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| The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice have made enhancements to their respective biometric systems-the Automated Biometric Identification System |
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| The state's top law enforcement agency asked Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott for a ruling on the legality of setting up statewide driver's license checkpoints |
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| Residents in Newcastle who complain that drivers are speeding through their neighborhoods will now be able to prove it. Newcastle police are arming residents with radar guns. |
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| THE NSW government has confirmed it will privatise Sydney's Parklea jail and the Hunter region's Cessnock prison in a move that has further enraged prison officers. |
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| You’re used to the Secret Service sucking at your bottle during presidential campaigns. But are you forced to pay for campaign-related TSA activities as well? |
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| It sounds like the kind of thing that precedes "elections" under dictatorships: Riot police being readied for "civil unrest" during a presidential vote. |
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| The Department of Justice published the revised Attorney General Guidelines (AGG), which govern all Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) activities, including those involving international terrorism. The AGG comes into effect on December 1, 2008, and will consolidate procedures controlling the FBI's various investigative programs |
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| Law enforcement officials say the intense public interest and historic nature of the vote could lead to violent outbreaks if people are unhappy with the results, encounter problems casting their ballots or suspect voting irregularities |
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| Here, a Salem policeman get nabbed on video, attacking a kid (who may have had a big mouth) on the sidewalk. A fellow officer tries to push him off as he presses his knee into the kid’s throat. |
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| Police Chief William Bratton has a warning for Americans as the presidential election nears: Watch out for Osama bin Laden |
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| Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. |
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| Law enforcement personnel from 3 jurisdictions, with an assist from personnel and equipment from Blackwater, searched a rural area in the county Tuesday morning for a suspect they say shot a county resident as he walked out his house to go to work |
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| Based on a document (AR 500-3) published by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, it described "all hazards COOP planning" as the mechanism by which "the Army remains capable of continuing mission-essential operations during any situation, including military attack, terrorist activities, and natural or man-made disasters." |
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| This essay is about future derivatives problems. But before we look to the future, let's recap what happened yesterday, to gain some perspective. |
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| The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief acknowledged yesterday |
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| The Sheriff's Department has begun the process of revoking hundreds of concealed weapon permits across Orange County. |
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| While polygraph tests rely on emotional responses, brain fingerprinting records how your brain reacts to words and images related to a crime -- ones only the killer would recognize. |
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| The environment and interior ministries in Peru have announced plans to set up a special task force to safeguard forests and monitor the rivers in the Amazon basin. The special force will be made up of around 3,000 officers to be known as the Environment Police |
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| Philip Clarkson Webb has had to use his spare stick after his other one was confiscated by police. Mr Webb has received an apology from the poilce but they still haven’t found his stick. |
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| LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer says if empowered, he will impose an ‘economic martial law’ and resolve the economic problems facing Pakistan |
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| In July 2008, the Department of Homeland Security made public a new policy on examining travelers' papers and electronic devices that finalized many of the changes first implemented in 2007 |
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| Callers whose tips lead to arrests or charges can earn themselves rewards of up to $1,000. |
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| Starting Tuesday, New Yorkers will be able to buy new driver's licenses containing a radio chip that will let them travel between the U.S. and Canada or Mexico without a passport. |
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| Homeland security has setup up 3 internal checkpoints on the Olympic Peninsula. These checkpoints are in addition to checkpoints at Washington Ferry docks and highway border crossings |
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| The government has breached EU rules banning military cooperation with China by allowing a Chinese army officer to study at Sandhurst. |
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| The youngsters are among almost 5,000 residents who in some cases are being offered £500 rewards if they provide evidence of minor infractions |
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| In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism |
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| Broward County deputies shocked a mentally ill inmate with Tasers in court after the man asked deputies for a few minutes to catch his breath before he was led from the courtroom |
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| He has become a symbol for the growing number of people who are attacking Chinese police in protest at the brutality of the state |
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| According to the Israeli daily Ma'ariv, whether the United States and Western countries succeed in thwarting the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions diplomatically, through sanctions, or whether a US strike on Iran is eventually decided upon, Jerusalem has begun preparing for a separate, independent military strike |
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| Don't worry - Portland is not under attack. Low flying military helicopters buzzing downtown Portland looked like a scene out of a movie. Monday night’s drama was all part of a military exercise |
