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Orwellian Newspeak Files: Brown claims government surveillance of everyone protects civil liberties!

LONDON, England - June 17, 2008 – In a stunning use of the principles of Orwellian “newspeak”, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has defended the use of closed-circuit television (CCTV), national identification cards, and a DNA database - saying they protect civil liberties.

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Innocent Australian woman held in U.S. detention camp!

June 17, 2008 - An Australian woman has told how her trip to the United States became holiday hell when a visa mix-up landed her in a detention camp.

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Action Alert: U.S. school district to begin microchipping students!

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island - June 16, 2008 - A Rhode Island school district has announced a pilot program to monitor student movements by means of radio frequency identification (RFID) chips implanted in their schoolbags.

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Is the “war on terror” depriving us of our liberties?

The extension to 42 days of the limit on detention without charge for terror suspects got through the House of Commons this week.

LONDON, England - June 16, 2008 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown avoided an embarrassing defeat in the Commons on Wednesday when MPs voted on the issue of extending the time limit on detaining terror suspects from 28 to 42 days without

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Surveillance Society Files: 'Big Brother' snooping law stirs outrage in Sweden!

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - June 16, 2008 - Sweeping new powers under which the Swedish security services can monitor private phone calls, e-mails and text messages are expected to come into force this week under legislation that has prompted outrage in the country.

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Freedom Alert: Sonic weapons to be used against protesters at Democratic National Convention!

DENVER, Colorado - June 13, 2008 - Political activists planning protest rallies at the upcoming Democratic Convention in Denver have their stomachs in knots over a rumor about a crowd control weapon - known as the “crap cannon” - that might be unleashed against them.

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Supreme Court backs Due Process rights for Guantanamo detainees!

WASHINGTON - June 12, 2008 - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.