The US Police State continues to grow....

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we all agree that security is important. but at what point does it cross the line? also, with the recent passage of the NDAA, at what point do we begin to emulate a police state? or are we already there?


Super Bowl's line of defense against terrorism? TSA trains HOTDOG VENDORS how to spot suspicious activity
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-000-volunteers-spot-suspicious-activity.html

"This is just the latest attempt by the Department of Homeland Security to recruit millions of informants across the country, who officials say can help spot potential terrorist activity."

"The vast security presence comes despite Napolitano's pronouncement that, 'We have no specific or credible threats against Super Bowl 46.'"

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President Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Into Law
http://www.aclu.org/blog/tag/NDAA

"President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today, allowing indefinite detention to be codified into law."

"The ACLU believes that any military detention of American citizens or others within the United States is unconstitutional and illegal, including under the NDAA."
 
twin said:
Here's a bit of artwork and a brief description of the artist's intent that supports the spirit of this thread.

http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/0...ist-depicts-obama-trampling-the-constitution/
Click to expand...

very nice painting and very sad unfortunately. it's good to see artistic expression however in order to get people talking and thinking.

have you seen this one:

Los Angeles Artist Alex Schaefer's Painting Of A Burning Bank Brings Visit From LAPD
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/los-angeles-artist-alex-s_n_940823.html
 
it was only a matter of time before drones came to be used on the american public and here they are.


"A new federal law, signed by the president on Tuesday, compels the Federal Aviation Administration to allow drones to be used for all sorts of commercial endeavors — from selling real estate and dusting crops, to monitoring oil spills and wildlife, even shooting Hollywood films. Local police and emergency services will also be freer to send up their own drones."

"For drone makers, the change in the law comes at a particularly good time. With the winding-down of the war in Afghanistan, where drones have been used to gather intelligence and fire missiles, these manufacturers have been awaiting lucrative new opportunities at home."

Drones Set Sights on U.S. Skies
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/t....html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&sq=drone&st=cse&scp=1
 
so i think it's pretty obvious by now where all of this is heading. you really can't deny it now.

they are setting up a control grid where everybody will be tracked, traced and data based all under the false guise of finding terrorists. and if there are no genuine terrorist attacks then they will simply create one by getting some lone nut job to attempt to set off fake bombs that were given to him by the FBI itself.

this reminds me of the movie minority report with tom cruise where a person can be arrested before they actually commit any crime - pre crime. the constitution means nothing anymore. this country is a joke.


"Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday signed new guidelines for the National Counterterrorism Center, which was created in 2004 to foster intelligence sharing and serve as a terrorism threat clearinghouse.

The guidelines will lengthen to five years — from 180 days — the amount of time the center can retain private information about Americans when there is no suspicion that they are tied to terrorism, intelligence officials said. The guidelines are also expected to result in the center making more copies of entire databases and “data mining them” using complex algorithms to search for patterns that could indicate a threat.

The changes are intended to allow analysts to more quickly identify terrorism suspects.

The center has developed a priority list of databases it wants to copy entirely, but he and other officials declined to say which ones they were. (The Department of Homeland Security says it has already shared several entire databases, including records related to refugees, foreign students and international travelers.)"

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/u...ns-for-counterterrorism-analysis.html?_r=1&hp
 
so here we are. what started out as a small, isolated measure to catch so called "terrorists" is now being used against regular americans on a wide level. this is how is always happens - tyranny in increments.


"WASHINGTON — Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, documents show.

Clashes over the program’s legality led Congress to broaden the government’s eavesdropping powers in 2008. As part of the law, the Bush administration insisted that phone companies helping in the program be given immunity against lawsuits.

Since then, the wide use of cell surveillance has seeped down to even small, rural police departments in investigations unrelated to national security.

“It’s become run of the mill,” said Catherine Crump, an A.C.L.U. lawyer who coordinated the group’s gathering of police records. “And the advances in technology are rapidly outpacing the state of the law.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/u...cellphones-raises-privacy-fears.html?_r=1&hp#
 
you can't make this stuff up folks. just keeps getting worse and worse....


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/us/justices-approve-strip-searches-for-any-offense.html?hp

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband.

According to opinions in the lower courts, people may be strip-searched after arrests for violating a leash law, driving without a license and failing to pay child support. Citing examples from briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, Justice Breyer wrote that people have been subjected to “the humiliation of a visual strip-search” after being arrested for driving with a noisy muffler, failing to use a turn signal and riding a bicycle without an audible bell.

A nun was strip-searched, he wrote, after an arrest for trespassing during an antiwar demonstration. So were victims of sexual assaults and women who were menstruating.
 
excellent article that speaks for itself. what more can be said.


http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1

"The NSA has become the largest, most covert, and potentially most intrusive intelligence agency ever.

The former NSA official held his thumb and forefinger close together: “We are that far from a turnkey totalitarian state.”

In secret listening rooms nationwide, NSA software examines every email, phone call, and tweet as they zip by.

The NSA believes it’s on the verge of breaking a key encryption algorithm—opening up hoards of data."
 
i know that it may appear like something out of a movie. this can't be real right? not in america right? spies riding the bus? listening to my conversation? random bag checks?

since when did we turn into soviet russia?


"Patrons riding METRO on Friday, April 13, or any given day, may be sitting next to an undercover MPD officer.

The move to monitor and curtail crime on buses and trains is just one component of a much larger initiative called BusSafe - a national pilot program created by a peer advisory group of mass transit police chiefs and security directors, and one which METRO’s Police Department is adopting to enhance safety on the system.

MPD, Houston Police Department officers and Harris County Precinct 7 Deputy Constables will take part in a synchronized, counter-terrorism exercise on Friday, April 13, focusing on bus routes, bus stops and shelters, and Transit Centers in high traffic areas. The participating agencies will: ride buses, perform random bag checks, and conduct K-9 sweeps, as well as place uniformed and plainclothes officers at Transit Centers and rail platforms to detect, prevent and address latent criminal activity or behavior."

http://www.ridemetro.org/News/Releases/2012/04132012.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rs6TInhxD1g
 
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