What a mess

Posted by Synfinatic on April 22, 2009 at 2:54 pm in FBI/CIA/NSA, The Law.

This week has just been a political mess here in the US. Between Obama wanting to give immunity to people who tortured, many in gov’t complaining that the details about US torture has been released and the whole NSA spying on Rep. Jane Harmon, it’s just one disaster after another.

Here’s some highlights though:

How the news media is ignoring a Pulitzer Prize winning author because he exposes the news media’s culpability in marketing the war on Iraq.

Rep. Jane Harmon’s outrage on being legally wiretapped by the NSA after being a long time supporter of warrant-less wiretapping on Americans.

Jon Stewart on how Karl Rove/etc are complaining that the Obama administration has released details on US torture- after they …

Tags: bush, obama, Politics, wiretap

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Obama: Bad law is good enough

Posted by Synfinatic on June 21, 2008 at 3:20 pm in FBI/CIA/NSA, Politics.

This is a pretty disappointing speech given by Obama on the recent bill in the House which effectively grants immunity to TelCo’s who helped the Bush administration illegally spy on Americans.
UT Documents: Statement of Barack Obama supporting Hoyer FISA bill

Note to Obama: I fail to see how change happens by capitulating to the Bush administration.

Tags: FISA, obama, spying

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The pursuit of life, liberty and art

Posted by Synfinatic on January 23, 2008 at 11:30 pm in FBI/CIA/NSA, TSA/DHS.

Ok, my first post on Security Theater. This story is of Ramak Fazel via the New York Times. Ramak is an American citizen who decided to visit all the state capitals and use stamps he collected as a child to send postcards from each of them to memorialize the trip.

Tags: art, fbi, postcard, tsa

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