Surveillance / Censorship

SFC Buswell, "The 9/11 NCO," Speaks Out

By Captain Eric H. May
Military Correspondent

Eight Americans of south Asian and Middle Eastern descent who were repeatedly detained at the border for questioning will be able to learn if they are actually on the government's terrorist watch list, a federal court in Illinois ruled last week, marking the first time that citizens have been able to learn whether they have been added to a sprawling and error-prone list used for screening at borders and traffic stops.

The two “Sky Seers” were obtained by the Forest Service on December 10, 2007 at a cost of $100,000 from Chang Industries, Inc. of La Verne, California. The package includes one “day version” and one “night version” of the drone, together with a “Pan/tilt thermal camera” to record heat signatures at night.

Spring Fling in Iran? -- Updating World War III

By Captain Eric H. May
Intelligence Correspondent

The very term "global war" is a mere euphemism for World War III. We are caught up in it now, a vast struggle with no end in sight. The 2008 United States presidential election won’t change things, since it will simply pit a Republican who truly promises a war without end against a Democrat who falsely promises to end the war. It will be a meaningless coin toss: heads, war wins; tails, peace loses.

The -- (A Date Code Decode)

By Captain Eric H. May
Intelligence Correspondent

My column of last weekend alerted readers to the possibility of an interesting 3/11, the anniversary of the 2004 Madrid bombings. The events of 3/11 (Tuesday) strongly suggest that the alert was accurate. Readers may want to read what I wrote so that they can decide for themselves whether the date code that ABC News, the FBI and I have investigated is valid or not:

The Terror Date Code -- Beware the Odds of March
http://infowars.net/articles/march2008/110308_b_Code.htm

Buffaloed Bulls

"Look! You are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless!

Although, the 1st user review for the Playmobil toy is hilarious.

"I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because
the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the
passenger's shoes cannot be removed. Then, we placed a deadly
fingernail file underneath the passenger's scarf, and neither the
detector doorway nor the security wand picked it up. My son said
"that's the worst security ever!". But it turned out to be okay,
because when the passenger got on the Playmobil B757 and tried to

I've heard many anecdotal stories about U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizing, copying data from, or otherwise accessing laptops of people entering the country. But this is very mainstream:

Chances are that as you read this article, it is passing over part of AT&T's network. That matters, because last week AT&T announced that it is seriously considering plans to examine all the traffic it carries for potential violations of U.S. intellectual property laws. The prospect of AT&T, already accused of spying on our telephone calls, now scanning every e-mail and download for outlawed content is way too totalitarian for my tastes. But the bizarre twist is that the proposal is such a bad idea that it would be not just a disservice to the public but probably a disaster for AT&T itself.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time.

A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI's lax oversight of money used in undercover investigations. Poor supervision of the program also allowed one agent to steal $25,000, the audit said.