Archive for April 27th, 2008

Lessons Learned from the Abu Ghraib Horrors

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

On April 28, 2004, four years ago, our nation, and the world, was shocked by the revelation of the abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. More surprising than the fact of the abuse, for soldiers often abuse their enemies in wartime, was the nature of ...

Moderation on Basra and Sadr City

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

The Captain’s Journal has complained about analysis of the Basra and Sadr City fighting that tends toward the extremes.  Effusive analysis and reporting about the recent events is neither productive nor compelling.  A recent example of sardonic analysis comes from Dr. iRack at Abu Muqawama (Editorial note: Matthew Yglesias who ...

Linksys - PVC2300 Business Internet Camera with Audio

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Linksys - PVC2300 Business Internet Camera with Audio Network video camera with bundled surveillance software - 28/04/2008 Tags: security camera, security system, CCTVRead the rest of this great post here

The Politics of Surveillance

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

I used to think that conservatives would oppose ubiquitous government surveillance. I figured it was the left that would be watching to make sure I was not smoking in the wrong place or saying something bad about the wrong people. … Tags: security camera, Closed Circuit Television, CCTVRead the rest ...

Bloggers offer glimpse of uncensored Cuba

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

HAVANA - Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access. But that hasn’t stopped thousands from finding their way into cyberspace. And a daring few post candid blogs about life in the ...

Do Islamofacist Mothers Love Their Children?

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Mothers day is less than two weeks from now, all through America, Kids, old and young will be going to card shops and florists to find the perfect tribute to dear ol’ Mom. When I was growing up my Mom always said that all she wanted was a card, my ...

City under siege, dozens of shootings in Chicago since Friday alone.

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

By DIANA ALVEAR CHICAGO, April 27, 2008 Police officers shot and killed a man after he took three people hostage in an attempt to rob an auto shop on the city’s southeast side Saturday evening, the latest incident in a rash of gun violence that has ...

one vs. many

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

One of the main points in the second half of iSpy is that the increasing surveillance of the digital enclosure favors the individual over the collective, with Facebook as one of the examples. I know some of you thought the book was too … Tags: CCTV, Closed Circuit Television, security camera ...

Surveillance Camera Photography

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

They’ve been linked in a wonderfully ambiguous defense of surveillance by The Walrus tech blog, Web2.0 Museum. The Web2.0 column is certainly worth reading. My on-site gallery is here. The photos include latitude/longitude coordinates … Tags: surveillance system, home security cameras, CCTVRead the rest of this great post here

I Take Requests

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

To be sure, the warrantless surveillance program operated for a time outside the judicial supervision imposed by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. FISA, however, did not and could not divest the commander-in-chief of his … Tags: Closed Circuit Television, security camera system, spy camera fake security cameraRead the rest of ...