Tag Archives: department of homeland security
How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education
Jill Richardson AlterNet When I approached professors to discuss research projects addressing organic agriculture in farmer’s markets, the first one told me that ‘no one cares about people selling food in parking lots on the other side of the train … Continue reading
House Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Measure CISPA
David Kravets Wired The House on Thursday approved cybersecurity legislation that privacy groups have decried as a threat to civil liberties. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, sponsored by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Maryland), … Continue reading
You are all suspects now. What are you going to do about it?
John Pilger johnpilger.com You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland Security’s National … Continue reading
Don’t want to be groped by the TSA or go through a body scanner? Just pay $100!
Madison Ruppert Activist Post The Sturmabteilung-like Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which is run by the atrocious Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is arguably one of the single most destructive plagues on America. With their thoroughly reprehensible “grope-down” procedure, not to … Continue reading
Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media
Source: Reuters The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document. A “privacy … Continue reading
Managing identity
Source: Northumbria University Researchers from Northumbria University are among a team of academics sharing in a £1.36million grant to examine future technologies of identity management. Professor Pam Briggs, Dean of the School of Life Sciences at Northumbria, will be involved … Continue reading