Posted on 01/26/2015 9:29:15 PM PST by Nachum
The U.S. Department of Justice secretly spies on millions of cars by gathering and storing information about motorists in order to build a national database to track movements, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal.
The database was originally used by the Drug Enforcement Administration to hunt vehicles involved in drug crimes by tracking license plates, but according to the WSJ, the program expanded to hunt for criminals sought for crimes that were non-drug related.
DEA officials have been on record saying they track vehicles near the U.S.-Mexico border to help fight drug cartels, but the new revelations, according to the WSJ, show that the DoJ has been working for years to expand the database “throughout the United States.”
As a result of the expansion, state and local law enforcement officials now have access to a “wealth of information” to track motorist in real time.
These new revelations, of course, add to the ongoing public debate about the size and scope of the government’s surveillance programs and whether they infringe on privacy and civil liberties.
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Get a horse.
The enemy is **us**.
At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if someone found out hidden cameras were put into everyone’s homes.
Plumbers
Cheesy film makers
Uncheesy film makers
Neurosurgeons
Reporters
Rodeo clowns
Tea part activists
You do know that they are in all flatscreen tv’s, right?
This prison almost did not exist 15 years ago. 30 years ago this would have been electrifying. We are at the point that now that our surveillance state -literally- exceeds that of the Stasi, or of the USSR. And it makes the Nazis look like amateur children.
This very post, and the thread are being captured and stored. It isn’t probable, but it is in the realm of possible that a government agent will read this thread.
Everything is there, now all that needs to happen is for someone to use the information against political dissent as opposed to military enemies. Obama has already begun that process with IRS gate.
The Soviets and Nazis had no choice in how to deal with opponents. They took them to a ditch and shot them. Today the new way of liquidating you is to use gathered information to discredit, humiliate, destroy and leave destitute anyone who would oppose them. People are fired, arrested, and financially ruined by the process legally.
Joe the plumber was a warning.
But not illegals or human traffickers or smugglers
Hidden cameras are already there. In every cell phone, tablet, and laptop.
NSA admitted to spying on EVERYONE on our lap top computers, it was on the news in Los Angeles a year ago. They suggested putting tape over the built in laptop camera. Some people put a tiny note to NSA there....
AMEN! I totally agree with all of your comments! And we can’t say that the founding fathers didn’t warn us!
It never ends...
You’re both right on those.
Fahrenheit 451
HMBS=”Health Mortgage Backed Securities”
Extortion-Care is is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager
We have four.
I do know someone that manufactures computer chips for the FedGov that are used in the newer vehicles and they said that the chips will give them control over certain features, one being able to kill the engine and another to retrieve GPS information to determine its current location.
I do know someone that manufactures computer chips for the FedGov that are used in the newer vehicles and they said that the chips will give them control over certain features, one being able to kill the engine and another to retrieve GPS information to determine its current location.
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