WHEN DID MILITARY BASES BECOME ‘GUN-FREE ZONES’?
It hasn’t always been the case that only MPs can carry firearms on U.S. military bases. A mere twenty years ago, “gun free zones” made their way to these facilities under the watch of...
Category: Constitutional Concerns
National Gun Tracking System Being Tested In Virginia
Virginia has become the test state for a planned nationally linked program that will allow every law enforcement agency in the commonwealth — if they choose to participate — instant access to a shared...
‘Follow the Money': NSA Monitors Financial World
The NSA monitors banks and credit card transactions — sometimes in apparent violation of national laws and global regulations. The European SWIFT financial transaction network is being tapped on different levels, internal documents from the US...
State Department’s Benghazi review let senior officials off the hook
The State Department review of the Benghazi terror attack let senior officials off the hook for the policy decisions that led to sub-standard security at the U.S. compound in eastern Libya, according to a...
Republicans move to halt ObamaCare ‘bailout’ for angry unions
Capitol Hill Republicans are trying to stop the Obama administration from offering labor unions a sweetheart deal on ObamaCare, as the White House tries to quell a simmering rebellion from Big Labor over the...
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments came after being asked what she is doing...
Zuckerberg: Government `Blew It’ on NSA Requests
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discusses the NSA data requests and user privacy at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 event. (Source: Bloomberg)
Colorado voters sack gun-control Democrats
Colorado voters have forced out two Democratic legislators – including the state senate president – in a recall election over gun controls. Senate President John Morse and Sen Angela Giron were kicked out after...
How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
The US intelligence agency NSA has been taking advantage of the smartphone boom. It has developed the ability to hack into iPhones, android devices and even the BlackBerry, previously believed to be particularly secure....