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| Police said they were forced to use pepper spray when members of the crowd, some carrying rocks, rushed a police safety line. But one protester said officers charged the protesters with no warning. |
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| The Homeland Security Department is working with state and local governments in Colorado and Minnesota to support the sharing of information during the national conventions next week, relying on so-called fusion centers, which civil liberties groups have opposed as bordering on domestic spying. |
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| Two U.S. cities will become virtual fortresses during the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions, protected by airplanes, helicopters, barriers, fences and thousands of police officers, National Guard troops and Secret Service agents |
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| Oklahoma police investigating the shooting deaths of two girls have told area residents with guns to bring them in for a test to determine whether they were used in the attack, sparking concern among those who own guns for hunting and self-defense |
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| The American Civil Liberties Union estimates more than 1 million names have been added to the watch list since the September 11 attacks |
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| "Now that the Democrats were nice enough to fold up on FISA," MSNBC's Keith Olbermann said, "the issue is all contained now. Right? Not exactly." |
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| Activist groups say the converted warehouse poses a threat to civil liberties. The city maintains the facility is needed in case of mass arrests during the Democratic National Convention |
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| In China, the camps bear the slogan ‘Re-education Through Labour’. (It’s a peculiar irony that Beijing has been so determined to use the English language to welcome the world, that street signs even bear the chilling words.) |
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| The following video was aired by Denver’s CBS 4 News on August 13, 2008. |
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| At it again trying to show everyone the tyrannical government oppression, We Are Change Colorado exposes the detention camps built for the DNC protesters. We Are Change members attempted to go into the camp to get exclusive footage and talk to the guards but were strictly warned to stay away |
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| Across the country, police are using GPS devices to snare thieves, drug dealers, sexual predators and killers, often without a warrant or court order |
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| Stitched together from cultured rat neurons, Gordon's primitive grey matter was designed at the University of Reading by scientists who unveiled the neuron-powered machine on Wednesday |
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| CBS4 News has learned if mass arrests happen at the Democratic Convention, those taken into custody will be jailed in a warehouse owned by the City of Denver. Investigator Rick Sallinger discovered the location and managed to get inside for a look |
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| Bedford-based iRobot Corp. has released a new robot for use by police officers and other public safety officials. |
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| The Department of Homeland Security is moving towards implementing a provision of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 otherwise known as the thought crimes bill |
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| Information Clearing House editor victim of home invasions, warnings to “stop what he is doing on the Internet, NOW!” |
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| The allegations revealed yesterday were the latest development in an expanding investigation that has engulfed the family of three that lives on a leafy street that a neighbor calls the "Leave It to Beaver" community |
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| A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two antiviolence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs |
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| A Pennsylvania man has died after being tasered by local police, and the Civil Rights section of the FBI's Pittsburgh office has now opened a preliminary investigation |
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| Police fired water cannons at thousands of protesters Tuesday as President Bush got a volatile reception in South Korea at the start of his three-nation Asian trip |
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| The FBI removed computer records from the C. Burr Artz Library this week, a library official confirmed Saturday |
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| The anti-gathering laws were enacted as thousands of soldiers were due to take to the streets of Italian cities for the first time on Monday under a controversial move by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to fight crime. |
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| If I approach as you pull into a parking space and ask if you'd mind my rummaging through your car, the chances are at least 90 percent that you'd decline. But if a police officer stops you with the same request, the chances are higher than 90 percent that you'd agree. Something about that badge makes citizens eager to be helpful. |
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| The day after a video emerged of a cop knocking a cyclist to the ground, a second video alleging police brutality surfaced today in which an NYPD officer is seen whaling away at a man's legs with a baton |
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| In addition to having your bags scanned, taking off your shoes and emptying your pockets on the way to your plane, prepare to have an on-the-spot psychoanalysis as well |
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| Eight Minneapolis officers received medals in City Hall Monday for their valor in a botched raid that the city apologized for last year. That isn't sitting well with the family shot at multiple times by the officers |
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| Gonzales High School has new navy blue jumpsuits that students will wear if they break the dress code |
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| The Italian government launched on Tuesday a scheme that will deploy 3,000 troops in major Italian cities to help patrol the streets, local media reported |
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| China will censor the Internet used by foreign media during the Olympics, an organising committee official confirmed Wednesday, reversing a pledge to offer complete media freedom at the games. "During the Olympic Games we will provide sufficient access to the Internet for reporters," said Sun Weide, spokesman for the organising committee |
