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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Everyone sees what you seem to be, few perceive what you are; and those few don’t dare oppose the general opinion, which has the majesty of the government backing it up. … The masses are always impressed by appearances and by the outcome of an event — and in the world there are only masses. The few have no place there when the many crowd together.
— , The Prince
Total Information Awareness
TIA Go Away
Congress really needs to pay closer attention to what our taxes pay for. Ring bells?
How about ringing some necks?
Govt
Computer Surveillance Rings Alarm Bells
Thu May 27,12:10 AM ET
By Andy Sullivan
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine months after Congress shut down a controversial Pentagon
[…]
The Matrix Has You (and Sauron is Watching, Too)
Feds Doing More Secret Searches
By Julia Scheeres
"A record number of searches and wiretap orders granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2002 underscores a growing trend of reliance on the secret court in government investigations, privacy advocates say."
Bush's Year of U.S. Surveillance
By Noah Shachtman
"It may seem unreasonable, unfair and downright mean-spirited to […]
