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Municipal officials in the District
of Columbia have announced an
ambitious program to consolidate
the operation of more than 5200
surveillance cameras, giving law
enforcement and other city
agencies access to the system in
real time. The network, which
will be administered by the city’s
Homeland Security and
Emergency Management Agency,
will be the most extensive
municipal video surveillance
program in the country. Civil
liberties organizations have
criticized the initiative,
questioning the effectiveness of
security cameras and warning of
potential abuses of surveillance
networks.
The DC police first implemented
a video surveillance system in
2006, installing 92 cameras in high
crime neighborhoods. At the
time, city officials stressed that
the video feeds would not be
actively monitored, and they
required that signs notifying the
public of the surveillance being
conducted be posted in close
proximity to each camera. The
consolidated network will not
require such public notification of
videotaping; the restriction on
active monitoring of video feeds
was lifted by the DC chief of
police in 2007.
Chicago is currently one of the
most monitored cities in the US,
with a centrally controlled
network of more than 3000 video
security cameras. London is
regarded as having the most
extensive surveillance system,
comprising as many as 500,000
individual cameras. it's all true
of Columbia have announced an
ambitious program to consolidate
the operation of more than 5200
surveillance cameras, giving law
enforcement and other city
agencies access to the system in
real time. The network, which
will be administered by the city’s
Homeland Security and
Emergency Management Agency,
will be the most extensive
municipal video surveillance
program in the country. Civil
liberties organizations have
criticized the initiative,
questioning the effectiveness of
security cameras and warning of
potential abuses of surveillance
networks.
The DC police first implemented
a video surveillance system in
2006, installing 92 cameras in high
crime neighborhoods. At the
time, city officials stressed that
the video feeds would not be
actively monitored, and they
required that signs notifying the
public of the surveillance being
conducted be posted in close
proximity to each camera. The
consolidated network will not
require such public notification of
videotaping; the restriction on
active monitoring of video feeds
was lifted by the DC chief of
police in 2007.
Chicago is currently one of the
most monitored cities in the US,
with a centrally controlled
network of more than 3000 video
security cameras. London is
regarded as having the most
extensive surveillance system,
comprising as many as 500,000
individual cameras. it's all true
A survey performed by The Pew
Research Center found that a
majority of respondents said that
they felt that they "haven’t moved
forward in life or have fallen
backwards” over the past five years.
The Center found that 25 percent of
those surveyed said that have not
made economic headway in the past
five years and 31 percent said that
they were worse off than they were
in 2003. The study also found that
54 percent of those who identified
themselves as middle class said that
they have made no economic
progress or fell behind. 53 percent
of middle class respondents said that
they have had to reduce family
spending because of economic
considerations. The poll also found
that 25 percent of respondents who
have jobs said that they felt they may
be laid off in the near future.
The data represents the “most
downward short-term assessment of
personal progress in nearly half a
century of polling” performed by the
Center in cooperation with the
Gallup organization. it's all true
Research Center found that a
majority of respondents said that
they felt that they "haven’t moved
forward in life or have fallen
backwards” over the past five years.
The Center found that 25 percent of
those surveyed said that have not
made economic headway in the past
five years and 31 percent said that
they were worse off than they were
in 2003. The study also found that
54 percent of those who identified
themselves as middle class said that
they have made no economic
progress or fell behind. 53 percent
of middle class respondents said that
they have had to reduce family
spending because of economic
considerations. The poll also found
that 25 percent of respondents who
have jobs said that they felt they may
be laid off in the near future.
The data represents the “most
downward short-term assessment of
personal progress in nearly half a
century of polling” performed by the
Center in cooperation with the
Gallup organization. it's all true
A security consultant who worked for a
national telephone company in 2003 has
provided Congress with an affidavit
revealing the existence a high-speed
access point into the company’s cellular
network that allows the government to
review and record customer’s cell phone
calls, emails- including copies of any
attachments, text messages, internet
usage, faxes, billing information,
transactional history and physical
movements.
