Police State

People in the UK will have a lot of fun using this "report terrorist material" button on each other. Who needs a big spy budget when you can convince people to spy on each other?

DOJ using flying fake cell phone towers to intercept everybody's cell phone calls. Stingrays are so last week.

Schools to get advance notice of Ferguson grand jury decision. This is going to backfire because the information will be released to protesters and regular people will be the big losers.

Practicing protest tactics is ridiculous. These must be profession, astroturfed protesters.

Head of polygraph company indicted for teaching mainly government employees how to beat lie detector tests. I don't see why this is a crime.

""During his training,, Williams instructed customers regarding specific statements to make, as well as specific facts to admit, conceal or deny during proceedings before federal agencies,'' the court documents state."

That sounds more like conspiracy or accomplice after the fact.

Los Angeles cops believe their computers predict crime.

"Los Angeles police are increasingly relying on technology that not only tells patrol officers where crime is most likely to occur but also identifies and keeps track of ex-cons and other bad guys they believe are most likely to commit them."

That should spark a civil rights lawsuit.

"Dubbed LASER for its ability to zero in on offenders and hotspots, it is one of many newer law enforcement tools that use data tracking and collection — such as license plate scanners and cellphone trackers — often with little public knowledge or regulation."

The Stasi had nothing on US cops.

AT&T discovered to use same super-tracking-cookies on its customers as Verizon, but says it quit, unlike Verizon.