Blogs
Today's New York Times reveals the existence of the FBI's domestic intelligence-gathering rules that were revised by the Bush administration in September 2008. The redacted "Domestic Investigations and Operation Guide" was obtained via a FOIA request. According to the Times, "the new rules have given F.B.I. agents the most power in national security matters that they have had since the post-Watergate era." More...
I am a registered critical care nurse. I know firsthand how a simple physical injury can cascade into a major life threatening situation. After talking to several people who were hurt by police during the G 20 protests, I became concerned as a nurse and an activist and asked the question...if the city of Pittsburgh spent $16.8 million dollars putting police officers and national guardsmen on the streets of our city, why did they fail to provide backup emergency medical services to those who were injured? More...
In the aftermath of the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh and the accompanying police repression, brutality, and assaults on our constitutional rights, many activists – both long-time and new – have come together to create a broad-based campaign for justice and accountability. More...
On Friday evening, September 25, 2009, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) campus was the setting for a massive police riot involving numerous law enforcement agencies from across the country - and this after the G-20 Summit had already ended. Police beat, gassed, blasted and arrested more than 100 people, including Pitt student Kyle Kramer, who the Chicago Police forced to kneel in front of police for an "trophy" photograph. More...
An excellent critique of the U.S. double standard for the use of Twitter and texting. The video juxtaposes clips from the mainstream media's coverage of Twitter's use during the Iran protests with Twitter's use during the recent G20 protests in Pittsburgh. More...
From Deeplink, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's blog:
As a resource to journalists and interested readers, we are posting Mr. Madison's motion and his lawyer's supporting declaration; attached to the declaration are copies of the search warrant, an inventory of the seized items, and the original criminal complaint.
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The following first-hand account of the Queens "twitter raid" is now floating around the net. "On October 1st, 2009, at 6:00am, the Joint Terrorism Task Force kicked out the front door to our home—an anarchist collective house in Queens, NY, affectionately known as Tortuga...." More...
