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New police radars can 'see' inside homes. Radar devices allowing officers to detect movement through walls have been secretly used by at least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies over the last two years.
VPC WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance. Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice to the courts and no public disclosure of when or how they would be used. New Politika. Fund a high speed rail system that runs coast-to-coast and connects all metropolitan areas. It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism: Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein: 9780465031337: Amazon.com. The bitter tears of the American Christian supermajority.
The most persecuted minority in the United States is not Muslims, African-Americans or immigrants.
It’s our Christian supermajority that’s truly oppressed. Verily, consider three anecdotes from the past few weeks. On March 2, three Baptist ministers in Akron, Ohio, arranged for the local police to mock-arrest them in their churches and haul them away in handcuffs for the simple act of preaching their faith. A video was posted on YouTube to drum up buzz for an upcoming revival show. A few atheist blogs object to uniformed police taking part in a church publicity stunt, but far more people who saw the YouTube video (24,082 views), in Ohio and elsewhere, took this media stunt as reality — confirmation of their wildest fears about a government clampdown on Christianity. Supreme Court: DNA swab after arrest is legitimate search. The justices of the U.S.
Supreme Court sit for their official photograph on October 8, 2010, at the Supreme Court. Front row, from left: Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. GOVERNMENT SERVICES. U.S. Federal Debt. In Feb. 2011, Bill O'Reilly interviewed President Obama.
He asked the president, "Is Federal spending getting out of control. " Obama's answer, "If you look at Federal spending as a percentage of Gross National Product (GNP) then we are at spending levels similar to the Eisenhower administration. " American Studies. The Top Ten Torture Documents You Need to Read. Washington, D.C., December 9, 2014 – The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today released the executive summary of its long-awaited "Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program," describing in more than 500 pages a dysfunctional agency so unprepared to handle suspected terrorist detainees after 9/11, that the CIA bought into private contractors' proposals for torture, and then lied to Congress, President Bush, the Justice Department, the public, and to itself about the purported effectiveness of the program.
Hackers attacked the U.S. energy grid 79 times this year - Nov. 18, 2014. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) In fiscal year 2014, there were 79 hacking incidents at energy companies that were investigated by the Computer Emergency Readiness Team, a division of the Department of Homeland Security.
Feeding My Family Makes Me A Terrorist? According to Senator Rand Paul (and rampant internet rumor), "someone who has more than seven days of food in their house can be considered a potential terrorist.
" Because of this, a lot of people have expressed concern that I might be considered a possible terrorist because I am (quite publicly) trying to get a year's supply of food stored for my family's use. Rick Santorum: Hispanics will be hurt the most by Obama’s immigration reform. On Newsmax TV’s MidPoint, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum spoke to Ed Berliner about how the Republicans should respond to Barack Obama’s speech about immigration reform.
The president, “who had recently been seen as being backed into a corner, has turned the tables on his challengers,” Berliner began. “Now, everyone is waiting to see how smart the right will be in answering his challenge.” “Senator,” he continued, “is it not fair to say that the GOP has to be more cautious than ever before because, in effect, the president has called their bluff and, in many ways, he has backed Republicans into a corner?”
“Well,” Santorum replied, “he’s acted like a child. Campaign For America's Future. How The Pentagon's Top Killers Became (Unaccountable) Spies. Key Factors Enabling the American Government to Commit Horrific Acts Abroad. For those who are not familiar, Bunraku is an old form of Japanese puppet theater, its distinctive characteristic being that the puppeteers are on the stage with their puppets, dressed in black so that the audience can pretend not to see them.
While many old art forms have conventions that are unrealistic by modern standards, there is something particularly unsatisfying about bunraku: you can pretend not to see the puppeteers but you cannot fail to see them. Bunraku, as it happens, offers a remarkable metaphor for some contemporary operations of American foreign policy. Who Really Believes 100 Homeland Security Vehicles at STL Hotel Are Just for 'Training'? Melissa Melton The Daily Sheeple November 18th, 2014 Reader Views: 749. » Are ‘We the People’ Useful Idiots in the Digital Age? Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind! Special Operations. The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a subunified command of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
It is charged to study special operations requirements and techniques, ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, and develop joint special operations tactics. Joint Special Operations Command. Despite its innocuous sounding charter, JSOC has made incredible strides in the special operations field and is comprised of an impressive amalgamation of rigorously screened and accessed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Civilians.
These men and women possess unique and specialized skills, and are routinely among the best in their field. Among them are seasoned combat veterans who cut their teeth by participating in joint special operations liked the Son Tay Prison Raid in Vietnam War which took place in 1970, long before JSOC was activated. More recent members of the Command include active duty special operations veterans of all services who have successfully completed the toughest training regiments and demonstrated their mettle under the most challenging and difficult circumstances, including combat. Joint Special Operations Command.
Realigning_Org_Culture. UK income inequality is among the highest in the developed world and evidence shows that this is bad for almost everyone. » By Any Measure, the U.S. Is the Largest Sponsor of Terror Alex Jones. Water Fuel-Cell Inventor Murdered by Government. Absolutely everything you need to know about the debt ceiling. The federal government is still shut down. But there's more mayhem to come: Congress has to deal with the debt ceiling. If lawmakers don't vote to increase the nation's borrowing limit by mid-October, the U.S. government won't have enough money to pay all its bills. Obamacare End Game. Government shutdown: A consumer guide. Read: Full text of Obama’s speech to the United Nations on Syria, Iran and war.
President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning, discussing the U.S. approach to the Middle East. He advocated for greater international action on Syria's ongoing civil war, warned against Iran's nuclear program and articulated his vision of the United Nations and U.S. roles in curbing global conflict. DoD Issues Instructions on Military Support of Civilian Law Enforcement. Comparison of U.S. state governments. The states of the United States have individual and unique governments with many similarities. All states are required by the constitution to have republican governments. Despite their similarities, all states have different government structures and procedures. The following tables compare some of the features of state governments, territory governments, and the District of Columbia, in the United States. MN Progressive Project.
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