EPIC Reminds DHS that “Fusion Centers” are Subject to the Federal Privacy Act

Dec. 17, 2010 EPIC has submitted comments [1], [2] to two departments in the Department of Homeland Security concerning the establishment of federal “fusion centers” that would contained detailed personal information on US citizens. The Dep...

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Coming to a Wal-Mart Check-Out Near You: How to spy on your fellow citizens

By Shelli  Dawdy Having been largely raised by a grandmother who grew up during the Depression, being frugal comes second nature to me, so I do a good deal of my basic-item shopping at Wal-Mart. Many of us know that Wal-Mart has been long maligned by the left. As a fan of a free market, [...]

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Think Concerns Over New TSA Airport Security Overblown?

Anyone who thinks that complaints about recently implemented security procedures at America’s airports are overblown should think again. If you are still among the go-along-to-get-along crowd, I ask you to grab a copy of a U.S. Constitution, your spine, and your dignity. Besides these basic principles stressed by the judge, information builds by the day [...]

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Alternative to Virtual Strip Searches & Groping: How About PROFILING Terrorists & the Free Market?

As the revolt grows against the police-state type tactics now being employed at America’s airports, some alternatives to this insanity which have been proposed for years are now being heard during prime time on Fox News. The general tone on Bill O’Reilly’s show has shifted a great deal just since last week when he had [...]

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Land of the Free, Home of the Brave OR a Nation of (Naked) Sheep?

“Somebody, somewhere, needs to shake us from this stupor of blind policy and blind obedience. I’m beginning to wonder if this isn’t some test — a test of just how stupid Americans are. If TSA said that from now on we had to hop on one foot while humming “God Bless America,” would we do [...]

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