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"Repeal the Real ID Act" is DownsizeDC.org's oldest active campaign.

That's because REAL ID - which is a de facto national ID card - lays the foundation for a future police state.

That's why so many people have fought against it so hard for so long. And thanks to that resistence REAL ID still hasn't been implimented, six years after it became law! A big part of this is because of your pressure.

And now there's more good news . . .

There's a silver lining in the monstrous, 1,926-page appropriations bill (H.R. 3082). This bill rescinds funding for a REAL ID "hub." The House already passed the bill, and the Senate will consider it as soon as TODAY.

This hub would have created a centralized ID verification system, where states share driver information with each other. Without this hub, REAL ID suffers a fatal blow.

That's why we're asking you to tell Congress to support this cut in REAL ID's budget, and to repeal REAL ID altogether.

You may borrow from or copy this letter . . .

I'm glad that the House is rescinding funding for a REAL ID hub in the H.R. 3082 budget bill. My Senators should ensure that this rescission remains in the bill.

But you should do more. Repeal REAL ID entirely.

* REAL ID assumes I am a foreign terrorist or illegal immigrant, and that I must "prove" my innocence
* I am punished with higher fees, more red tape, and longer DMV lines
* And my private information will be centralized, making me more susceptible to identity theft and other dangers

Furthermore . . .

* The REAL ID law still exists as an unconstitutional, unfunded mandate on the cash-strapped states
* 21 states will still be out of compliance when it is scheduled to take effect in May, 2011 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/431425_realid08.html?source=mypi
* By de-funding the verification hub, there's no longer any point in forcing the states to implement REAL ID

This is America, land of the free. It's not the land of "Your papers, please." Help restore liberty to America and repeal REAL ID.

END LETTER

You can send your letter using DownsizeDC.org's Educate the Powerful System.

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Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

GOD's WORD FOR TODAY

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.Proverbs 29:25 (KJV)

IN THE NEWS

SOCIAL MEDIA

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HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA

In a historic vote, the Senate overturns ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
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OBAMA NATION

Obama’s new tax on…Rainwater!?
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POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

State Employees Don't Have to Pay Bridge Tolls - Yeah That's Fair
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North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
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G20 fallout resonates
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On The Chopping Block - Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid
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Assange Wined And Dined At US Embassy
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Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers
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The Fix Is In - Expect Democrats To Buckle
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OBAMA CARE

Most Driven Into Debt by Medical Bills HAVE Health Insurance
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CORPORATE SCHEMES

More Johnson & Johnson Experimentation - But I Thought They Were the Family Company?
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & BORDER NEWS

DPS urges holiday travelers to avoid Mexico
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YouTube - Illegals in my Yard Christmas Song (Unedited Version)
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WSSU Professors Asked Faculty to Support DREAM Act
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Prof: Hispanics should replace 'old white men'
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Will Claire McCaskill Suppoer the DREAM Act Or Not?
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POLICE STATE NEWS

Monitoring America: How the U.S. Sees You
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Red Light Cameras: Safety Devices or One More Step Toward a Surveillance State?
http://bit.ly/hjlZYr

One more step toward a surveillance state?
http://bit.ly/dZCrA7

U.S. UPS scrutiny of public
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U.S. Collecting Information About Americans To Strengthen FBI Investigations
http://huff.to/fuEy18

Local agencies help collect data on Americans
http://bit.ly/ebx8rM

Privacy Courtesy of an Internet Police State? Thanks but No Thanks
http://bit.ly/g83Ati

W.Va. troopers under investigation out of agency
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2010 Villain: The G20 Integrated Security Unit
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Tattle-Tale On Bad Drivers With DriveMeCrazy App
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Professors: TSA scanners simple to dupe
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iPhone snitch network launched
http://bit.ly/edvSMd

Charges Dropped Against Man Arrested For Saying “Homosexuality Is a Sin”
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Heathrow Responds To Big Freeze By Freezing Passengers
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TSA under fire after businessman boards international flight with loaded handgun
http://bit.ly/dPDLGW

