The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been engaged in massive surveillance of peaceful protesters which undermines protections enshrined in the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Two recent studies raise serious questions about the way the DHS has reacted to Occupy style protests. Let us not forget the primary mission of …
Law enforcement agencies in America are using the No More Hesitation series of cardboard and paper targets for shooting practice. The Minneapolis-based Law Enforcement Targets Inc. (LET) has produced at least eight of them, with photos ranging from a young boy to a pregnant woman in her third trimester, …
Since September 11, the federal government has poured up to $1.4 billion into the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s anti-terrorism “fusion centers.” Today, a Senate Committee report [3] decried these so-called information-sharing centers as “irrelevant” and “useless” wastes of money that have not uncovered a single terrorism threat. “The Subcommittee’s two-year …
Score one for Gov. Rick Scott, who is moving ahead with plans to ferret out “noncitizens” on Florida’s voter rolls. The tea party stalwart won a yearlong battle with the Obama administration last weekend when the Department of Homeland Security agreed to let the state check its voter registrations against …
This case is a frightening example of what can happen when a photographer encounters ignorant bullies with badges. According to the complaint filed in Federal Court, Nancy Genovese, a mother of three, was driving home on County Road 31 past Gabreski Airport in Suffolk County. Gabreski Airport displays a decorative …
The White House today escalated its opposition to a cybersecurity-related surveillance bill with a formal veto threat. In a new statement, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget said that the CISPA bill endangered Americans’ privacy and inappropriately shielded private companies from liability. The statement suggests that CISPA — …