dailykos.com - 8/16/2008
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Just what we needed: The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years. The proposed changes would revise the federal government's rules for police intelligence-gathering for the first time since ...
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Every Breath You Take…
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... codify existing counterterrorism practices and policies that are endorsed by lawmakers and independent experts such as the 9/11 Commission. They say the measures preserve civil liberties and are subject to internal oversight.
See that? The foxes are taking great care to make sure they don’t harm the residents of the hen house. Feel better now?
More via Memeorandum: Libby Spencer, Emptywheel, Daily Kos, John Cole, Booman Tribune.
Every Breath You Take…
Comments from Left Field —
... codify existing counterterrorism practices and policies that are endorsed by lawmakers and independent experts such as the 9/11 Commission. They say the measures preserve civil liberties and are subject to internal oversight.
See that? The foxes are taking great care to make sure they don’t harm the residents of the hen house. Feel better now?
More via Memeorandum: Libby Spencer, Emptywheel, Daily Kos, John Cole, Booman Tribune.
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