled drone pilots. Soon, police forces around the world will need them. The Air Force has ordered enough [...]
Continue reading →The Air Force is not going to deploy Blue Devil Block 2, the spy blimp. That’s right: a spy blimp. It was going to help win the war in Afghanistan. It has so many snafus that the war in Afghanistan will be over before this gasbag will fly. Maybe it can fly. We don’t know. [...]
Continue reading →Google appears to have a relationship with the NSA, the National Security Agency. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in 2010 to get the government to supply documents on this connection. The government is refusing to cooperate. So, the group is suing in federal court. A U.S. District [...]
Continue reading →There is a new cell phone application. It allows anyone with a smart phone to record anything suspicious and send it to the Department of Homeland Security. There is a pilot program in West Virginia. It will spread. Here is where it gets interesting. The DHS is using regional centers to collect and maintain this [...]
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