Archive for the ‘surveillance’ Category

Bush administration releases report on terror threat: A new pretext for militarism and repression

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a report that synthesizes the findings of Washington’s 16 separate spy agencies, warns that the US faces a “heightened threat environment” for terrorist attacks. The Bush administration’s release of the report strongly suggests that the US government is seeking to justify new military interventions ...

New York Plans Surveillance Veil for Downtown

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

The Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, as the plan is called, will resemble London’s so-called Ring of Steel, an extensive web of cameras and roadblocks designed to detect, track and deter terrorists. British officials said images captured by the cameras helped track suspects after the London subway bombings in 2005 and ...