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Edward Snowden. Villain or hero?

U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler's laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a hunch, according to an internal Homeland Security Department study.

#department of homeland security (dhs)#police state #4th amendment

That which heretofore did not exist, now has an official press contact. The walls of secrecy have begun to fall.

#bilderberg 2013

Residents living close to the Grove Hotel will have to show their passport to police officers before they can get to their homes during the upcoming Bilderberg Group meeting.

#bilderberg #police state #freedom #liberty #free country?

"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know." John F. Kennedy,

This is a portion of the speech that President John F. Kennedy gave at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 27, 1961. "The President and the Press" before the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

#John F. Kennedy #corruption #tergiversator #famous speeches

No Excuses Please

When the IRS targets and harasses political opposition groups; when the Department Of Justice seizes private phone records from multiple news agencies; when The State Department proves itself incompetent at best concerning the details of a terrorist attack resulting in the death of an ambassador, perhaps it’s time to question why the Chief Executive, holding the highest office “doesn’t know” anything about it.

Ignorance in these matters is dangerous and inexcusable. Those sheltering him, (if that is the case) should be held accountable and criminally charged. If he did know and allowed it to happen, or encouraged it, then he is a liar and unfit to continue in his position.

Allowing this to simply blow over without consequences will only continue to strengthen a legacy of deceit and abuse of power that has plagued this country for decades. If this stands, we are further submitting to the malignancy of the worst kind of cancer that continues to metastasize in our society.

#cancer #abuse of power #IRS scandal #DOJ scandal #Benghazi

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“The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog.” – Broadcast talk 6-11-35

G.K. Chesterton

#freedom #G.K. Chesterton

What can I say, it's just bloody common sense.

#dan carlin #common sense podcast

This will make some people squirm.

“Human beings act in a great variety of irrational ways, but all of them seem to be capable, if given a fair chance, of making a reasonable choice in the light of available evidence. Democratic institutions can be made to work only if all concerned do their best to impart knowledge and to encourage rationality. But today, in the world's most powerful democracy, the politicians and the propagandists prefer to make nonsense of democratic procedures by appealing almost exclusively to the ignorance and irrationality of the electors.”

― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited

down is the new up.

#crime study

Once again, the rules are changing. What was once an iron clad, guaranteed right, is now dispensed only as deemed fitting under “National Security”. This bodes well for no one, unless you happen to be the government…

#sixth amendment #boston bombings #law

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