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- Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights - Editorial - NYTimes.com
  Posted by okami from New York Times
  In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.
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- American Civil Liberties Union : Supreme Court Refuses To Review Warrantless Wiretapping Case
  Posted by okami from ACLU
  The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to review a legal challenge to the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program
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- Phone companies and the surveillance state
  Posted by SoxFirst
  The US Senate is set to vote on giving phone carriers retroactive immunity for surveillance of US citizens. Just a little something to make life easier for the National Security Agency (NSA).
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- Sydney split by fence to keep protesters away from world leaders at APEC
  Posted by VincebusEruptum from Scholarsandrogues.wordpress
  Apparently it's an honour for Sydney to be chosen to host the APEC summit in three weeks time, bringing together more than 20 world leaders, including President Bush. But most Sydneysiders are wondering why they couldn't have gone elsewhere, now that the full scope of staggering security measures are being made public. A 5k long, 3-metre high security fence will cut Sydney's central business district in half...
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- Bush administration releases report on terror threat: A new pretext for militarism and repression
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a report that synthesizes the findings of Washington’s 16 separate spy agencies, warns that the US faces a “heightened threat environment” for terrorist attacks. The Bush administration’s release of the report strongly suggests that the US government is seeking to justify new military interventions in both Pakistan and Iran, as well as stepped up domestic surveillance and other forms of state repression at home.
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- New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  The Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, as the plan is called, will resemble London’s so-called Ring of Steel, an extensive web of cameras and roadblocks designed to detect, track and deter terrorists. British officials said images captured by the cameras helped track suspects after the London subway bombings in 2005 and the car bomb plots last month.
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- 'WSJ' Scoop: Ex-Wal-Mart Worker Details Surveillance of Employees
  Posted by Jeff from Editor and Publisher
  "Like most major corporations, it is our corporate responsibility to have systems in place, including software systems, to monitor threats to our network, intellectual property and our people,'' Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah Clark said. Gabbard was fired after recording phone calls to and from a New York Times reporter and intercepting pager messages.
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