Short documentary on mind control experiments on the humain brain by the CIA.

Officer Blatantly Disregards 4th Amendment, Considers Possession of Gun Reason to Kill

A driver who wishes to remain anonymous has used a hidden camera mounted in the dash of his car to record instances with police as a protection against potential harassment or any violation of rights. (more…)

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday defended President George W. Bush’s rare use of a body count to describe Iraqi insurgent deaths as a way to show Americans that U.S. troops are fighting hard in Iraq.

Bush said on Wednesday on a visit to the Pentagon that U.S. and Iraqi forces had killed or captured 5,900 of the enemy during the months of October, November and early December.

It was a rare use of a body count by the president and came after public opinion polls said many Americans are concerned about rising U.S. casualties and believe the United States is losing the war in Iraq.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said one reason Bush gave the body count number was to offset concern about U.S. casualties and deaths that included 103 in October alone. (more…)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government approved new technology that will automatically scan shoes and boots for bombs, and promises that travelers will soon be spared the trouble of scurrying through security in their socks. But the new machines will be available only to travelers who pay to join a special program, at least at first.

The shoe-scanner approval will give a crucial boost to the Registered Traveler program, which is designed to provide faster airport security screening, via a special security line, to travelers who sign up in advance and undergo a background check. But the program, to be run by private companies under the supervision of the Transportation Security Administration, has languished for years, and currently is operating only in Orlando, Fla.

The shoe scanner is expected to draw customers to the program because not only will it speed up lines. It will also offer another perk — remaining shod — to attract customers willing to pay annual fees of about $100. (more…)

Four out of five political leaders and state administrators in Russia either have been or still are members of the security services, a study suggests.

The unprecedented research implies a huge expansion of KGB-FSB influence in politics and business in recent years.

Many of the officials concerned have been appointed under President Vladimir Putin - himself a former spy chief.

This has led many liberal commentators to claim their influence is growing unchecked, and threatening democracy. (more…)

From PP: Notice how this is “good news” in order to sell people on the ID card. We have an ID card but if anyone calls it that they go to prison.

Bank or pub workers who demand their customers produce the Federal Government’s new smartcard as a form of ID could go to jail for up to five years or be fined $55,000, under draft legislation.

Companies that demand the card would face fines of up to $275,000.

The Government’s $1.1 billion access card will replace up to 17 social service cards such as the Medicare card by 2010 and will be required by anyone who wants to get government benefits. (more…)

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Sen. John McCain said Thursday that America should deploy 15,000 to 30,000 more troops to Iraq to control its sectarian violence, and give moderate Iraqi politicians the stability they need to take the country in the right direction.

McCain made the remarks to reporters in Baghdad, where he and five other members of Congress were meeting with U.S. and Iraqi officials.

“The American people are disappointed and frustrated with the Iraq war, but they want us to succeed if there’s any way to do that,” McCain, a possible 2008 presidential candidate, said at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq’s heavily fortified Green Zone.

The Arizona Republican said five to 10 more brigades of U.S. combat soldiers must be sent to Iraq. Brigades vary in size but generally include about 3,000 troops, meaning he was recommending 15,000 to 30,000 additional forces. (more…)

John McCain has made clear that he doesn’t like the blogosphere.

Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles. Some highlights of the legislation:

• Commercial websites and personal blogs “would be required to report illegal images or videos posted by their users or pay fines of up to $300,000.”

• Internet service providers (ISPs) are already required to issue such reports, but under McCain’s legislation, bloggers with comment sections may face “even stiffer penalties” than ISPs.

• Social networking sites will be forced to take “effective measures” — such as deleting user profiles — to remove any website that is “associated” with a sex offender. Sites may include not only Facebook and MySpace, but also Amazon.com, which permits author profiles and personal lists, and blogs like DailyKos, which allows users to sign up for personal diaries. (more…)

An Australian was barred from a London-Melbourne flight unless he removed a T-shirt depicting George Bush as the world’s number one terrorist.

Allen Jasson was also prevented from catching a connecting flight within Australia later the same day unless he removed the offending T-shirt.

Mr Jasson says Qantas and Virgin Blue were engaging in censorship but the airlines say the T-shirt was a security issue and could affect the sensitivities of other passengers.

“The woman at the security check-in (at Heathrow) just said to me, ‘You are not wearing that’,” Mr Jasson, 55, said yesterday.

Mr Jasson, who lives in London and was flying to Australia to visit family on December 2, said he was first told he would need to turn the T-shirt inside-out before he would be allowed to board the Qantas flight.

“I told her I had the right to express my opinion,” he said. (more…)

A police inquiry into Princess Diana’s death is expected to rule out foul play on Thursday and seek to bury conspiracy theories of a murder plot that have abounded for almost a decade.

The finger of blame has been pointed at everyone from Prince Charles to the secret service.

But, after a three-year inquiry, security experts believe that former police chief John Stevens will rule in his 850-page report that she died in a Paris car crash because chauffeur Henri Paul was drunk and driving too fast.

ITV television news said Princes William and Harry have seen a copy of Stevens’ report and were “devastated and disgusted” by the way paparazzi who had been chasing the car photographed her as she lay dying. (more…)

Body scanners are a virtual strip-search that Americans should not be subjected to. They offer very little security value in return for the cost to our dignity and privacy.

Let’s be clear: The body scanners - known as “backscatter” - are X-ray devices that expose us to radiation. And the government has not carefully studied what long-term effects that radiation will have on frequent fliers, or even casual ones.

But of more immediate concern, they create incredibly graphic images of our naked bodies. Those images will reveal not only our private body parts, but also intimate medical details such as colostomy bags or the effects of a mastectomy. (more…)

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll has some dismal numbers for President Bush:

49 percent “strongly disapprove” of his job performance overall, his worst rating ever in that category.

62 percent of Americans “disapprove” of Bush’s job performance overall, his second-worst rating in that category.

18 percent “strongly approve.” (more…)

At 4:10 p.m. EDT today (December 13, 2006) Neil Cavuto interrupted his “business news” show with this:

Alright. I just want to bring in this alert that’s come into our newsroom right now. U.S. Senator Tim Johnson, he’s a Democrat of South Dakota, has, we’re getting reports that he had a stroke at his office today and is being hospitalized. That’s all we know at this point. Nor do we know the 59 year old’s condition. This happened just today.
Keep in mind that the new senate takes over on January 4 and it’s right now 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans and 2 Independents, but ostensibly it will be a Democratic body.

We don’t know how the fallout from all of this or, again, the severity of Senator Johnson’s condition. We’ll keep you posted.

At 4:14 p.m. EDT Fox aired the FOX NEWS ALERT graphic and Cavuto said: (more…)

The security cameras are watching, a New York rights group warned on Wednesday.

Security cameras have increased fivefold in parts of New York City and have become so pervasive that they threaten the rights of privacy, speech and association, the New York Civil Liberties Union, or NYCLU, said in a report.

Moreover, there was no evidence the cameras deterred crime, the group said.

In 2005 there were 4,176 cameras in three districts of southern Manhattan, up from 769 cameras in a 1998 survey, the report said. (more…)