Consultant Babak Pasdar said that
employees of the company referred to
the access point as the “Quantico
circuit”, which gave a “third party access
to all communications on its network
connected with mobile phones, from
conversations to emails, internet use,
document transmission, videos, text
messaging- anything.” The circuit
included a 45-megabit per second data
access port that could monitor and
record over 2000 simultaneous
conversations. The company kept no
records of what information was
accessed through the portal. When
Pasdar brought his awareness of the
circuit to the attention of his
supervisors, he was threatened with
termination and advised in strong terms
to “forget about the circuit” and
national telephone company in 2003 has
provided Congress with an affidavit
revealing the existence a high-speed
access point into the company’s cellular
network that allows the government to
review and record customer’s cell phone
calls, emails- including copies of any
attachments, text messages, internet
usage, faxes, billing information,
transactional history and physical
movements.
Consultant Babak Pasdar said that
employees of the company referred to
the access point as the “Quantico
circuit”, which gave a “third party access
to all communications on its network
connected with mobile phones, from
conversations to emails, internet use,
document transmission, videos, text
messaging- anything.” The circuit
included a 45-megabit per second data
access port that could monitor and
record over 2000 simultaneous
conversations. The company kept no
records of what information was
accessed through the portal. When
Pasdar brought his awareness of the
circuit to the attention of his
supervisors, he was threatened with
termination and advised in strong terms
to “forget about the circuit” and
“move on”. Quantico, Virginia is the
location of the electronics surveillance
center for the FBI.
Pasdar has not identified the
telecommunications company due to a
confidentiality agreement he signed as a
requirement of his employment, but the
allegations that he makes in the affidavit
echo similar assertions by former
employees of Verizon and AT&T. As
previously reported by redstateupdate.
net, both companies are currently being
sued for allowing the government to
access their telecommunications
networks with no search warrant.
Pasdar had previously briefed members
of Congress of the existence of the
circuit in confidence and anonymously,
but went public with his story in
February as a whistleblower.
Pasdar said that the Quantico circuit
allows “listening in and recording all
conversations en-mass,” identifying and
tracking all in and out bound calls,
trending calling patters and internet
behavior and “tracing the user’s physical
location.” Pasdar said that the “circuit
was tied to the organization’s core
network,” allowing access to “all the
systems in the data center without
apparent restrictions.” it's all true
location of the electronics surveillance
center for the FBI.
Pasdar has not identified the
telecommunications company due to a
confidentiality agreement he signed as a
requirement of his employment, but the
allegations that he makes in the affidavit
echo similar assertions by former
employees of Verizon and AT&T. As
previously reported by redstateupdate.
net, both companies are currently being
sued for allowing the government to
access their telecommunications
networks with no search warrant.
Pasdar had previously briefed members
of Congress of the existence of the
circuit in confidence and anonymously,
but went public with his story in
February as a whistleblower.
Pasdar said that the Quantico circuit
allows “listening in and recording all
conversations en-mass,” identifying and
tracking all in and out bound calls,
trending calling patters and internet
behavior and “tracing the user’s physical
location.” Pasdar said that the “circuit
was tied to the organization’s core
network,” allowing access to “all the
systems in the data center without
apparent restrictions.” it's all true
Detailed instructions for the torture of
detainees held by the US military were
decided upon by a small group of
President Bush’s advisors in the White
House Situation Room during top-secret
meetings between 2001 and 2003. The
administration officials conceived of and
personally approved specific torture
regimens for specific detainees,
stipulating which torture tactics were to
be used and in what order they should
be administered.
The torture approval meetings were
convened by then National Security
Advisor Condoleezza Rice and included
Vice President Dick Cheney, the former
Secretaries of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
detainees held by the US military were
decided upon by a small group of
President Bush’s advisors in the White
House Situation Room during top-secret
meetings between 2001 and 2003. The
administration officials conceived of and
personally approved specific torture
regimens for specific detainees,
stipulating which torture tactics were to
be used and in what order they should
be administered.
The torture approval meetings were
convened by then National Security
Advisor Condoleezza Rice and included
Vice President Dick Cheney, the former
Secretaries of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
and State, Colin Powell, the former CIA
Director, George Tenent and then
Attorney General John Ashcroft.
