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It’s Time To Push Hard On Surveillance Reform

April 16, 2015 By marthews Leave a Comment

The part of the PATRIOT Act that has been used to legitimate the mass collection of all of our phone call information, and much else besides, is a wicked awful provision known as "Section 215." Section 215 allows the FBI - and, it appears, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: basaaly moalin, Edward Snowden, fourth-amendment, government-surveillance, nsa, patriot-act, september-11, surveillance, surveillance state repeal act, terrorism

Free Cameron D’Ambrosio, Methuen teenager accused of terrorist threats for posting on Facebook

June 4, 2013 By marthews 17 Comments

What the hell is going on in Massachusetts? Nobody needs to be reminded about the Boston Marathon tragedy, and many of you heard about Cameron D'Ambrosio from Methuen, MA, who was taken into police custody in response to a Facebook post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cameron d'ambrosio, facebook, massachusetts, methuen, terrorism

23 Million Years of Data Per Year: Why The Surveillance State Cannot Meaningfully Assess Terrorism Risks

April 30, 2013 By marthews 9 Comments

[Cross-posted at Digital Fourth] The NSA has just vigorously denied that their new Utah Data Center, intended for storing and processing intelligence data, will be used to spy on US citizens. The center will have a capacity of at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: border security, Data Valdez, drones, electronic wiretaps, facial recognition, fbi, fusion centers, marathon, massachusetts, NCTC, nsa, overcriminalization, surveillance, tamarlen tsarnaev, terrorism, usaf, warrants, waste

Reflecting on Aaron Swartz’s Death

January 18, 2013 By marthews 21 Comments

Aaron's death teaches us an important lesson about how the law operates here in 21st-century America. He was not the only local activist to be unnecessarily persecuted by government agencies. Laws relating to our Internet activities have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aaron swartz, boston, fbi, jstor, Julian Assange, law-and-lawyers, linda lynn-plante, ortiz, overcriminalization, prosecutorial abuse, tarek mehanna, terrorism, wikileaks

Why An Attack on Iran is Not Necessarily Good for Massachusetts (or America)

March 9, 2012 By PaulHeroux 3 Comments

SUMMARY - Concerning Iran's nuclear program, nothing short of a third war in the Middle East is at stake and complications to a fragile US economic recovery are on the line. This will hurt the people of Massachusetts and America. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: iran, nuclear, nuclear-weapons, terrorism

On Homeland Security, Or, We Visit A Terrorist Gathering Place

August 22, 2010 By fake-consultant 3 Comments

I can't give away too many details, for security reasons, but I can tell you that this particular distribution center is located about three miles from the Boeing Company's Renton, Washington, manufacturing site. (The assembly lines for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: comedy, election-10, ground-zero, humor, insanity, islam, mosque, national, politics, satire, snark, terrorism

Scott Brown’s manly pose on prosecution and torture

February 3, 2010 By Charley on the MTA 2 Comments

This is the latest edition of Scott WRONG Brown.Brown, 1/11/10“To think we’d give people who want to kill us constitutional rights and lawyer them up at our expense, instead of treating them as enemy combatants to get as much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: brown, scott-brown, senate, terrorism, torture

Jan 31, 2007: Never Forget

January 31, 2010 By cos 15 Comments

Today was the 3rd Anniversary of the largest terrorist attack in recent Boston history. Okay, the terrorists were cartoon characters, and the attack was a fantastical illusion in the minds of authority, but it shut down buildings and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, massachusetts, mooninites, security, terrorism

Free speech for a terrorist? Or, why the governor hates me

November 19, 2009 By dan-clawson 27 Comments

Scheduled, then canceled The talk was originally scheduled by the special collections of the university library, as a 20-year retrospective on "The Great Sedition Trial" - the longest running, most expensive trial ever held in this part of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: free-speech, massachusetts, terrorism, umass, university-of-massachusetts

What was that all about?

September 17, 2009 By farnkoff Leave a Comment

I've been thinking a bit about the recent terror raid in New York City. Obviously it's difficult to form a good opinion or talk too much about this episode because of the limited information we have, but I thought I'd try to post on it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: act, afghanistan, nyc, obama, patriot, queens, raid, rendition, suspects, terror, terrorism, torture

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LowellCouncilorDarius Mitchell_ Massachusetts Governor 2022 🇺🇸@LowellCouncilor·
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THAT’S A TERRIBLE TRADE OFFER!

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Thank you to the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce for hosting another fantastic spring expo, this year including Hispanic & Multicultural and Economic Development Forums that brought together entrepreneurs from across the region. #mapoli

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I've been talking about matters contributing to this for months! Needless to say—I was neither surprised by #MassBlackKilling nor lamestream press coverage. I took a mental layoff. But I'm Black TOMORROW when we'll—UNPACK why it happened & it will only intensify! #BOSpoli #MApoli

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Attack on Black people ISN’T just result of white SUPREMACIST & @GOP extremism. Also result of @TheDemocrats half-assed support of Black rights & willingness of white PROGRESSIVE to scapegoat POC for political expediency.

They will WORSEN as culture wars intensify!
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LowellCouncilorDarius Mitchell_ Massachusetts Governor 2022 🇺🇸@LowellCouncilor·
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You guys sure you wanna trade GOD FOR JOE BIDEN, KAMALA HARRIS, AND THE DEMOCRAT PARTY?

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Some women on the political right believe we are feuding. So, they watch what I say & do to see if there is anything they can point to as a swipe against them. I am not oblique. I am blunt. They are not interesting. They are colorless.
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#Schoolmealsforall has enabled us to serve fresh, local produce to ALL of our students.
Let's take this off families 'plates'.
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