We know it’s Chicago but is it 1966 or 2012?
You know what they say about the more things change …
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In another example of the subtle erosion of civil liberties, the U.S. Air Force has released documents detailing the authority under which surveillance data “mistakenly” captured by its drones over U.S. territory can be analyzed within a specified period of time before the data is destroyed. Though other policy documents (not the least of which being the Constitution) expressly prohibit DoD surveillance of U.S. citizens over U.S. territories, apparently it’s “all good” if it happens “ accidentally”.
Wired magazine’s Spencer Ackerman called Bullshit on the Danger Room blog site and posted the related policy documents.
H.R. 347: Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2012 to correct and simplify the drafting of section 1752 of title 18, United States Code was recently passed. The title of the bill and what it authorizes is bullshit.
A better title is “Protest Criminalization Act of 2012”.
The law amended by the resolution is not a new one - the secret service has been able to designate areas as restricted for years …
The original law allows the secret service to designate restricted areas around certain buildings and/or grounds.
An individual can be arrested in these areas if they “willfully and knowingly”:
- · Entered or remained in a restricted zone without lawful authority.
- · Engaged in “disorderly or disruptive” conduct in or near a restricted zone (What constitutes “disorderly or disruptive” is actually defined.)
- · Blocked the entrance or exit of a restricted zone.
- · Engaged in an act of physical violence against person or property in a restricted zone.
The original authority is bullshit enough but but H.R. 347 takes it one slippery step changing the language from “willfully and knowingly”, which means you know you’re committing a crime to simply “knowingly”, which means you’re aware you’re in a restricted zone, but not necessarily that it’s unlawful.
At its most simple and sinister level, it removes the “intent standard” prosecutors need to prove someone’s guilt, making any protestor fair game as long as they ‘know’ they’re protesting in a restricted area.
Read more here
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… and there’s a lot of bullshit flying around.
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![The new face of terrorism …
A 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was targeted by the TSA this week when her crutches and leg braces set off the airport screeners at JFK.
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The new face of terrorism …
A 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was targeted by the TSA this week when her crutches and leg braces set off the airport screeners at JFK.
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Some tool posted this to Facebook with the caption “Like if you want Jesus to win. Ignore if you want Satan to win.”
How very clever … pffrrrtt.
Of course, if you look at the views & shares versus the “Likes”, about 74 percent of those who laid eyes on the post chose to ignore it.
Mark one in the win column for the dark lord, I guess.
Seriously? What’s with all the Nazi comparisons on both sides of the aisle? So fucking ignorant. There’s a third person with their own symbol … me. It’s a logo of me punching the author of this in the dick.
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