The group, known as the “Principals
Committee”, also approved the use of
“combined” interrogation techniques,
where detainees would be submitted to
different kinds of torture simultaneously,
in cases of detainees who were difficult
to break. In a meeting in the summer of
2003, Tenent made a detailed
presentation to the group seeking
approval to submit a particular detainee
to combined “enhanced interrogation
techniques”. The tactics included
slapping, forcing detainees into stress
positions for long periods of time, sleep
Director, George Tenent and then
Attorney General John Ashcroft.
The group, known as the “Principals
Committee”, also approved the use of
“combined” interrogation techniques,
where detainees would be submitted to
different kinds of torture simultaneously,
in cases of detainees who were difficult
to break. In a meeting in the summer of
2003, Tenent made a detailed
presentation to the group seeking
approval to submit a particular detainee
to combined “enhanced interrogation
techniques”. The tactics included
slapping, forcing detainees into stress
positions for long periods of time, sleep
deprivation and simulated drowning,
among other tactics. Although he
agreed with the concept of
“enhanced” questioning techniques,
Ashcroft felt that White House
officials should not be devising
interrogation tactics. Ashcroft
reportedly said after a meeting of the
committee, “History will not judge
this kindly.” President Bush admitted
that he knew of the torture strategy
sessions. Bush commented at a
recent press conference, “Well, we
started to connect the dots in order
to protect the American people, and
yes, I’m aware our national security
team met on this issue. And I
approved.” it's all true
among other tactics. Although he
agreed with the concept of
“enhanced” questioning techniques,
Ashcroft felt that White House
officials should not be devising
interrogation tactics. Ashcroft
reportedly said after a meeting of the
committee, “History will not judge
this kindly.” President Bush admitted
that he knew of the torture strategy
sessions. Bush commented at a
recent press conference, “Well, we
started to connect the dots in order
to protect the American people, and
yes, I’m aware our national security
team met on this issue. And I
approved.” it's all true
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A University of Georgia student who
photographed the exteriors of local
chicken processing plants as part of a
class project was questioned by county
sheriffs after a passing motorist reported
that a man who may be Middle Eastern-
looking was behaving suspiciously. The
sheriff’s office forwarded the matter to
the FBI, which conducted a face-to-face
interview with the student, 23-year-old
Jim Diffly, to confirm that he “wasn’t
Middle Eastern.” The incident has
angered civil liberties advocates, who say
it raises privacy issues and indicates
improper profiling by law enforcement
authorities.
Diffly was working on a field research
project on the local chicken processing
industry for a history class when he
stopped to photograph a plant near
Gainesville, Georgia. He was confronted
photographed the exteriors of local
chicken processing plants as part of a
class project was questioned by county
sheriffs after a passing motorist reported
that a man who may be Middle Eastern-
looking was behaving suspiciously. The
sheriff’s office forwarded the matter to
the FBI, which conducted a face-to-face
interview with the student, 23-year-old
Jim Diffly, to confirm that he “wasn’t
Middle Eastern.” The incident has
angered civil liberties advocates, who say
it raises privacy issues and indicates
improper profiling by law enforcement
authorities.
Diffly was working on a field research
project on the local chicken processing
industry for a history class when he
stopped to photograph a plant near
Gainesville, Georgia. He was confronted
a few minutes later by sheriffs who
questioned him about his activities and
motives. One of the officers asked
Diffly, who has a beard and long hair,
“What’s up with the beard?”
After about twenty minutes, the sheriffs
let Diffly go, but they contacted the
nearest FBI field office about the
incident because, according to a
spokesman, they regarded the chicken
processing plant as a potential terrorist
target. Two weeks later, FBI agent
William J. H. Filson met with Diffly and
his history professor in an Athens,
Georgia pizza restaurant so that Filson
could observe that Diffly was indeed a
“Caucasian student.”
Diffly told student newspaper The Red
and Black the episode is "like profiling
and almost harassment." it's all true
questioned him about his activities and
motives. One of the officers asked
Diffly, who has a beard and long hair,
“What’s up with the beard?”
