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  • July 2008

    • Maryland Cops Spied on Peaceniks

      newser  |  Baltimore Sun  |  Jul 18, 08 4:25 AM CDT

      Maryland Cops Spied on Peaceniks

      Groups opposing the death penalty and the war in Iraq were infiltrated and spied on by undercover Maryland State Police officers, according to police logs obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. Some activists were placed on terrorist and drug trafficking databases with no evidence they were involved in any illegal activity, reports the Baltimore Sun .  More »

    • Big Brother Comes to Sweden

      newser  |  Spiked  |  Jul 13, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      Big Brother Comes to Sweden

      Don’t believe the hype: “Sweden is no cuddly liberal democracy,” writes Nathalie Rothschild for Spiked, berating her home country for “introducing the most Draconian surveillance law in Europe.” Known as the FRA law but nicknamed "Lex Orwell " by opponents, the legislation gives intelligence agencies the right to intercept all incoming foreign communication. “Emulate Sweden? No thanks.” More »

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      terrorism  • surveillance  • FISA  • Sweden  • eavesdropping  • government spying  • Big Brother

  • June 2008

    • Big Brother Sees Washington

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 16, 08 1:55 PM CDT

      Big Brother Sees Washington

      If you plan to go outdoors in Washington, DC, comb your hair first, because someone's probably going to see you. The capital is ramping up a video surveillance system that puts most others in the entire world to shame, the LA Times reports. Unsurprisingly, the 5,625-camera network has captured the attention of privacy and civil-liberties advocates, and they're not happy. More »

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      terrorism  • Washington DC  • Department of Homeland Security  • surveillance  • ACLU  • domestic surveillance  • camera  • CCTV footage

    • US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

      newser  |  Rolling Stone  |  Jun 2, 08 5:28 PM CDT

      US Firms Complicit as China Fortifies Police State

      Free Tibet protests 3 months ago allowed China to road-test a new security network before the summer Olympics, Naomi Klein writes in Rolling Stone . Under the so-called “Golden Shield,” China is now installing closed-circuit cameras nationwide linked to facial recognition and other biometric software—technology from big-name US firms like IBM, Honeywell, and General Electric. More »

    • EU Eyes Anti-Terror Camera for Every Seat

      newser  |  New Scientist  |  Jun 1, 08 6:48 AM CDT

      EU Eyes Anti-Terror Camera for Every Seat

      A camera may be planted in every airline seat in Europe, if an EU plan under development is approved. Dubbed SAFEE (Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment), the system would also aim cameras at the aisles. Software would then watch for suspicious movements, gestures, and even facial expressions. More »

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      airport security  • surveillance  • Big Brother  • security cameras

  • April 2008

    • Facebook App 'Nose' Where U R

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Apr 3, 08 12:02 PM CDT

      Facebook App 'Nose' Where U R

      A Facebook application launching in the UK will put people’s friends on the map—in real time, reports the Times . The Social Network Integrated Friend Finder or ‘Sniff’ app lets users pinpoint a friend’s cell phone down to the nearest 650 feet. Privacy is a priority: users need to give permission before they can be tracked, and they can specify who can and can't zero in on them. More »

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      cell phones  • United Kingdom  • Facebook  • cell phone industry  • surveillance  • text messaging

  • March 2008

    • House in Rare Hush-Hush Huddle on Spy Bill

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 14, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      House in Rare Hush-Hush Huddle on Spy Bill

      The House held its first secret session in 25 years last night to debate a revamped spy bill, Reuters reports. Republicans said they needed the secrecy to give examples of how proposed changes to surveillance laws could endanger national security. The Democrats consented—but some skeptics suspected it was a ploy by Republican lawmakers to delay a vote on the bill. The measure rebuffs demands from President Bush to provide lawsuit immunity to phone companies that participated in his controversial wiretapping program. More »

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      Democrats  • Republicans  • House of Representatives  • surveillance  • Roy Blunt  • wiretapping bill

    • Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

      newser  |  News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Mar 8, 08 8:00 PM CST

      Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

      Police issued photos today of a "person of interest" in the killing of UNC-Chapel Hill student president Eve Carson, the News and Observer reports. The ATM camera shots show a black man, about 20, who used Carson's bank card and may have been driving her Toyota Highlander. "This is our biggest break so far in this case," said the police chief in Chapel Hill, NC. More »

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      murder  • investigation  • surveillance  • college student  • ATM  • security cameras  • Eve Carson  • UNC Chapel Hill  • police hunt

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • Mall Gunman Photos Released

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 7, 07 4:39 PM CST

      Mall Gunman Photos Released

      Images from surveillance videos showing Robert Hawkins, the 19-year-old who killed eight people, and then himself, at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, Wednesday, were released by the authorities today, the AP reports. Three still images taken by mall security cameras show Hawkins walking into the mall seemingly unarmed, then with a concealed weapon beneath his clothes, and finally firing an AK-47. More »

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      surveillance  • Omaha mall shooting  • Robert Hawkins  • AK 47

  • November 2007

    • Mom and Pop Go Big Brother

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 14, 07 12:16 PM CST

      Mom and Pop Go Big Brother

      AT&T will sell technology that allows small businesses to remotely monitor their employees and places of business over the Internet. The Remote Monitor program lets a user check cameras, sensors, and other gadgets in real time over the net. “It is Big Brother, but in this day and age, you need these type of tools," says a Texas restaurant owner. More »

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      privacy  • AT and T  • surveillance  • small businesses

  • October 2007

    • UK Is Ready for Its Closeup

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 19, 07 4:04 PM CDT

      UK Is Ready for Its Closeup

      The nation that embraced the "Big Brother" TV show is becoming eerily like the society George Orwell envisioned, reports the LA Times. Litterers under closed-circuit surveillance respond to commands to pick up trash they drop, and errant cyclists are ordered to dismount in pedestrian-only areas. Britons increasingly are trading privacy for security, even in small villages. More »

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      United Kingdom  • privacy  • counterterrorism  • surveillance  • Big Brother  • CCTV footage  • cctv

  • September 2007

    • Bush Presses Congress for Snooping Law

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 19, 07 9:26 PM CDT

      Bush Presses Congress for Snooping Law

      Bush pressed lawmakers for extra snooping rights today, the AP reports. Yet many Dems already regret the current law, which allows Feds to spy on some Americans without a warrant. One senator says that "the law did provide authority for collection, but it did not include sufficient protections for Americans." Bush argues that today's surveillance law, which will be up for review, should be made permanent.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • warrantless wiretapping  • surveillance  • Protect America Act

    • Big Brother Making Strides in Technology

      newser  |  BBC  |  Sep 16, 07 5:27 PM CDT

      Big Brother Making Strides in Technology

      Top researchers are developing new surveillance technology, the BBC reports - including "gait DNA" to identify a person by their walk and advanced spy drones that can fly overhead for years. The Pentagon plans to continue its tech supremacy, which includes inventing the Internet in the 1970s and satellite navigation in the 1990s. What's next in spy tech? "I'd prefer not to say," says a Pentagon researcher. More »

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      Great Britain  • United States  • Pentagon  • homeland security  • surveillance  • domestic surveillance

    • Wall Street Funds Chinese Spy Upgrade

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 11, 07 7:46 AM CDT

      Wall Street Funds Chinese Spy Upgrade

      Wall Street money is fueling the high-tech upgrade of China's police state, the New York Times reports. US hedge funds have poured $150 million into Chinese surveillance companies that are developing the latest in government spookware, from face-recognition technology to behavior-recognition software that can spot a disturbance before it begins. More »

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      China  • Wall Street  • surveillance  • Tom Lantos  • police state

    • FBI Data Requests Go Beyond Terror Suspects

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Sep 8, 07 5:44 PM CDT

      FBI Data Requests Go Beyond Terror Suspects

      US terror suspects are drawing friends and colleagues into the net, the New York Times reports. FBI docs show that probes have sought info on people who suspects call or email the most. Phone companies already keep such data on hand for marketing and fraud protection, one expert says. Such “analysis is extremely powerful and very revealing." More »

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      FBI  • warrantless wiretapping  • surveillance  • wiretap  • Terrorist Surveillance Program

  • August 2007

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