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Mitt Romney Impersonates a Police Officer?

Reports of come in of some strange Romney behavior during his college days. Romney apparently liked to dress up like a policeman and pull people over for random violations.

US law enforcement phone snooping on the rise

An inquiry by Congressional Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass) has revealed that the number of requests wireless carriers receive from US law enforcement for information about their customers has increased steadily, but just how often the police use mobile phones to track individuals’ whereabouts remains unclear. Markey, who is co-chair of the Congressional Bi-partisan Privacy Caucus,…

FBI seizes anonymous mailer server putting 100s of legit users offline

On Wednesday, April 18, at approximately 16:00 Eastern Time, U.S. Federal authorities removed a server from a colocation facility shared by Riseup Networks and May First/People Link in New York City. The seized server was operated by the European Counter Network (“ECN”), the oldest independent internet service provider in Europe, who, among many other things, provided an anonymous remailer service, Mixmaster, that was the target of an FBI investigation into the bomb threats against the University of Pittsburgh.

Amnesty International warns about new Net Neutrality Law – Save the Internet from Corporate Censorship

We all know how important the Internet is for sharing news, information, and strategy about human rights abuses around the world. From satellite images of Darfur to reports documenting Shell Oil’s involvement in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta, from correspondence among country specialists to online urgent actions in support of Aung Sun Suu Kyi, the Internet is critical to our work. But today, the Internet as we know it is at risk.