After about twenty minutes, the sheriffs
let Diffly go, but they contacted the
nearest FBI field office about the
incident because, according to a
spokesman, they regarded the chicken
processing plant as a potential terrorist
target. Two weeks later, FBI agent
William J. H. Filson met with Diffly and
his history professor in an Athens,
Georgia pizza restaurant so that Filson
could observe that Diffly was indeed a
“Caucasian student.”
Diffly told student newspaper The Red
and Black the episode is "like profiling
and almost harassment." it's all true
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Total Surveillance
Privileged Executive Bush Dictates Authoritarian Principles
The ongoing skirmish between Congress
and the White House over the Bush
administration’s broad assertion of
executive privilege was ratcheted up a
notch last week when lawyers for the
House Judiciary Committee filed a
motion asking a federal judge to compel
the testimony of two former presidential
advisers after they failed to respond to
subpoenas.
The motion compared the actions of the
administration to the embattled Nixon
White House at the height of the
Watergate scandal. Democratic members
of the Judiciary Committee said that
they had no choice but to file a lawsuit
when White House aides Harriet Miers
and Joshua Bolten refused to appear
before the panel and Attorney General
Michael Mukasey declined to refer the
matter for prosecution.
and the White House over the Bush
administration’s broad assertion of
executive privilege was ratcheted up a
notch last week when lawyers for the
House Judiciary Committee filed a
motion asking a federal judge to compel
the testimony of two former presidential
advisers after they failed to respond to
subpoenas.
The motion compared the actions of the
administration to the embattled Nixon
White House at the height of the
Watergate scandal. Democratic members
of the Judiciary Committee said that
they had no choice but to file a lawsuit
when White House aides Harriet Miers
and Joshua Bolten refused to appear
before the panel and Attorney General
Michael Mukasey declined to refer the
matter for prosecution.
The presidential staffers had been
subpoenaed to testify in the investigation
into the Justice Department’s dismissal
of selected US attorneys in 2005, which
critics have described as a politically
motivated purge. The White House has
maintained that executive branch
deliberations are not subject to
congressional oversight, and that the
protection extends to all executive
branch personnel. The filing by the
House lawyers challenges this view,
reading in part, “Not since the days of
Watergate have the Congress and the
federal courts been confronted with
such an expansive view of executive
privilege as the one asserted by the
current presidential administration and
the individual defendants in this case.”
After their failure to appear before the
Judiciary Committee, the House voted
subpoenaed to testify in the investigation
into the Justice Department’s dismissal
of selected US attorneys in 2005, which
critics have described as a politically
motivated purge. The White House has
maintained that executive branch
deliberations are not subject to
congressional oversight, and that the
protection extends to all executive
branch personnel. The filing by the
House lawyers challenges this view,
reading in part, “Not since the days of
Watergate have the Congress and the
federal courts been confronted with
such an expansive view of executive
privilege as the one asserted by the
current presidential administration and
the individual defendants in this case.”
After their failure to appear before the
Judiciary Committee, the House voted
223-32 to hold both Miers and
Bolten in contempt. Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi then referred
the matter to the Attorney General,
asking that he order a criminal
investigation, but in March he
refused, implicitly affirming the White
House position that executive
privilege extends to members of the
president’s staff.
The motion filed by the House
lawyers asks the court to rule that
each invocation of executive privilege
must be itemized and that Miers and
Bolten must produce detailed
privilege logs identifying documents
being withheld under the privilege.
The administration, which called the
House lawsuit "political theater", is
scheduled to respond to the motion
in early May. it's all true
Bolten in contempt. Speaker of the
House Nancy Pelosi then referred
the matter to the Attorney General,
asking that he order a criminal
investigation, but in March he
refused, implicitly affirming the White
House position that executive
privilege extends to members of the
president’s staff.
The motion filed by the House
lawyers asks the court to rule that
each invocation of executive privilege
must be itemized and that Miers and
Bolten must produce detailed
privilege logs identifying documents
being withheld under the privilege.
The administration, which called the
House lawsuit "political theater", is
scheduled to respond to the motion
in early May. it's all true
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