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Daily Briefing—16th June 2010
Posted: 16 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Bush Administration, Carl Levin, Chicago, CIFA, civil liberties, Congo, Cuba, Darian Worden, David Petraeus, DIA, DPRK, DRC, ECB, economic sanctions, Ecuador, El Paso Intelligence Unit, EPIC, EU, European Union, Federal Reserve, FICOR, flotilla, Free Gaza Movement, Gaza blockade, global bank tax, Haqqani Network, hunger strike, IHH, IMF, immigrant asylum, immigration, Iran, Israel, Justin Raimondo, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, North Korea, Obama Administration, Oracle, Palestine-Israel, Pentagon, political prisoners, renminbi, Richard Daley, RICO Act, SCOTUS, South Korea, Stephen Walt, torture, Turkey, UN, Wal-Mart, West Bank, yuan
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Report: DIA Quietly Reviving & Renaming ‘Disestablished’ Domestic Datamining, Surveillance Unit
Posted: 16 June 2010 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: CI, counterterrorism, DCHC, Defense Department, DHS, DIA, DoD, domestic surveillance, eGuardian, FBI, Federal Register, FICOR, Fourth Amendment, HUMINT, James Clapper, Jeff Stein, Joby Warrick, libertarian, military intelligence, Newspeak, NSA, Obama Administration, Petagon, Privacy Act of 1974, privacy rights, Robert Gates, US, War on Terror, warrantless wiretapping program
The Pentagon’s new intelligence unit’s purpose could raise the valid question of how far the U.S. is moving toward militarized domestic databasing, but its resemblance to a ‘disestablished’ program used to spy on peace activists can reasonably confirm the program was never halted.