Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances (United States, First Amendment).
| Freedom of Speech |
| Governmental Secrecy | |
| Throughout this country's history, the shibboleth of "national security" has often been used as a pretext for massive violations of individual rights. In the name of national security, President Jefferson countenanced internment camps for political dissidents; President Wilson authorized the round-up and deportation of thousands of foreign-born suspected "radicals" during the Palmer Raids; and President Franklin Roosevelt interned 120,000 Japanese Americans. The Cold War era brought loyalty oaths, blacklisting and travel restrictions; the Vietnam War era saw the government's attempt to censor the "Pentagon Papers". None of these measures were actually necessary to preserve national security; all of them violated civil liberties. Today, although many of these abuses are behind us, "national security" is still invoked to justify government repression. The most recent example is the counter-terrorism legislation introduced into Congress after the April 19,1995 bombing in Oklahoma City. This terrible tragedy was thereby compounded by repressive -- and ineffective -- legislation. |
| Digital Privacy |
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"At the same time, that capability at any time could be turned around on the American people and no American
would have any privacy left, such [is] the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it
doesn't matter. There would be no place to hide. If this government ever became a tyranny, if a dictator ever took
charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government
could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back, because the most careful effort
to combine together in resistance to the government, no matter how privately it was done, is within the reach of
the government to know. Such is the capability of this technology... I don't want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return." US Senator Frank Church, 1975 |
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one"
-Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
| The truth about Christianity |
| HAARP - The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program |
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| The problem with Micro$oft |
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