WASHINGTON — Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively with little or no court oversight, documents show." - Eric Lichtblau for the New York Times. See full article link immediately below.
Individual Liberty
Police State:
The New York Times - Police Tracking of Cellphones Raises Privacy Fears
Gun Control:
Bloomberg – Fed’s Kocherlakota Says Doing ‘As Well as it Can’
Internet Freedom:
The Telegraph (UK) - Internet Activity 'To Be Monitored' Under New Laws
TechDirt - If ACTA Is So Great, Where Are All The Supporters Extolling Its Virtues?
TSA & Travel Freedom:
TechDirt - How The TSA's Security Theater Harms US All
Drug War:
Reason - Study Finds a Third of Bronx Pot Busts Are Bogus
Foreign Policy
War on Terror:
Los Angeles Times - In Yemen, lines blur as U.S. steps up airstrikes
Afghanistan:
Time - Afghanistan: A Bleak Report from the Front
Washington Post - Rogue Afghan police officer: A Taliban infiltrator's road to fratricide
Iran:
Politico - Hillary Clinton to Iran: Prove What You Say
Syria:
Financial Times - US Signals Support for Arming Syria Rebels
Economic Issues
Student Debt:
Washington Post – Senior Citizens Continue to Bear Burden of Student Loans
Federal Reserve:
Seeking Alpha – U.S. Inflation: The Road to Zimbabwe
USA Today – Government Bond Funds Losing Their Allure
Constitution
Obamacare:
CNN - In Opposing Obamacare, We Were Serious the Whole Time
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