TSA Too Busy Groping, Perving, Playing God To Notice Guns And Bombs
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The CIA secretly agreed to pay $5 million to shield the architects of its waterboarding programme
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Mother's exasperated rant at passport agency call centre worker earns her a visit from the Secret Service
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Washington subway police to begin random bag checks
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L.A. dry run shows urban nuke attack ‘a survivable event’
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Austin Joins Rebellion Against Naked Body Scanners
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Warrant needed to snoop on your emails, court finally rules
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New Jersey looks to ban TSA searches
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‘Birther’ Faces 18 Months in Prison for Refusing Deployment to Afghanistan
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New high-tech licenses slow down DMV delivery
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Trimming the Powers of the Federal Police Stat
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Please don't ignore small restrictions on our liberties
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Police Arrested Twelve Year Old Boy for Refusing Vaccine at School
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Texans Against Tar Sands - Canadian Company Taking Peoples land in TX
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Dalton McGuinty's police state: Blizzard
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The Potential Cost Of Speaking Out
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Activist Calls Wal-Mart: Everyone is a Suspect, The Wal-Mart – DHS Connection (VIDEO)
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Violated by TSA at Tampa airport
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Hate to see when police use unreasonable force
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Police-state tactics against protesters in Britain
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REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

Bridgeport man arrested for paying off DMV worker
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Colorado flunks test of its information security systems
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Organizations Ask Virginia DMV to Accept Immigrant Work Permits for Licenses Again
http://bit.ly/htn0rZ

Cop Talk: DMV has no reason to check medical records
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Another Nail in REAL ID's Coffin
http://bit.ly/eilmPC

Colo. cities concerned, but officials don't lose sleep over cybersecurit
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Audit says Colo. computers at "high risk" of an online attack after hired hackers gain acces
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Florida DMV to Cancel Online Testing Program, Adding Wait Time to DMV Offices
http://bit.ly/ehOPX4

Expect 2-month wait to get new California driver's license
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End of Privacy: Your Facebook ID is marketers' Holy Grail
http://yhoo.it/hp7rF5

House Strips Funding for Secure Driver's License Program
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Despite being outmoded, a confidential license plate program keeps growing
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POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments
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McCaskill Masquerading as a fiscal moderate
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FCC Manipulates Net Neutrality With Typical Liberal Trickery
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No ‘substantive’ damage from Wikileaks, Biden admits
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Indiana Land Owner, Dick Thompson Facing Eviction Sells Land and is Leaving Corrupt County
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The Age Of Rage: Europe Is Exploding
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US may charge Assange with conspiring to leak cables: report
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Senate GOP likely to force confrontation of FCC net neutrality rules
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Chinese rush to gold as inflation fears bite
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Halliburton reportedly agrees to pay Nigeria $250 million to drop bribery charges against Cheney, firm
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Tax package heads toward passage in Senate
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ECONOMIC NEWS

Some Michigan Schools May Not See Inspections
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10 Trends for 2011
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Snow storms could put 1,000 firms out of business
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America's worst cities for finding a job
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Desperation Sets In: More Than 100,000 People Apply For Low Paying Flight Attendant Positions
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Need A Job? Too Bad! The Good Jobs Are Being Shipped Out Of America
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When Americans Lose Everything, They Start To Lose It
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16 Nightmarish Economic Trends To Watch Carefully In 2011
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Yahoo rings in holidays by trimming work force 4% as 600 people lose their jobs
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Sales being lost as lenders adopt much tougher rules for homes' worth
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State Employees Don't Have to Pay Bridge Tolls - Yeah That's Fair
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North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
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G20 fallout resonates
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On The Chopping Block - Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid
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Assange Wined And Dined At US Embassy
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Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers
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The Fix Is In - Expect Democrats To Buckle
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Start A Business? In The United States? Are You Kidding Me?
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CHRISIANITY NEWS

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Christian broadcaster censored
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Chaplain: Congress redefines morality
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How Great Is That Darkness
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MORAL DECLINE

White Teen Couple Attacked By Blacks On WA Bus - Was This a Hate Crime?
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Mother killed, 6 hurt in gunbattle at Calif. mall
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Police Seize $22,000 in Sex Toys and Other Explicit Items from Spencer’s Gifts
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The Death Of Common Sense
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Sault Ste. Marie police chief suspended over drunken-driving arrest
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Grandma: Teacher Used Duct Tape to Stop 5 Year Old's Thumb Sucking
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Utah Girl tied up during Home Burglary
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Woman robbed by 2 people she had considered friends
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STRANGE NEWS

Randy Quaid's wife misses Calif. court hearing
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HEALTH NEWS

