Homeland Security to Start Collecting Fingerprints at Airports

Under the guise of combating illegal immigration, the government is planning to implement yet another privacy-infringing policy and expand the surveillance state by scanning the fingerprints of non-US citizens as they exit the country. The pilot program begins in Atlanta soon.

Looks like Obama didn't end torture after all...

So says Jeremy Scahil. Apparently, a group called the Immediate Reaction Force still roams the halls of Guantanamo Bay, brutally torturing and punishing prisoners for the most trivial of reasons. Nice.

While we're on the subject, here's a nice, succinct list of the 13 people who made torture possible. Thanks, guys!

In Wisconsin, you can be GPS tracked without a warrant

A court has ruled that police do not have to require a warrant before fixing a GPS tracking device to one's car. Yet another thing the police can do to you that you have no recourse against (but only in Wisconsin). Thankfully, contrary (and therefore sensible) decisions are being made in other states.

Via Schneier

No More Obama Posts... For Now

Keeping track of all of Obama's ridiculous policies, campaign policy betrayals and Bush-like decisions is just getting too much to handle.

Just in the past week:
- Obama plans to bring back military commissions system
- Obama plans infinite detention for prisoners on US soil without trial
- Obama does a 180, refuses to release more torture photots
- Obama makes absurd claims about healthcare that even healthcare executives refute

For the time being, I will defer to the following blogs about this subject:
http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
http://jonathanturley.org/