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Today it's spying, tomorrow indefinitely detaining or killing?

... suspects to foreign countries and targeted killings using drones, in light of the combination of government secrecy and judicial ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 02/27/2013 - 16:12 - 0 attachments

Does John Brennan think the executive branch could order targeted strikes on US soil?

The Senate Intelligence Committee has posted CIA director nominee John Brennan's post hearing "Questions for the record" document .  When asked whether he thinks the US has the authority to "carry out drone ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 02/15/2013 - 16:21 - 0 attachments

What makes Obama think his drone strike "rule book" will apply to future presidents?

Civil libertarians, much to our collective pain and anguish, have thus far failed to convince majorities of the US population that our legal rights should be protected in a perceived crisis. Emergency rule is The Rule and frankly, most American ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 11/25/2012 - 15:09 - 0 attachments

Terror Tuesday: the imperiled Constitution

... a secret drone base in Saudi Arabia from which the drones were sent that that killed Anwar Al-Awlaki. (The base may – or may ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 02/12/2013 - 12:36 - 0 attachments

Forever drones, police spying on police, FBI visit to photographer's home, Britney Spears' privacy crisis and more

DARPA SUCCEEDS IN REFUELING DRONE IN THE AIR: The future drone may well take off one day and land five years later, thanks to mid-air refueling technology developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Read more ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 10/08/2012 - 15:05 - 0 attachments

Why would President Obama say a "decade of war" is over when it isn't?

... inestimable return. No one expected him to speak about drones in a speech rhetorically haunted by bound wounds and better angels. But ... we kill their people in covert missions. Satellites and drones can do all the work for us. Foreign wars can be waged without ever ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 01/22/2013 - 18:35 - 0 attachments

Terror Tuesday: Impunity surges in New Year

It’s only eight days into the New Year but already 2013 has seen some important milestones in the impunity stakes. Six separate drone strikes in Pakistan have reportedly killed 35 people and lethal strikes have achieved an un ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 01/08/2013 - 15:45 - 0 attachments

Threatening tweets, "secret" drone wars, costly surveillance state expansion and more

  SEEN A THREATENING TWEET? ALERT THE SECRET SERVICE: The Secret Service took to Twitter after the last presidential debate to ask people to report any suspicious or threatening tweets to their local SS office. As of Wednes ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 10/25/2012 - 15:26 - 0 attachments

From ¡Alambrista! to Z: Political films available for free this weekend on Hulu

Get ready, movie fans: Hulu has offered up for free, for this weekend only, a number of Criterion Collection films that are usually behind its paywall , a service called Hulu Plus. I looked through the offerings and put together a l ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 02/16/2013 - 15:32 - 0 attachments

Obama on drone strikes: rock on, it's all good, etc.

... it has been for some time now aggressively marketing drones domestically . The federal government has in turn welcomed ... and big checks. Even counties and cities are flying drones, including New York City. The domestic drones have yet to be ...

Blog entry - sosadmin - 02/02/2012 - 00:38 - 0 attachments

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