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12/31/2008

Surveillance culture sneaks up on Europe, despite resistance

Despite the fact that fascism and repressive state security services dominated Europe East and West at different points in the 20th century, a new culture of surveillance is spreading, slowly, across the region again, using tools that the Nazis and the KGB never had.The U.S. and Britain stepped up their internal surveillance networks [...]No related posts.

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[Source: War On You

12/17/2008

Court sides with ACLU, strikes down Patriot Act gag provision

ACLU victorious as federal court declares Patriot Act provision a violation of the First AmendmentA federal appeals court ruling late Monday is the cause clbre of the American Civil Liberties Union, as another provision of the Bush administrations Patriot Act falls to the judicial system.Until the ruling, recipients of so-called national security letters were legally [...]

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[Source: Mint Dollar