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This week on the program two talks that illuminate the extent to which
the so-called "war on terrorism," specifically, and the concept of
national security generally, is about the bottom line, though that is
not how its sold to the general public. You will hear this week how it
resembles the cold war in many ways, from red scares at home to wars
abroad. At home the target is people whose politics threaten profits,
abroad, ditto. A matrix of relationships designed to defend these
financial interests involves nearly every influential sector of
society, and our speakers will go into detail on who some of they key
actors have been, and what laws and policies have resulted.
In the first hour, we'll hear from Peter Phillops director of project censored , and in the second hour, Will Potter, a DC based journalist ...with a talk The Green Scare: Eco-Activism in the Age of Terror"
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Hello Folks
In this post I would like to talk about ... survaillance. Two points...
First
In the UK a senior judge has said that everyone should be in a national DNA-database. His funniest argument is,that, because of the previous policy regarding dna-samples, there are so many already in it, that it is not fair that others arent. Links are here link and here link.
Second
Air France is testing a new bording procedure regarding the use of biometric cards and finger prints to get faster on the airplanes. Watch out, this could become mandatory, I suppose. Links are here link and here link.
Why do I know this? Because I listen to alan watt.
Nuff said...
Until next time
Stephan
