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[Abe Scrap]

The assclowns are timing this vote for when Rand Paul is out of town. He must have pulled some maneuver to stop it.

Hill leaders agree on Patriot Act

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent David Espo, Ap Special Correspondent � Thu May 19, 3:07 pm ET

WASHINGTON � Officials in both parties say top congressional leaders have agreed to a four-year extension of the Patriot Act, including terror-fighting practices that have been controversial in the past.

Congress must act by May 27 or the current law will lapse.

Officials say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner intend to seek passage of their agreement by then.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to preempt a formal announcement.

The measure would extend authority for roving wiretaps on multiple electronic devices and permit court-approved access to business records considered relevant to terrorist investigations.

It also continues authority for secret intelligence surveillance of non-American, "lone wolf" suspects not linked to terrorist groups.

[Abe Scrap]

[Kuros]

Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid

[soupsandwich]

[Dan Gerous]

[jodemas2]

Police gun down man in parked car, threaten to shoot witnesses for filming it

(NaturalNews) When Narces Benoit decided to use his cell phone to film Miami Beach police officers gunning down a man sitting in a parked car early Monday morning, he had no idea the same cops would eventually target him as well. According to video evidence and witness testimony, officers pointed a gun at Narces and his girlfriend, threw them to the ground, destroyed his camera and what they thought was the footage he captured, and handcuffed and arrested the couple, all because Narces happened to capture indicting video evidence of the officers' heinous actions.

The Miami Herald reports that Narces and his girlfriend were driving on Collins Avenue in South Beach, Fla., when they happened upon the shocking tail-end of a police chase involving Raymond Herisse, the suspect in question who had allegedly fled police following a scuffle. When Herisse's car later came to a stop, officers surrounded the vehicle and unloaded more than 100 rounds at the car, effectively murdering Herisse and injuring four innocent bystanders.

The Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) has tried to justify their shooting spree by claiming that Herisse attempted to run over officers with his car, but Narces' video footage, which was salvaged when he discreetly removed his cell phone's memory card and put it in his mouth before officers destroyed it, shows otherwise. In the video, it is clearly evident that Narces' vehicle had been stopped both prior to and during the time when the gang of officers murdered him in cold blood.

View the video footage for yourself here.

Perhaps even more disturbing than the actual shooting, though, is the way the police aggressively threatened and intimidated those who witnessed the situation, including Narces and his girlfriend. After allegedly putting guns to their heads and throwing them to the ground, Narces says one officer grabbed his cell phone and said "You want to be [expletive] Paparazzi?" upon which he proceeded to smash the phone and stick it back into Narces' pocket...

[Privateer]

Apropos of the police state theme:

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/294-159/6239-police-state-much

[Kuros]

[Privateer]

If you don't like her, here are the stories she links to:

2600 activists arrested by Obama. The author gives details of every single case: http://www.counterpunch.org/quigley05242011.html

The SWAT team bust already discussed on this thread: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/education-department-swat-team-raids-california-home/2011/06/08/AGUxlKMH_blog.html

Witnesses to police shooting intimidated, again already discussed in this thread: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/witness-police-pointed-gun-at-us-smashed-cell-phone-for-filming-fatal-shooting/

Former member of Dept of Homeland Security now lobbies for airport security scanner company (can't believe it's called 'Rapiscan'): http://www.nowpublic.com/world/full-body-scanner-lobby-michael-chertoff-rapiscan-2552674.html

[Friend Lee Ghost]

Don't just stand there. Film something!

Here's how you can do your part to stop the police state juggernaut:

CopBlock

[Menino80]

[Reggie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ZkFZkejv8&feature=player_embedded

A lady in Rochester was arrested for standing in her yard filming the police.

[Friend Lee Ghost]

[Friend Lee Ghost]

These "just in case" laws strike me as police statish, like requiring ISPs to keep all your web surfing records for 18 months.

Congress Tries To Hide Massive Data Retention Law By Pretending It's An Anti-Child Porn Law

from the oh-come-on dept

We all know the cynical and obnoxious trick by politicians to get questionable laws passed by claiming that it's "for the children." The latest, however, is particularly nefarious. Some politicians (and lots of folks in law enforcement) have been pushing for the US government to adopt data retention laws for years. These laws would require online service providers to keep all sorts of data about users for many months, just in case law enforcement wants to come knocking later to get the details. Of course, data retention is controversial. You know what's not controversial? Being against child porn. We're all against child porn... so, rather than calling your bill a data retention law, why not refer to it as the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011. Yes, that's the bill put forth by Texas Congressional Rep. Lamar Smith, and co-sponsored by Reps. Bill Flores, Randy Forbes, Dutch Ruppersberger and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

The bill actually has very little to do with stopping child pornographers, but a lot to do with requiring online service providers to retain certain information (mainly IP addresses) on users for 18 months. Of course, as Chris Soghoian points out, the bill exempts WiFi providers, so it's woefully ineffective at stopping child porn, since anyone who wanted to do that just needs to go to Starbucks.

But, for legitimate service providers, there are serious costs. On top of that, there are significant privacy issues -- and this is at the same time that we keep hearing about data leaks. You want to encourage more data leaks? Require companies hold onto data much longer than they need to do so. The really pernicious part in all of this is that it's really just a way for law enforcement to do an end run around the 4th Amendment. Julian Sanchez explains how this works:

[Fox]

Police officer seeks criminal charges against woman who videotaped police beating.