Here's a paragraph from a abc news story:
"A senior Justice Department official told ABC News that federal law enforcement officials are invoking the public safety exception to the Miranda rights, so that Tsarnaev will be questioned immediately without having Miranda rights issued to him."...
As they appear, I plan on posting things I find from the government's (over)response to the bombs at the Boston Marathon. My sympathies go out to the victims, but government must always be kept in check, especially in times of "crisis."
Governor announces warrantless searches in Boston...
Folks are asking the question and Obama and his administration aren't answering it. Typical. I tend to side with the Atlantic on this as to why they aren't answering. It's only a matter of time and circumstances till they do murder one of us on our own soil and they'll justify it just as they've...
Murder suspect Christopher Dorner, the fired LAPD officer sought in California, has been officially declared a "domestic terrorist" for his alleged crimes. The terrorist label was announced during a press conference held on 2/10/2013 and was used again in a department memo issued to LAPD...
Americans are becoming increasingly acclimated to the creeping presence of a Federal police state in their daily lives. Here we see another case of the federal government creeping forward with a police state, using every excuse possible. You can't even go to a sporting event without being...
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says that within 6 months, police will have Tera-hertz radiation (T-ray) scanners on the streets, scanning pedestrians for concealed firearms.
If this technology ends up being used to generate probable cause, anyone could be stopped and searched at any time, and...
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will "expand and formalize coordination" regarding Federal gun control and domestic security. The agency will now be operating inside public schools and other so-called targets.
Exactly how DHS intends to "strengthen" public schools...
The National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) now has the power to troll through databases of "records" on innocent Americans, looking for non-criminal behavior patterns that they can use to create new terror suspects. This seems to be new ground for the agency (on the record, anyways).
U.S...
I figured we'd see more cops patrolling school hallways. Maybe they'll jump straight to using soldiers instead. :n00b:
Boxer proposes letting governors use National Guard troops to increase school security
They gave us a taste of what TSA highway checkpoints would look like when the media covered the VIPR Teams harassing truck drivers in 2011. Now the TSA is asking for funding to create a Highway "BASE" (Baseline Assessment for Security Enhancement) program to expand their security theater to...
Louisiana residents will not be able to fly ANYWHERE after January 15 without a passport. This comes from the Federal REAL ID Act that dictates that states must have "enhanced" driver's licenses.
We've got the terrorists running scared now.
Real ID Act deadline approaching, passports may...
Citing the Freedom of Information Act, a citizen requested all the information that the NSA had collected on him. His request was denied, citing an Executive Order and because it had to do with "national defense or foreign relations."
He describes the exchange here on Reddit:
So I wrote a...