By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Writer

Monday, September 8, 2008

(09-08) 12:13 PDT New York (AP) --

A civil rights group sued the New York Police Department on Monday seeking to learn more about a plan to use license plate readers and a network of 3,000 surveillance cameras to help protect lower Manhattan from terrorist threats.

The New York ( Read more... )

by Jim Harper

Jim Harper is director of Information Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and the author of the book Identity Crisis: How Identification is Overused and Misunderstood.

Added to cato.org on August 25, 2008

This article appeared in the Delaware County Times on August 24, 2008.

Pennsylvania is poised to join 11 other states that have passed ( Read more... )

Tyranny run amok.

Moles Wanted

In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the FBI is soliciting informants to keep tabs on local protest groups

By Matt Snyders

Published on May 21, 2008

Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated.

They were looking for an informant to show up at "vegan potlucks" throughout the Twin ( Read more... )

Proposals to monitor all our communications are an intolerable assault on liberty in the name of security

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The Associated Press

LANCASTER, Ky. --
A judge in Lancaster sent a woman to jail for wearing shorts to court.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Garrard District Court Judge Janet Booth reminded 28-year-old Kirstie Arnold of Lancaster on Monday that she had been warned about inappropriate attire in two previous court appearances and fined $50 ( Read more... )

Federal Agency Picks Justice Dept. Backer of Controversial Voter ID Law in Ga.

By Darryl Fears

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 22, 2008; A02

Democratic critics say Hans A. von Spakovsky is an odd fit for his new job at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official who pushed for the approval of a ( Read more... )

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Former officer admits he used pistol in incidents with immigrants

By SUSAN CARROLL

Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Aug. 19, 2008, 10:52PM

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court in Houston to violating the civil rights of two undocumented immigrants, admitting he pistol-whipped an unarmed man and forced another to ( Read more... )

History proves that there is always advance warning when governments enter the final stages of transitioning from freedom to tyranny. The three most obvious warnings are sounded when government begins openly spying on people, publicly punishing opinions and raising up standing armies. The U.S. government and its state, county, municipal and ( Read more... )

Frisco man says HOA won't let him park pickup on driveway

12:17 PM CDT on Sunday, August 17, 2008

By STEVE STOLER / WFAA-TV (Channel 8)

sstoler@wfaa.com

If there's one thing Texans are serious about, it's pickups.

But a Frisco man says his truck is being targeted simply because his homeowners association doesn't think it's classy enough.

Jim Greenwood ( Read more... )