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The First Amendment is dead... ------------------------------------------------------------ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ------------------------------------------------------------ Audio of people (including the mainstream media) getting arrested/maced by APD in Austin, TX on March 20, 2003 on Congress Street Bridge since APD said they're not allowed to be assembled. Thanks for the audio Jeremy!

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- James Robinson is a retired Air National Guard brigadier general and a commercial pilot for a major airline who flies passenger planes around the country. He has even been certified by the Transportation Security Administration to carry a weapon into the cockpit as part of the government's defense program should a terrorist try to commandeer a plane.

Police departments at Arizona's three universities plan to arm their officers with military-style assault rifles within the next year, officials said Tuesday. The new rifles would give campus police officers long-range shooting capabilities, allowing them to hit targets at the end of long hallways or atop tall buildings, officials said.

The controversy surrounding a bill that would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is dividing Congress and enflaming civil liberties groups. "I am adamant about protecting the Constitution. They're giving nothing in return for it. We're not getting any more security and they're shredding the Constitution," said U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Second Dist. The fourth amendment to the Constitution protects Americans from unreasonable search and seizure, requiring probable cause for issuing search warrants. FISA was adopted in the wake of Watergate to protect American citizens from warrantless wiretapping, while allowing the government to conduct surveillance of foreigners. Under the act, wiretapping must be approved by special federal judges who retain anonymity so they cannot be pressured or influenced by other members of government. FISA required wiretap seekers to show probable cause. The Senate recently passed a bill, SB-2248, that updates FISA for the 21st century. One of the more controversial aspects of the bill is granting immunity for telecommunications companies that cooperated with the government after Sept. 11, 2001, providing information under the Terrorist Surveillance Program. The new bill is designed to replace a stopgap measure — the Protect America Act — which lapsed several weeks ago. "What shocks me is how members of Congress from Kansas would so readily give up 230 years of our Constitution without gaining any additional security," Boyda said. The Senate bill passed, 68-29, with both Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Dodge City, and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Topeka, supporting the bill. Of the 29 who objected, all but one were democrats. "This legislation is of extreme importance to our future intelligence gathering initiatives," Sen. Roberts said. "As former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I understand the implications not passing an updated FISA Amendments Act has on our efforts in the Global War on Terror." A knowledgeable source on intelligence issues, who declined to speak on the record concerning a sensitive topic, said that current FISA legislation worked, but was not expeditious. Targets of opportunity were difficult to pursue under current FISA guidelines.

Just like George Orwell's "1984" where the mother is afraid of her children. ------------------------------------------------------------ (NaturalNews) Encouraged by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), pediatricians across the United States have begun questioning children about their parents' habits, in some cases even filing police reports based on this information, according to an opinion article published in the Boston Herald. Article author Michael Graham recounts that his own children were asked by their doctor whether their parents used drugs and alcohol, owned guns, or were abusive. The doctor did not seek parental permission before asking the questions, nor did he inform them that they were being asked; Graham and his wife found out only after their children came home from the visits.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI improperly obtained personal data on U.S. citizens while investigating terrorism and spy suspects in 2006, but later adopted reforms to prevent future lapses, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday He told a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing a soon-to-be released, follow-up report by the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general found that privacy violations, previously identified in prior years, continued in 2006. The department's inspector general in March last year said the FBI abused its power by improperly obtaining telephone, financial and other secret records between 2003 and 2005.

A FOX 2 photographer has a confrontation with a member of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security team. He was following the rules when he was approached by an overbearing officer, and it was all caught on tape. FOX 2's Taryn Asher reports from Detroit with more on the story.

things like this are happening nationwide (e.g. Congress Bridge in Austin.) coincidence?

Scientists are creating real-life "flies-on-the-walls" by fitting insects with special implants that enable them to be used as spies. The creatures are being installed with special electrodes, batteries and even video cameras that enable them to be remote-controlled and used for surveillance. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is currently experimenting by inserting tiny brain probes into insects such as moths and beetles whilst they are still in the pupa stage.

Wait until this is chasing you down the street or raiding your house... Not so cool anymore, is it?

WALLER COUNTY, Texas -- Houston police started testing unmanned aircraft and the event was shrouded in secrecy, but it was captured on tape by Local 2 Investigates. Neighbors in rural Waller County said they thought a top-secret military venture was under way among the farmland and ranches, some 70 miles northwest of Houston. KPRC Local 2 Investigates had four hidden cameras aimed at a row of mysterious black trucks. Satellite dishes and a swirling radar added to the neighbors' suspense. Then, cameras were rolling as an unmanned aircraft was launched into the sky and operated by remote control. Houston police cars were surrounding the land with a roadblock in place to check each of the dignitaries arriving for the invitation-only event. The invitation spelled out, "NO MEDIA ALLOWED."