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| 'The police officer looked to see who he was going to pick off' |
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| It is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a police state the likes of which Adolf Hitler would have approved of |
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| Cinema-GOERS may be searched on the way into shows in a new crackdown on suicide bombers |
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| The Michigan wedding of Durango newlyweds Andy and Ania Somora came to an abrupt end last weekend after the bride and groom were tasered by local police and spent their wedding night in jail |
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Got fear of flying? Better try to suppress it, at least until you're on the airplane, because the Transportation Security Administration ( TSA) has started conducting random additional at-gate screening of airline passenger who display "involuntary physical and physiological" actions indicating stress, fear or deception |
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| Beijing will permit public protests inside three designated city parks during next month's Olympic Games, but demonstrators must first obtain permits from the local police and also abide by Chinese laws that usually make it nearly impossible to legally picket over politically charged issues |
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| The Columbia Police Department apologized Tuesday for a July 16 training exercise at Planned Parenthood that alarmed area neighbors |
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| Travelers, be aware: Your full-blown image — private parts and all — could soon be visible to a security officer, on-screen, at an airport near you. |
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| The gun control capital of America - Chicago - where only the criminals are allowed to own firearms - has been hit by a fresh wave of crime and violence, prompting Governor Rod Blagojevich to call for National Guard helicopters to be used in law enforcement operations |
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| Under this nice feminine firstname, Edwige, lies a brutal and ugly political reality : a police database of a scope and nature unseen since Petain's regime |
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| D.C. police yesterday resumed controversial checkpoints in the troubled Northeast Washington neighborhood of Trinidad |
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| To what extent are nanoweapons finished products in America and China today? |
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| Dozens of protest groups are planning a full schedule of classes, concerts, marches and other actions during the Democratic National Convention, hoping to capture the world's attention and recruit new activists |
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| Having deployed surface-to-air missiles, readied a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force and instituted a series of security checkpoints, Beijing is adding Chinese residents as another layer in its shield to protect Olympics venues against possible attack |
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| Meeting was one in a series of exchanges between American and Israeli law security agencies |
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| A growing number of states on the borders with Canada and Mexico are establishing or considering enhanced driver's licenses designed to give residents a more convenient identification option for border crossings |
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| The American Civil Liberties Union wants Congress to investigate the Department of Homeland Security's creation of "militarized zones" within the US in its overuse of a terrorist watch list and other programs that endanger privacy and civil liberties |
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| As Governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday signed a new law that will put in place tougher penalties for selling guns to minors, he also announced he's got a new idea to help combat the violence that Chicago is experience: he's talking to the Illinois State Police and the National Guard to see if they could help |
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| California cops don’t like to be confronted on the 4th Amendment to the Constitution as they shake down citizens |
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| It is illegal to take a photo of a cop with a cellphone in the United States now. |
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| Medical Expert Says Practice Is Troubling |
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| nation's terrorist watch list has hit one million names, according to a tally maintained by the American Civil Liberties Union based upon the government's own reported numbers for the size of the list |
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| The Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, will today announce a series of measures to tackle knife crime, following a spate of stabbings described as "shocking and tragic" by Gordon Brown |
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| Just when you thought you’ve heard it all... |
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| Preventing terrorism in Las Vegas is the main mission of Metro's Fusion Center. Now it's also proving successful in solving local crimes. Nevada Senator Harry Reid got a first hand look at the crime solving brain of Southern Nevada |
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| Pakistan is now the "petri dish of international terrorism", ruling PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said blaming the West which "used" the country for its short-term political objectives by investing more in its military rather than its people |
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| The device – dubbed MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) – exploits the microwave audio effect, in which short microwave pulses rapidly heat tissue, causing a shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears. A series of pulses can be transmitted to produce recognisable sounds |
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| Lower Township Police Chief Edward Donohue announced that the Department of Homeland Security will provide the Lower Township police with a Real Time Video Surveillance System through the U.S. Army’s Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program, or CEDAP |
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| WKRN News 2 reports that “the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating after video shot from inside a Mount Joliet patrol car shows an officer choking a suspect.” |
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