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Russell Scott to Guest on American Freedom Radio

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH: Russell Scott will be a guest on The Truther Girls which is hosted by Truther Girl Sonia on American Freedom Radio. The show will be LIVE on March 15th @ 12pm PST. You can call into the show: (218) 339-8525. Fans of The West Coast Truth and AFR should tune-in...LEARN MORE

Ricky S: Satan is Systematically Destroying America

In 2008, Sen. Rick Santorum spoke at Ave Maria University and said that Satan is destroying academia, politics, and the Protestant Church. The full audio of the speech and further context can be found here. Here is how the Catholic University summed up Santorum's speech that day.

Greece Sells its Soul to The European Union

Euro zone finance ministers agreed a 130-billion-euro ($172 billion) rescue for Greece on Tuesday to avert an imminent chaotic default after forcing Athens to commit to unpopular cuts and private bondholders to take bigger losses. The complex deal wrought in overnight...READ

Cran Campbell: Lowlife Fuck in the Lower Mainland

Cran Campbell, of Delta, B.C., says he regularly monitors the Rants and Raves section of the popular website and flags postings he believes are racist, hateful or threatening and ones he just doesn't agree with! "Just like a pesky mosquito he should be swatted ... and silenced forever," one po...READ

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Exports: Industry Report

On April 19th of 2011, Russell Scott said prepare to pay twice the price for gas within a year, citing Saudi Arabia's cutback on production. Oil is currently $103.24/barrel and the price of gas is skyrocketing! As the drums of war beat louder, the price at the pump grows...methinks the drums will beat for awhile...READ

By Demand! Reply - Smear Of Jeff Rense's Personal Life...

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Why Did Henry Makow Crash And Burn So Dramatically?

Reply - 'The Hidden Jeff Rense'

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An Open Letter To Serious Asshole Henry Makow

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Who 'Turned' Henry Makow?

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Interview with Eyewitness to Underpants Bomb Plot – Kurt Haskell

Colette Stefan Cert. Yuen Method Practitioner/Instructor

US Is Being Conditioned For War On Iran

Jeff Rense Steps in It by Misogynist Henry Makow

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Vancouver Medical Marijuana Menu

Bruno Comby - Raw Food Nutrition - free e-book

An introduction to Teleportation and Time Travel

Five Things American Youth Will Do To Change the World in 2012

Libya’s Colonial War One Year Later

The Voice Of Sean - Voice Actor

Vic Toews & The Net: is it Safe?

By Michael Geist

The introduction of Internet surveillance legislation last week generated an immediate storm of outrage. Fueled by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' comments that critics of the legislation were "siding with child pornographers," the bill was slammed by commentators on both the right and the left who decried the dangers of new surveillance powers and mandatory disclosure of personal information without court oversight.

The public concern should not have come as a surprise. The push for new Internet surveillance capabilities goes back to 1999, when government officials began crafting proposals to institute new surveillance technologies within Canadian networks along with additional legal powers to access surveillance and subscriber information. There have been several attempts at passing lawful access legislation, but each has died on the order paper.

Within days, Toews and Prime Minister Stephen Harper were in retreat, stating they were open to amendments and promising a full committee hearing. Having opened the door to change, the big question now is whether compromise is possible. The bill is badly in need of fixing -- the oversight of surveillance capabilities remains underdeveloped, the costs associated with surveillance equipment is a giant question mark, and the fears of surveillance misuse based on the experience in other jurisdictions continues to cause concern.

Topping the list for change is the mandatory disclosure of Internet and telephone subscriber information without court oversight. With Internet providers and telecom companies complying with law enforcement requests roughly 95 per cent of the time, at issue are a relatively small number of cases that have required warrants prior to any disclosure. Despite 10 years of debate, law enforcement has failed to produce a compelling series of examples where the current law has proven problematic. Nevertheless, officials are adamant that they need greater assurances the information will be available expeditiously in appropriate circumstances.

The bill actually addresses two significant concerns associated with the warrantless disclosure issue. First, the prior lawful access bill included a very broad list of data points that could be disclosed, raising serious security concerns and the potential for misuse. The number of data points has shrunk from 11 to six. While some of the data points still constitute potentially sensitive personal information (particularly IP and email addresses), a smaller list is better than a larger one.

Second, with Internet providers and telecom companies providing subscriber data without a warrant 95 per cent of the time, there is a huge information disclosure issue with no reporting and no oversight. The RCMP alone made more than 28,000 requests for customer names and addresses in 2010. These requests go unreported as subscribers don't know their information has been disclosed and the Internet providers and telecom companies aren't talking either. The bill would add new reporting requirements to these disclosures, which should allow for insights into what providers and police are doing with subscriber information.

The remaining issue is the inclusion of warrantless disclosure of the six data points. This strikes at a bedrock principle of privacy law and will be rightly opposed by the privacy and civil society community. Yet in talking with law enforcement, it is clear what they want is timely, guaranteed access in appropriate circumstances. The...READ

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