Remember: Military sound weapons are being deployed by local law enforcement (e.g. San Jose Police Department) and it's only a matter of time before this is deployed against all of us as well. ------------------------------------------------------------ "You have to feel the ray gun to believe it," says 60 Minutes correspondent David Martin, speaking about a non-lethal weapon the Pentagon has developed, "and there's only one way to do that." Martin was reportedly "zapped" 17 times for this piece, demonstrating the effects, as well as the possibility that a person could reduce the impact with shields of various materials.

from thought-criminal.org: "I found this absolutely disgusting. These children learned nothing from this except how to flop on the ground and grovel. These police officers are using aggressive behavioral modification techniques. Changing how kids behave around handguns or rifles. Essentially they are training them to be snitches for the police department. They will be fearful of legitimate firearms. While Bush is using 9/11 to keep Americans petrified, police departments across the country are using the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings to run psychological operations on school kids."

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A commercial airline pilot and convert to Islam who says his name is on the U.S. government's secret terrorist watch list has fought back, filing a federal lawsuit against the Homeland Security Department and various other federal agencies. Erich Scherfen says unless his name is removed from the list, he faces losing not only his job but the ability to make a living in his chosen profession.

The Pentagon has assured residents of Crystal City, Virginia, that the gases they will release downtown on Thursday are completely harmless, while on the other hand secretly hoping that the fearmongering about imminent biological terror attacks the tests are set to generate is contagious.

WALLER COUNTY, Texas -- Houston police started testing unmanned aircraft and the event was shrouded in secrecy, but it was captured on tape by Local 2 Investigates.

The actions of police in the minutes that followed would end in controversy rather than with an arrest. They would also leave Shutter, a 28-year-old single mother from Ravena, shaken and angry after one of the officers allegedly inserted his finger into Shutter's vagina on a public street during an apparent search for drugs. When it was over, "I pulled off down the road and I just cried for probably a half hour," Shutter said. "I called my dad. ... I felt like I had been basically raped."

Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, is now being patrolled by a surveillance helicopter complete with high-tech wizardry such as a zoom camera, insanely high-powered searchlight and an infrared camera, according to Jackson Free Press's Adam Lynch. But the real story isn't in Jackson's pretension to being a big city and wanting to use infrared cameras to illegally see into the homes of its citizens, it's that the helicopter is mostly funded by private donations.

What's good enough to force a terrorist out of a cave is good enough to make you fall into line.

WASHINGTON - Proposed rules to help the FBI catch terrorists could lead to innocent Americans being spied upon by government agents or informants "all without any basis for suspicion," a group of Democratic senators said Wednesday. The rules, known as the attorney general guidelines, have not been approved or even publicly released yet, but four Democrats joined a growing chorus of lawmakers raising concerns after being briefed on what the guidelines say.

The Pima County Sheriff Department expects to end the fiscal year $2.1 million over budget, making this the fifth straight year the department finished the year in the red. The department has consistently failed to live within its budget despite seeing a 54 percent increase since 2002, compared to an average increase of 39 percent in other general fund departments. County finance officials say the overspending is an increasing concern as the county faces a $10 million budget shortfall this year, more than half of it from reduced state-shared revenue.

Di Zazzo's French company is also developing a mini-flying saucer like drone which could also fire Taser stun rounds on criminal suspects or rioting crowds. He expects it to be launched next year and to be sold internationally by Taser.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world and for the first time in the nation's history, more than one in every 100 American adults is confined in a prison or jail, according to a report released on Thursday. The report by the Pew Center on the States said the American penal system held more than 2.3 million adults at the start of the year. The far more populous nation of China ranked second with 1.5 million behind bars, with Russia a distant third with 890,000 inmates. "Beyond the sheer number of inmates, America also is the global leader in the rate at which it incarcerates its citizenry, outpacing nations like South Africa and Iran," according to the report.

Legislation such as this demands heavy-handed governmental action against American citizens where no crime has been committed. It is yet another attack on our Constitutionally-protected civil liberties. It is my sincere hope that we will reject such approaches to security, which will fail at their stated goal at a great cost to our way of life.