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France planning to 'triple' CCTV surveillance capacity

Published: July 28, 2007, 2:11 pm

Tags: Big Brother, Bigbrother, Cctv, France, French, Law, Legal, Lopsi, Safety, Security, Surveillance, Terrorism, Violence

locale where the amount of surveillance drones is quickly approaching the number of citizens. Reportedly, French interior minister Michele Alliot-Marie recently announced that the government is planning to "triple" the existing CCTV surveillance capacities across the country, "with a view to curb the risks of terrorism and acts of violence."

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RDISS: the Army's uber-vigilant surveillance system

Published: July 28, 2007, 6:10 pm

Tags: Army, Big Brother, Bigbrother, Defense, Rdiss, Security, Soldier, Surveillance, War

Rapid Deployment Integrated Surveillance System, or RDISS, which "can be installed quickly and with minimal training." Deemed "simple" to setup, the system is designed to "improve situational awareness for soldiers at joint security stations and combat outposts throughout Iraq," and plans are already in place to establish "hundreds" of these

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Put the brakes on FISA

Published: August 3, 2007, 2:21 pm

Tags: Fisa, Warrantless Surveillance, Nsa, Alberto Gonzales

stay put, pass new terror surveillance law Associated Press Aug. 3, 2007 09:30 AM WASHINGTON - President Bush said Friday that Congress must stay in session until it approves legislation modernizing a U.S. law governing eavesdropping on foreigners. I'll make this quick. Congress is busy, and so am I. There is no reason in the world why

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There is something fundamentally wrong here.

Published: August 4, 2007, 11:56 am

Tags: Fisa, Alberto Gonzales, Domestic Spying, Wiretapping, Surveillance, Separation Of Powers

The Congress is at the threshold of a major capitulation on FISA. There's no doubt that there are a lot of political (read: electoral) implications to this vote. We all know that. We've been through this fear mongering routine before, where the public is rattled by vague pronouncements about unspecified threats (or about whatever's going on in

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41 House Dems Tremble Before the Mighty Bush

Published: August 5, 2007, 1:19 am

Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

requirements any and all "surveillance directed at a person reasonably believed to be located outside of the United States." For surveillance to come within this exemption, there is no requirement that it be conducted outside the U.S.; no requirement that the person at whom it is "directed" be an agent of a foreign power or in any way

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Enough Already with the Pathetic Excuses

Published: August 5, 2007, 9:50 am

Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – originally passed to put some modest restrictions on agencies whose outrageous and frequently illegal behavior had been exposed by journalists and the Church Committee – to make us safe. You’re going to tell us you’ve got our backs. You’re going to claim we can depend

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NSA spying scandal, cont'd

Published: July 29, 2007, 10:34 pm

Tags: Scandal, Political Surveillance

Another intriguing possibility, raised by a perceptive blogger:Was at least part of the NSA program used to monitor government and press officials, for the express purpose of intimidation? That's my hypothesis, that Cheney and Bush were making sure that classified activities stayed classified... by spying on everyone in the know, and by making

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NSA scandal: follow up

Published: July 29, 2007, 6:54 pm

Tags: Authoritarianism, Scandal, Political Surveillance

chain" -- and this follow-up surveillance involved purely domestic communications, as well as communications of persons for whom there was no probable cause to believe they were Al Qaeda agents. Further speculation, with links to plenty of other bloggers, here.) If this is correct, then it was the follow-up surveillance, not the data mining, that

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NSA spying scandal: political surveillance

Published: July 28, 2007, 8:59 pm

Tags: Authoritarianism, Scandal, Political Surveillance, Constitutional Issues

threatened to resign if the surveillance program was re-authorized. Why then? why not before? what made it unacceptable in March 2004?3) We know that both political parties made extensive use of sophisticated data mining to pinpoint potential swing voters during the 2004 election cycle. Based on consuming patterns, credit records and various

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Did Bush Derangement Syndrome Blog Postings Cause FISA Leaker To Reveal Himself?

Published: August 6, 2007, 9:26 am

Tags: Surveillance, Fisa Leak Case, Blogs

FISA (Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act) program details was written up in the August 13 Newsweek article, Looking For a Leaker: The controversy over President Bush's warrantless surveillance program took another surprise turn last week when a team of FBI agents, armed with a classified search warrant, raided the suburban Washington home

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NYT Shows Disappointment, Anger at Dems as Bush's Wiretapping Bill Sails Through Congress

Published: August 7, 2007, 3:50 pm

Tags: Surveillance, War On Terrorism, Eric Lichtblau, George W Bush, James Risen, Jim Rutenberg, National Security Agency, New York Times, Wiretapping, Government Amp Amp Press

changes to the terrorist surveillance measure that left many liberals angry at the Democratic Congress's betrayal of civil liberties. The Times seems rather disappointed in the Democrats as well. Reporter Jim Rutenberg's Tuesday "news analysis," "Wielding the Threat of Terrorism, Bush Outmaneuvers the Democrats," gave Bush

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NTT's HC-1000 puts you in control of home security

Published: August 8, 2007, 5:32 am

Tags: Cmos, Foma, Home Camera, Home Security, Homecamera, Homesecurity, Japan, Ntt, Security, Stream, Streaming, Surveillance

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Household Here in America, we don't take our home security systems lightly, but for those in Japan, it appears that they haven't resorted to installing sensor-triggered weapons in their windows just yet. The HC-1000 camera can be controlled via the internet or a FOMA mobile, and allows users to take a peek at what's

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US Air Force takes delivery of micro unmanned aircrafts

Published: August 8, 2007, 10:12 am

Tags: Aerovironment, Air Force, Aircraft, Airforce, Batmav, Military, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Uas, Uav, Unmanned, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Unmannedaircraftsystems, Usa, Wasp Iii, Waspiii

units" in reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition missions. Now, if only these things had an ultra-lightweight chaingun strapped under each wing and were available at the local BX, we'd be sold.[Via The Raw Feed] Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to

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Harry Reid

Published: August 8, 2007, 1:21 pm

Tags: Law Amp Amp Legal Matters, Politics, 2008 Elections, Congress, War On Terror, Civil Liberties, Harry Reid, Domestic Surveillance

Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant

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Attack of the Fifty Foot Terrorists

Published: August 8, 2007, 3:00 am