Paul M. Jones | Police State 2026-05-08T09:12:58-05:00 The TSA as Milgram Experiment 2015-02-01T21:50:54-06:00 I have had it in mind to write up an article about the TSA as an implementation of the Milgram experiment, but it's apparently old ground already covered: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tsa+milgram (Posted from inside Newark Airport, at which s... When Do You Shoot?; or, "Unarmed" Does Not Mean "Not Dangerous" 2014-08-27T20:03:22-05:00 I can tell you right now, you are not going to like this essay from Fred On Everything. I didn't like it, and yet it shows some sense. You should read the whole thing, but this part especially stands our for me: As a fresh cop, you will notice that ... Former HHS Cyber Security Director Convicted For Child Porn 2014-08-27T03:47:50-05:00 Former acting director of cyber security for the Department of Health and Human Services Timothy DeFoggi was convicted for a myriad of gruesome child pornography charges Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced. DeFoggi, who had top security clea... Police problem is unaccountable attitude 2014-08-26T16:45:55-05:00 The people they are policing aren't enemy combatants, but their fellow citizens -- and, even more significantly, their employers. A combat-like mindset on the part of police turns fellow-citizens into enemies, with predictable results. I sometimes th... A Preventative, Militarized Police Force Is a Threat to Free Speech 2014-08-19T14:38:57-05:00 Under what circumstances, if at all, should the capacity for force and intimidation be deployed against the public by the state? This becomes controversial when one wants to answer that the capacity should be preventative rather than responsive. Resp... Demilitarize the police – and stop flinging false racism charges 2014-08-16T13:57:23-05:00 I join my voice to those of Rand Paul and other prominent libertarians who are reacting to the violence in Ferguson, Mo. by calling for the demilitarization of the U.S.’s police. Beyond question, the local civil police in the U.S. are too heavil... Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches 2014-06-25T16:31:59-05:00 The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people’s cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights. Police agencies had argued that searching thro... Federal magistrate orders arrestee to apologize and recant, as a condition of bail 2014-05-22T15:07:35-05:00 The arrestee alleges she was assaulted and beaten by a Federal agent; the magistrate, before he will let her post bail, wants her to recant her allegations as a condition of bail. This seems to me clearly unconstitutional: It’s an order compell... NSA Journalist Glenn Greenwald’s Partner Reportedly Detained at Airport for 9 Hours, Questioned Under Terrorism Act 2013-08-18T18:41:24-05:00 The Guardian, Greenwald’s employer, reports the journalist’s partner, David Miranda, was held for nearly nine hours and questioned under the Terrorism Act at the UK’s Heathrow airport. Officials also confiscated Miranda’s electron... NSA, Gen X, and Gen Y 2013-08-18T13:56:06-05:00 the NSA and their fellow swimmers in the acronym soup of the intelligence-industrial complex are increasingly reliant on nomadic contractor employees, and increasingly subject to staff churn. There is an emerging need to security-clear vast numbers o...