We all want to lead safe and productive lives. But when does our desire for safety lead to tyranny? How far should the government be able to go to corral criminals?
Should we have tougher controls over eye-in-the-sky monitoring systems that can detect and make out individuals from hundreds of miles up in the atmosphere? Here’s more from Greg Reese.
These laws would give the governor tyrannical power to detain people suspected of posing a health risk – indefinitely! No trial involved. Luckily this main bill was stricken down on December 22, 2021. These proposed bills are still important to know about because they signify the direction that authoritarian leaders are trying to take society. More from AwakenwithJP.
The CIA is notorious for its Black Site Network, top secret detention facilities where they hold people and employ inhumane methods to extract information from them. Many of the sites are located in friendly countries and oftentimes the facilities are underground, where victims are tortured.
Makes you wonder what other methods the CIA and other government agencies use to collect information. Riss Flex takes an in-depth look at the problem and what she found will shock you. For instance, in 2010, when CNN was a real member of the media, correspondent Brooke Alvarez reported that Congress authorized funding for Facebook, then described as a massive online surveillance program run by the CIA. According to Homeland Security, Facebook at the time had replaced every CIA information gathering program since it was launched in 2004. And guess who soaked up much of the credit–CIA agent Mark Zuckerberg, who ran the day-to-day operations for the agency. Wow! Here’s more from Flex.
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