Watch these clips in order. The tech is not just used for personalized advertising, but also "criminal investigation" (as defined by the state), which the second clip makes clear near the end.by Thomas NeuburgerI've been meaning to write for a while about the many scattered reports of the coming increased domestic surveillance and clampdown in the U.S.
Surveillance images from East German Stasi archives (source)by Thomas NeuburgerThis is yet another reminder that we live in a nation in which citizen surveillance is assumed, with o
Late Tuesday night, the House voted on an amendment offered by Justin Amash (R-MI) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) to an omnibus appropriations bill. The amendment failed 253-175.
by Gaius PubliusA "perjury trap" is a prosecutorial maneuver and a form of entrapment in which "a prosecutor calls a witness to testify with the intent to base a perjury charge on their statements, not to indict them for a previous crime." If a prosecutor calls a witness for only that purpose, rather than to get information to further an investigation, the law is clear — it's
Is Facebook evil by design? (source)by Gaius PubliusNote: To jump straight to the steps, click here.Facebook has come under scrutiny lately for its role in passively giving data on 50 million of its users to Cambridge Analytica, a company that uses Facebook-type data to target and change electoral outcomes worldwide.
A new Department of Homeland Security report has come out which calls for the long-term surveillance of Sunni Muslim immigrants.
Since the Washington Post first disclosed that Donald Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner discussed in December with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak the idea of setting up a back channel, several US officials have sprung to Kushner’s defence.
President Trump’s National Security Adviser, General H.R. McMaster, says that he is unconcerned
As you watch the Matrix, the Matrix watches you. Image © Kacper Pempel / Reuters (source)by Gaius PubliusI want to offer three pieces of CIA news, all thanks to WikiLeaks, either directly or indirectly.
I rarely cover much U.S. domestic politics on this website because, well, frankly, because it's both depressing and hysterical (in the humorous sense), all…
The post THE FLYNN THING AND DYEING THE WATERS… A STING OPERATION? appeared first on Giza Death Star.
Persistent Surveillance Systems, used for "pre-event forensics, tracking targets in real time, and post-event forensics." Pre-event forensics? This isn't just about parades and demonstrations. It means constantly taping large areas of a city just in case an unplanned event (explosion, a murder) should occur. by Gaius PubliusWe could make some grand statement about the nature of surveillance in 21st Century America — there's certainly a grand and frightening statement to be made — but that would obscure the detail.
