Double Shocker: Rep. Harman’s Treasonous Pay for Play with AIPIC Dwarfed in Treason by Revelation the Information Came from a Wiretap of the Congresswoman

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/21/harman.wiretap/index.html

A Microsoft Approved MIAC Report? Cops Think Linux Use May be Sign of Criminal Behavior

http://www.infowars.com/cops-think-linux-use-may-be-sign-of-criminal-behavior/
On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [pdf] and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list identifying another student as gay. The problem? Not only is there no indication that any crime was committed, the investigating officer argued that the computer expertise of the student itself supported a finding of probable cause to seize the student’s property. Should Boston College Linux users be looking over their shoulders? In his application, the investigating officer asked that he be permitted to seize the student’s computers and other personal affects because they might yield evidence of the crimes of “Obtaining computer services by Fraud or Misrepresentation” and “Unauthorized access to a computer system.” Aside from the remarkable overreach by campus and state police in trying to paint a student as suspicious in part because he can navigate a non-Windows computer environment, nothing cited in the warrant application could possibly constitute the cited criminal offenses. There are no assertions that a commercial (i.e. for pay) commercial service was defrauded, a necessary element of any “Obtaining computer services by Fraud or Misrepresentation” allegation. Similarly, the investigating officer doesn’t explain how sending an e-mail to a campus mailing list might constitute “unauthorized access to a computer system.”

Obama passing new law to allow searching of PC’s, Laptops, and media devices

Transportation Agency Attempts to GPS Geotag Every Car and Charge Drivers by Mileage

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/20/driving.tax/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
http://www.prisonplanet.com/government-prepares-the-public-for-cradle-to-grave-surveillance.html
Last week Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood floated the idea of a mileage tax. “The idea — which involves tracking drivers through Global Positioning System (GPS) units in their cars — is gaining support in some states as a way of making up for a shortfall in highway funding,” reports CNN. It didn’t take long for Obama to reject the idea — at least for now. The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission report rolling out the mileage tax is designed not to foist this intrusive technology on the American people in the short term, but rather get them acclimated to the idea of being tracked and taxed. “The White House was somewhat premature,” commission Chairman Robert Atkinson told Bloomberg. “It’s absolutely critical that we look at it. The members of Congress that are committed to a robust transportation system are certainly very aware of the risks of that system not having as much money as it needs because of the stated policy of the Obama administration.” According to Atkinson and the panel, the so-called stimulus bill won’t be sufficient to meet highway-funding needs and financing programs in partnership with private companies “can play an important supplementary role.”

Obama Administration Continues To Immunize Treason of Telecoms and Federal Government: Wiretapping Legal Challenge Must Die

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/obama-administr.html
SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration urged a federal judge on Friday to stay enforcement of a ruling favoring the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging President George W. Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program. Justice Department special counsel Anthony Coppolino told U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker during a 60-minute hearing here that the appellate courts should review his Jan. 5 decision allowing classified evidence into the case, a position the Obama administration took in court documents the day before. Without the classified evidence, Coppolino said, the government wins the case by default, and two American lawyers who claimed they were unlawfully spied upon can’t pursue their lawsuit.

Whistleblower: NSA spied on EVERYONE, targeted journalists

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Whistleblower_Bushs_NSA_targeted_reporters_0121.html
Former National Security Agency analyst Russell Tice, who helped expose the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping in December 2005, has now come forward with even more startling allegations. Tice told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Wednesday that the programs that spied on Americans were not only much broader than previously acknowledged but specifically targeted journalists. “The National Security Agency had access to all Americans’ communications — faxes, phone calls, and their computer communications,” Tice claimed. “It didn’t matter whether you were in Kansas, in the middle of the country, and you never made foreign communications at all. They monitored all communications.” Tice further explained that “even for the NSA it’s impossible to literally collect all communications. … What was done was sort of an ability to look at the metadata … and ferret that information to determine what communications would ultimately be collected.”

….and Barack Jesus-Messiah-Lincoln-Savior Obama voted to continue this high treason.

University of California study finds cameras do not prevent violent crime

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/ACLU_launches_new_surveillance_tracking_website_0112.html
In response to a recent rise in public surveillance funding by the Department of Homeland Security, ACLU’s Technology and Liberty program has launched a Web site to let America know – YouAreBeingWatched.us. The Web site provides news related to public video surveillance, links for more information, ways to take action, a ‘horror stories’ tab detailing recent misuse of surveillance authority and a flash map of locations in the US where municipal surveillance cameras have been installed.

Train search by Border Patrol just another incident from the Constitution-free zone

http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2009m1d4-Train-search-just-another-incident-from-the-Constitutionfree-zone
You’re traveling by train. Suddenly, it slows and comes to an unscheduled stop. Armed, uniformed men come aboard with dogs. They question passengers, search luggage and remove one of your fellow travelers for further interrogation. Is this some Cold War-era movie? Nope. It’s  New Year’s Eve on an Amtrak train in California.