[12. 10. 2002]
As we reported back in November, the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness (TIA) project is real, and if implemented as
planned, it'll eliminate all of our privacy and civil liberties. That's why it is imperative that public hearings be held. Send a letter to Senator Orrin Hatch and your U.S.
Representative and urge them to hold oversight hearings on TIA. Are you ready to surrender your liberties? I'm not.
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[12. 09. 2002]
With a lobbying expense of roughly $125 million annually, the communications industry has convinced FCC Chairman Michael Powell to eliminate key media ownership rules which have
preserved what media diversity we have left. Powell argues that such ownership rules are unnecessary considering the number of available media outlets, such as cable, satellite
broadcasting and the Internet. This would be true if it were not for the fact that these outlets are typically controlled by a handful of companies, who are more interested in
"delivering viewers to advertisers than in serving the needs of the public." Powell is planning to hold one public hearing on the issue in February in Richmond, Va.
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[12. 06. 2002]
At least something good came from the passage of the Homeland Security Act. Its passage has effectively killed
Operation TIPS, a Justice Department initiative designed
to recruit American citizens to spy on one another. Unfortunately, there's still much to fear. Take the Pentagon's Total Information
Awareness (TIA) System which would create a massive database that tracks and logs the activities and communications of people all over the world. Such a intrusive and omnipresent
system is chilling indeed.
On Tuesday, the US Court of Appeals ruled that a Massachusetts law requiring tobacco companies to disclose the ingredients that pose proven health risks "in every brand and product
they manufacture" violated the "constitutional prohibition against unlawful seizure of property by forcing tobacco companies to reveal trade secrets." Are they afraid people might learn
that cigarettes contain ammonia (causes the brain to absorb more nicotine than it normally would), magnesium, propane, licorice and cocoa (act as bronchodilators when burned, causing
smokers to inhale more smoke so nicotine gets further into body), and many other harmful substances?
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Take pictures, get arrested, and get charged as a terrorist. That's what happened to Mike Maginnis on Tuesday after taking about 30 pictures of buildings "in an area where Vice President
Cheney was residing." Such are the powers granted to police under the USA Patriot Act.
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