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US residents in military brigs? Govt says it's war
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_go_ot/enemy_combatant, posted 2008 by peter in fascism politics usa
Government lawyers told federal judges that the president can send the military into any U.S. neighborhood, capture a citizen and hold him in prison without charge, indefinitely.
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FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret 'National Security Letter', Loses
blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/internet-archiv.html, posted 2008 by peter in fascism politics privacy terrorism usa
The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties groups announc
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Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103655.html, posted 2008 by peter in fascism msm news privacy usa
The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legal authority.
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Feds lie about link between software piracy and terrorism
blogs.computerworld.com/feds_lie_about_link_between_software_piracy_and_terrorism, posted 2008 by peter in copyright msm news propaganda terrorism usa
Attorney General Michael Mukasey claims that terrorists sell pirated software as a way to finance their operations, without presenting a shred of evidence for his case. He's doing it to push through a controversial piece of legislation that's bad for you.
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IP hypocrisy: US likes WTO rulings only when it wins
arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080325-ip-hypocrisy-us-likes-wto-rulings-only-when-it-wins.html, posted 2008 by peter in copyright politics usa
But the US comes in for its share of IP-related criticism from other countries both small and large, too. When it happens, though, we're not nearly so quick to change our ways.
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BBC News: Tent cities spring up in LA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnOOo6tRs8, posted 2008 by peter in finance msm news usa video
Tent cities have sprung up outside Los Angeles as people lose their homes in the mortgage crisis.
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Bush Screws America, Again: Economy Slips to #2
www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/bush-screws-america-agai_b_91760.html, posted 2008 by peter in business eu finance news opinion politics usa
For the first time since World War II the United States is not the world's #1 economy. We have slipped behind the European Union. (This, according to Erin Burnett on CNBC, Friday, March 14th.)
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FBI Tried to Cover Patriot Act Abuses With Flawed, Retroactive Subpoenas, Audit Finds
blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/fbi-tried-to-co.html, posted 2008 by peter in fascism news politics privacy usa
FBI headquarters officials sought to cover their informal and possibly illegal acquisition of phone records on thousands of Americans from 2003 to 2005 by issuing 11 improper, retroactive "blanket" administrative subpoenas in 2006 to three phone companies
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If Iran Were America (And We Were Iran)
www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/bryan2.html, posted 2008 by peter in fascism fiction history oil politics propaganda terrorism usa
The Iranians bribe unpatriotic generals like L.L. Limnitzer to lead the coup against Eisenhower.
The Iranians want an authoritarian, fiercely anti-Communist dictator who will never attempt anything resembling nationalization of the American oilfields.
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Punishing Thought Crime: Would New Bill Make YOU a Terrorist?
www.alternet.org/rights/73991/, posted 2008 by peter in fascism politics terrorism usa
Meet the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.
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