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Shares of China Security & Surveillance Technology Inc. tumbled Wednesday as the company's third-quarter profit and sales missed Wall Street forecasts by a wide margin.
Civil liberties and Muslim groups say domestic surveillance guidelines recently revealed by the FBI show the agency could be spying on Americans who are not involved in crime or terrorism.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made clear Tuesday that he would be cool to a Senate proposal to take away the retroactive immunity now given to telecommunications companies that participated in warrantless wiretapping during the George W. Bush administration.
Greece's parliament has approved measures allowing police to use surveillance camera footage and create a DNA database, angering opposition parties that say the new powers will trample on people's privacy.
John Yoo, who wrote legal memos justifying the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program, defended the measure in an essay published Thursday.
Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.
Not enough relevant officials were aware of the size and depth of an unprecedented surveillance program started under President George W. Bush, let alone signed off on it, a team of federal inspectors general found.
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday defended the agency's use of informants within U.S. mosques, despite complaints from Muslim organizations that worshippers and clerics are being targeted instead of possible terrorists.
The Justice Department said Friday that the number of applications approved for eavesdropping on terrorism suspects declined in 2008, the first annual drop since the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The U.S. Navy is keeping a close watch on the still unfolding pirate drama off the coast of Somalia, using P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft and other equipment.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tracked an anti-war group's plans for peaceful protests and passed the information on to the Maryland State Police, according to documents released to The Washington Post and reported in Tuesday's editions.
That guy meandering back and forth on a downtown street could be seriously lost. Or serious trouble. A computerized surveillance system in the works could help decide which, with its wide-angle panoramic shots, location tracking software and ‘smart’ video cameras that flag suspicious behavior.
The Air Force soon will fly commercial planes outfitted with surveillance technologies that can help troops in Iraq or Afghanistan detect mines, explosives and other enemy efforts, a senior service official said Friday.
A special appeals court for the first time has upheld a Bush administration program of warrantless surveillance.
Surveillance of anti-death penalty protesters and other activists by the Maryland State Police was broader and went on longer than previously disclosed, according to files that were turned over by police to dozens of activists who were improperly labeled as terrorists.
Undercover Maryland state police officers infiltrated meetings of peace and anti-death penalty groups for more than a year, according to documents released Thursday by the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The 69-28 roll call by which the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday overhauling controversial rules on secret government eavesdropping. The bill would protect telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans.
President Bush said Wednesday he will soon sign a bill that overhauls the rules on secret government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped, calling it a "vital intelligence bill."
President Bush signed a bill Thursday that overhauls rules about government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped the U.S. spy on Americans in suspected terrorism cases.
The Senate on Thursday put off voting on controversial electronic surveillance legislation, in spite of what appeared to be overwhelming support for the bill.
In a June 19 story about a compromise surveillance bill, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a previous Senate bill that gave telecommunications companies immunity passed with 67 votes. The vote was 68.
The Senate signaled an end Wednesday to months of rancorous debate over surveillance legislation that would protect from civil lawsuits the telecommunications companies that helped the government wiretap American lines.
A months-long logjam over a new government surveillance bill may be coming to an end, with Republicans offering a compromise that would let people who think they were illegally spied on by the government have their day in court — albeit a secret one.
For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures on U.S. soil didn't apply to its efforts to protect against terrorism.
Privacy Concerns Over UK Tracking Phone Calls, Texts, Emails, Online UseEvery phone call, text message, email and website visit made by Britons is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.
Legislation to access public's texts and emails put on holdPlans for a £2bn Home Office surveillance project to track details of everyone's email, mobile phone, text and internet use have been put on hold after a consultation raised concerns over its technical feasibility, costs and privacy safeguards.
UK internet surveillance plan to go aheadThe Home Office says it will push ahead with plans to ask communications firms to monitor all internet use. Ministers confirmed their intention despite concerns and opposition from some in the industry.
Drones' ability to watch enemies gets upgradedWASHINGTON - The Pentagon plans to dramatically increase the surveillance capabilities of its most advanced unmanned aircraft next year, adding so many video feeds that a drone which now stares down at a single house or vehicle could keep constant watch on nearly everything that …
Are Populations Being Primed For Nano-Microchips Inside Vaccines?t's almost surreal, like something out of a sci-fi flick, but nano-microchips invisible to the naked eye are a reality that are already being hosted in wide-range of applications.
Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege... AgainThe Obama administration invoked the controversial "state secrets" privilege again on Friday, arguing that if U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker were to permit a legal case against the government to proceed, he would be putting national security at risk.
Geanne Rosenberg: Protections for journalists shouldn't just apply to the ones collecting paychecksIn a widely reported controversy, Illinois prosecutors responded to a Protess-led, university-based journalistic investigation of a 31-year-old murder conviction with subpoenas seeking "virtually every conceivable record" relating to the school's newsgathering activities, i …
Ever-Present Surveillance Rankles the British PublicThe Poole Borough Council, which governs the area of Dorset where Ms. Paton lives with her partner and their children, says it has done nothing wrong.
Ever-Present Surveillance Rankles the British PublicPOOLE, England — It has become commonplace to call Britain a "surveillance society," a place where security cameras lurk at every corner, giant databases keep track of intimate personal details and the government has extraordinary powers to intrude into citizens' lives.
Court to FBI: No spying on in-car computers" The FBI and other police agencies may not eavesdrop on conversations inside automobiles equipped with OnStar or similar dashboard computing systems, a federal appeals court ruled. "
Caught On Tape: Thief Hides Expensive Bottle of Vino Pants A man walked out of a south Florida wine store with a bottle worth $1,000 and it's caught on tape. Security video from the store shows the man casing the wine room at a Miami store Tuesday night.
Microchip Implant to Link Your Health Records, Credit History, Social Security..pill-popping habits...etc.Novartis and Proteus Biomedical are not the only companies hoping to implant microchips into patients so that their pill-popping habits can be monitored.
Online ads: Big Brother or customer service?U.S. marketers and consumer advocates are preparing for battle over the rules governing online advertising tailored to individual browsing habits, often tracked and collected without notice or permission.
Daring Walmart heist: Robber walks into Walmart, rolls out with more than $200,000 -Walmart shoppers pay in cash — lots and lots of cash, records of a daring $200,000-plus heist show. And the robber walked right out the front door with the money, stopping only momentarily to fool a front-of-the store greeter.
Naked man broke into Slidell home; took shower, cooked a mealSurveillance video captured a man who broke into a woman's home, ransacked the house, bathed and made himself a meal, but did so without any clothes, according to Slidell Police spokesman Capt. Kevin Foltz.
Committee Approves Settlement In Police Brutality Suit MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee Common Council committee has approved a $3 million settlement in an accused police brutality case. Curtis Harris is now a quadriplegic after his attorneys said a Milwaukee police officer used excessive force in 2003.
DOJ Admits Abuse of Patriot ActIn 2006, we found out that throughout 2004 and 2005 the FBI had abused the procedure hundreds of times, but they assured us that the situation had been fixed. And in 2008, we found out that the abuse had continued throughout 2006.
Euro project to arrest us for what they think we will doRadical Think Tank Open Europe has this week exposed a study by the EU that could lead to the creation of a massive cross-Europe database, amassing vast amounts of personal data on every single citizen in the EU.
Patriot Act Changes: Congress Weighs Extension, ChangesThe Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later this year as the Justice Act.
Obama team wants to continue surveillance lawThe Obama administration promised Congress on Tuesday to negotiate stronger privacy protections for Americans under terrorism surveillance but insisted on retaining current authority to track suspects and obtain records.
Suspect in terror probe arrested in Colorado Federal agents on Saturday arrested a Colorado man who had been under surveillance as part of an anti-terrorism investigation that came to light in a series of New York City raids earlier in the week, according to media reports. raids
Police cameras IN bars?There's already more than 450 police surveillance cameras in Baltimore.
Police Renew Call For Tips In Bold Bank RobberyPolice again asked for information Tuesday that might lead to the arrests of two men who donned masks and wigs and took an 11-year-old girl hostage as they robbed a bank on Indianapolis' west side Saturday morning.
I wrote this a little while ago for a sociology class, but i think it still applies. I am publishing it for fun, let me know what you think, or not.
Melbourne CBD CCTV CamerasCivil libertarians have questioned the dramatic increase in the number of CCTV cameras operating in Melbourne's CBD, saying they could potentially invade the privacy of citizens.
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