Cronkite records destroyed by FBI – USATODAY.com

WASHINGTON — The FBI destroyed its files on former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite two years ago under a policy that has been criticized by researchers for allowing potentially valuable records to be wiped out.A search of the agency’s main index of the subjects of FBI investigations found some records tied to Cronkite’s name were [...]

American Civil Liberties Union : Surveillance Society Clock

True Stories of Violation http://www.aclu.org/swfobject/mediaplayer.swf Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders. The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is [...]

Coke or Pepsi? « Michael Fury

Investigative journalist Gary Webb refused to be complicit. For his courage, the Mockingbird character assassins remembered him with this hit-piece of an obituary: nytimes.com/2004/12/13/obituaries/13webb.html After the 2004 election, five weeks before his “suicide”, he called out the American people for their apathy and moral cowardice. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3977503.stm “What this election tells me, unfortunately, is that it [...]

Timothy Garton Ash: The freedom of historical debate is under attack by the memory police – The Guardian

The freedom of historical debate is under attack by the memory police. Well-intentioned laws that prescribe how we remember terrible events are foolish, unworkable and counter-productive. Among the ways in which freedom is being chipped away in Europe, one of the less obvious is the legislation of memory. More and more countries have laws saying [...]

Free Nationwide Wi-Fi Network To Censor Political Websites

Free Nationwide Wi-Fi Network To Censor Political Websites.   Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet / Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Both individual proposals to roll out free nationwide wi-fi Internet access across the United States contain language indicating that political websites deemed “offensive” will be filtered out and blocked. The implementation of a universal wi-fi network [...]

Flashbacks: Congress, Martial Law and Economic Crisis

Flashbacks: Congress, Martial Law and Economic Crisis. Olver says bush will call martial law if we try to impeach. FLASHBACK: Crisis in the U.S.: Plan B? FLASHBACK: IS ADMIRAL FALLON CALLING OUT FOR HELP FROM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT But the rumors have not been confined to “conspiracy theorists.” Regarding President Bush’s commitment to the sanctity of [...]

College Says No Free Speech Without a Permit – Don’t Tase Me, Bro!

1ST AMENDMENT ON TRIAL Student facing expulsion for speaking without permission? College allows ‘free speech’ noon-to-1 on Tuesday, Thursdays   Yuba College student Ryan Dozier being cited for speaking without permission A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Yuba College student Ryan Dozier after he was cited for speaking on the Northern California campus [...]

Feds investigating sheriff after Barack ‘Hussein’ remark…

WBBH-TV, Tuesday, October 7th, 2008. LEE COUNTY: Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott may have more to worry about than just the court of public opinion. Federal investigators are now looking into whether Scott broke the law by campaigning for John McCain. Officials with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel say they have received so many phone [...]

Jerome Corsi, author of anti-Obama book, detained in Kenya

US author of anti-Obama book detained in Kenya. NAIROBI (AFP) — The American author of a best-selling, controversial book blasting White House hopeful Barack Obama was detained Tuesday by security officials in Kenya, police said. Jerome Corsi “has been detained and he is currently being held at the immigration office” in Nairobi, a top police [...]

We the Sheeple Fest – The Two Party War Machine Censors Dissent

All Speakers censored at “We The People” fest. By Jack Blood. Yep. Cindy Sheehan, Cynthia McKinney and Jack Blood were prohibited from speaking at WTP Fest in Los Angeles today. The event had been heavily promoted in LA by KROQ FM, and the LA Weekly etc…. I was on the main stage, ready to go [...]