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The U.S. and Canada are strengthening integrated cross-border intelligence sharing and law enforcement operations. Canada’s own electronic eavesdropping agency is also working hand and hand with the NSA. They are both increasing data collection and surveillance in the North American Homeland.

Homeland Security Market Research stated the U.S. Homeland Defense (HLD) & Counter-Terror Intelligence market will grow from $20 billion in 2010 to $24 billion by 2014. (read more here)   Continue reading “Canada & Mexico part of the U.S. Homeland work with the NSA/DHS to spy on citizens”

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As for how we can protect ourselves from these intrusions into our privacy? Aside from everything mentioned above in Jacob Appelbaum’s Q&A workshop, which included some brief remarks about open-source software and an in-depth discussion on maintaining anonymity by using the Tor Network and how to secure your cell phone and computer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has provided a 12 step program – originally publish in 2002 and still very relevant today – with some suggestion on how we can protect our online privacy:    Continue reading “How to protect yourself on social networks from data collection by govt’s and corporations”

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A Devastating and Secret Report By The Senate Intelligence Committee Documents In Detail How The C.I.A.’s Brutalization of Terror Suspects During The Bush Years Was Unnecessary, Ineffective, and Deceptively Sold To Congress, The White House, The Justice Department, and The Public

We’ve extensively documented that:

1. Torture harms our national security   Continue reading “Senate Intelligence Committee and Head CIA Lawyer Admit Torture Was Unnecessary”

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Among the subjects discussed yesterday was the way in which the NSA leaks are affecting the public’s view of police department surveillance. From Reuters:   Continue reading “Police chiefs are worried they’ll lose their spying capabilities after NSA revelations”

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Snapchat is a smart phone application accessed through the iPhone AppStore or Google Play. The application provides a new way to share moments with photos and videos. The purpose of this guide is to familiarize law enforcement agencies with the categories of information available from Snapchat and the specific le8al process necessary to obtain that information.

Snapchat is committed to assisting law enforcement investigations to the fullest extent allowed by applicable law. In addition to this guide, Snapchat also provides phone and email support to law enforcement agencies for both emergency and non-emergency inquiries. Contact information for law enforcement support is listed on the cover of this guide.   Continue reading “Snapchat law enforcement guide”

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Every smartphone these days comes equipped with a WiFi card. When the card is on and looking for networks to join, it’s detectable by local routers. In your home, the router connects to your device, and then voila — you have the Internet on your phone. But in a retail environment, other in-store equipment can pick up your WiFi card, learn your device’s unique ID number and use it to keep tabs on that device over time as you move through the store.   Continue reading “How stores are using your phone’s WiFi to track you”

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The FBI is spending billions of dollars to construct a ‘Next Generation Identification’ biometrics system, but recent events show that the technology isn’t ready for primetime application.

In 2011The FBI announced the will activate a nationwide facial recognition service in select states that will allow local police to identify unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told Nextgov.     Continue reading “The FBI is spending billions of dollars to construct a giant biometrics warehouse”

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Charts Show that U.S. Policy Has Increased Terror Attacks

The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Global Terrorism Database – part of a joint government-university program on terrorism –  is hosted at the University of Maryland.

START is the most comprehensive open source terrorism database, which can be viewed by journalists and civilians lacking national security clearance.   Continue reading “U.S. “War On Terror” Has INCREASED Terrorism”

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If you drive in Seattle, there is a good chance the police department knows where your car has been at least once during the past three months.

Seattle police recorded license plates on 72 percent of Seattle’s streets while searching for stolen cars and chronic parking offenders during an 86-day period this past summer. In all, police made more than 1.6 million scans of more than 600,000 unique plates, according to an analysis of a department database.   Continue reading “The Seattle Police scanned (spied) 1.6 million license plates in 3 months”

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Possible indicators of criminal weapons possession related to terrorism:

Large quantities of weapons are typically cached in a location such as an individual’s home, storage facility, or vehicle, but can be found attended by the individual (such as in luggage while traveling) or unattended (discarded or seemingly discarded) in a public area.    Continue reading “DHS/FBI considers anyone with large amount of guns or ammo to be a possible terrorist”

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Conway, NH – A dozen law enforcement vehicles, some marked and some not, pulled into a lot off the south end of the heavily used North-South Road at about 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, at almost the exact time Abigail Hernandez was last seen last Wednesday.

About 20 officers, some uniformed state police, some in FBI jackets, and some in plain clothes, walked onto the road, clipboards in hand, and started stopping every car.   Continue reading “Police & the FBI set up illegal roadblocks stop every vehicle, question every driver”

The Washington Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington

The federal government is studying how to use Twitter for surveillance on depressed people.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) began a study financed by the National Institutes of Health last month that will provide “population level depression monitoring” through the social media site.

The project, “Utilizing Social Media as a Resource for Mental Health Surveillance,” is costing taxpayers $82,800.   Continue reading “Feds Studying How to Use Twitter For ‘Depression Surveillance’”