Surveillance

The FBI, Homeland Security, and corporations have repeatedly been exposed spying on political activists as “terrorists.” Tactics include informants, wiretaps and undercover cops.

For example:

Here are some recent articles about terrorism surveillance:

Nelson Mandela on Terrorist Watchlist

Like many environmental and animal rights advocates, even Nelson Mandela is on a “terrorist watchlist.” Unlike grassroots activists, though, it looks politicians are trying to get him removed. I’ve seen quite a few blog posts on this, where the author is outraged that a “freedom fighter” like Nelson Mandela is on a terrorist watchlist. His […]

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How the FBI Used “Anna” the Informant to Entrap Eric McDavid and other Environmentalists as “Terrorists”

The FBI paid a young woman, known as “Anna,” to befriend environmentalists Eric McDavid, Lauren Weiner, and Zachary Jenson and pressure them into illegal activity.

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Feds Testing Technology to Film “Terrorists” With Cell Phones

Saw this at the great new blog Little Brother. USA Today reports: The Homeland Security Department is testing technology that would allow its agents to use cellphones or e-mail devices to covertly share live video of possible terrorists over a law enforcement network… A live video feed could be shared with “dozens or hundreds of […]

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Mass Jailings Planned During the Red Scare

Another reason to oppose the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, and “Homegrown Terrorism” legislation, is that it eerily paves the way for things like this. I started using the analogy between the Red Scare and Green Scare simply to make a larger point, and it has been truly frightening to see the specific similarities between the two, right […]

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Toddler Terrorist

This baby was detained by TSA for being on a terrorist watch list. Maybe it was for seeing that “soft-core eco-terrorism” movie, Hoot.

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A Bigger Big Brother

Big Brother isnâ€™t just watching. Heâ€™s making biometric databases, recruiting firefighters and redefining â€œprivacy.â€ Thereâ€™s been a lot going on in terms of government surveillance and privacy concerns. Hereâ€™s a few highlights: Do you look like a terrorist? The FBI is spending $1 billion create the biggest biometric database in the world. That means the […]

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Airline Passenger Screening Doesnâ€™t Seem to Apply if Youâ€™re Perty

The War on Terrorism is no match for Miss Universe. She’s able to board a plane without her ID, just a sash. I feel so, so safe right now. Courtesy of Boing Boing:

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Fun With FBI Files

An easy way to get your DHS travel dossier. An easy, automated site for generating Freedom of Information Act requests for your FBI/CIA/NSA/etc. files. Be sure to email me and let me know if you turn up anything good!

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Project to “Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online”

From Boing Boing: The Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Arizona has developed a National Science Foundation funded system “to systematically collect and analyze all terrorist-generated content on the Web.” Using advanced techniques such as Web spidering, link analysis, content analysis, authorship analysis, sentiment analysis and multimedia analysis, Chen and his team can find, […]

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National Intelligence Director: Debating Spying Will Cause Americans to Die

Blogs and news outlets have been buzzing about yesterday’s ruling on the Patriot Act. This level of debate and discussion on domestic spying and surveillance is long overdue. According to a recent interview National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, though, such debate is intolerable. He doesn’t call it un-American or un-patriotic, like some folks like to […]

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