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bluesky commented on the diary post Aafia Siddiqui: New Information from IJN by ondelette.
Perhaps this impression of the FBI as the ‘good guys’ will weaken even further with headlines like these:
WikiLeaks: Egyptian ‘torturers’ trained by FBI
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8314475/WikiLeaks-Egyptian-torturers-trained-by-FBI.html)Source cables here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wikileaks-files/8299823/WikiLeaks-search-the-US-embassy-cables.html -
bluesky commented on the blog post Visa: WikiLeaks Guilty until Proven (Twice) Innocent
Below a link to an article by Christopher Soghoian (Graduate Fellow at the Center for Applied Cybersecuity Research, and a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University):
“A 10 page Powerpoint presentation (pdf) that I recently obtained through a Freedom of Information Act Request to the Department of Justice, reveals that law enforcement agencies routinely seek and obtain real-time surveillance of credit card transaction. The government’s guidelines reveal that this surveillance often occurs with a simple subpoena, thus sidestepping any Fourth Amendment protections.”
Full post including a link to the PDF here:
http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2010/12/dojs-hotwatch-real-time-surveillance-of.html