EPA Complicit in Colony Collapse Disorder?
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HACKER NEWS

English Defence League member list stolen by hackers
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Survey reveals passwords are weakest link in online security
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Most hacker attacks are quietly blocked
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Researchers Create Controlled Botnet to Foil..
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Romanian Police Arrest 42 VoIP Hackers
http://bit.ly/hgOnE2

Performance management - Hackers attack e-retailers on peak shopping days
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$4 Million Price Tag to Clean Up after OSU Hacker Attack
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CMP tells forum its 'smart' meters are safe from hackers, fire - Yes and Democrats are fiscally conservative
http://bit.ly/hxCykt

Hacker warning over internet-connected HDTVs
http://bit.ly/dIFi8y

Twitter and LinkedIn users among millions told to change passwords after hackers strik
http://bit.ly/g9sDfz

Hacker breaches OSU computers
http://bit.ly/fseApE

13 million deviantART e-mail addresses exposed by hackers
http://bit.ly/eDIr72

FBI Memos Reveal Cost of Hacker Attacks
http://bit.ly/hra36d

McDonald's and Walgreens: email addresses, birth dates stolen by hackers
http://bit.ly/hgynTT

Email, Birthdays of McDonald's Customers Hacked
http://abcn.ws/f0STU5

The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords
http://on.wsj.com/gRD03P

The legal risks of joining a botnet which is participating in DDoS attacks
http://bit.ly/dJFn9z

Assange granted bail but still jailed, 3 hackers arrested, Air Force blocks access to cables
http://bit.ly/eAgIzf

Iowa's AMBER Alert to be tested
http://bit.ly/hDdltx

'Anonymous' Hackers Take the Battle to Fax Machines
http://bit.ly/gcIZzJ

Pro-Wikileaks hackers face retaliation
http://bit.ly/ewL5An

Gawker, McDonald's, DeviantART Attacks Suggest Massive Hacker Race for Glory: Expert
http://bit.ly/ethc0x

Gawker Media boss to meet with FBI after hackers stole readers' email addresses and passwords
http://bit.ly/eS9Mh5

Gawker security still not solved
http://bit.ly/fGfCtT

Spam Attack Hits Twitter, Tied To Gawker Breach
http://n.pr/giYeiq

Forget WikiLeaks. How about the photocopier?
http://bit.ly/hvBdCY

NY officials want global effort for online attacks
http://on.wsj.com/f9M4F9

Operation Payback has new target: Corporate fax machines
http://bit.ly/eV4YVj

WikiLeaks Indirectly Reveals IT Holes in Data and Payments Protection
http://bit.ly/eQk9c0

Hackers Are Old News: Why All The Hype On Cyber Terrorism
http://bit.ly/fVaSBl

Walgreens warns hackers sent fake emails to customers trying to get credit card numbers
http://bit.ly/gnh0Ui

Hackers could use leaked Gawker info to attack government workers
http://bit.ly/he0zJR

GAWKER HACKED!
http://read.bi/ehoM0k

Hackers Steal McDonald's Customer Data
http://bit.ly/fjL61Z

McDonald's Customer Data Compromised through Contractor
http://bit.ly/gXlj8V

San Diego, CA, August 25, 2010 -- The most recent total from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse’s Chronology of Data Breaches shows more than a half billion sensitive records breached since 2005, leaving Americans vulnerable to identity theft.

Employees losing laptop computers, hackers downloading credit card numbers and sensitive personal data accidentally exposed online -- the Chronology of Data Breaches shows hundreds of ways that the personal information of consumers is lost, stolen or exposed.

The Chronology of Data Breaches, a project of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse since 2005, lists incidents involving breached consumer information, such as personal medical records, credit card numbers and Social Security numbers.

The most recent total, published last night, is a wake-up call to consumers who think identity theft can’t happen to them.

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse estimates that the Chronology shows only a fraction of the total number of data breaches.

"This is a conservative number," says Director Beth Givens, "We generally learn about breaches that garner media attention.
Unfortunately, many do not. And, because many states do not require companies to report data breaches to a central clearinghouse, data breaches occur that we never hear about.
Our Chronology is only a sampling."

Data breaches of sensitive information, especially Social Security and credit card numbers, make consumers vulnerable to identity theft. According to a 2009 Javelin Research & Strategy, individuals are four times more likely to be the victim of identity theft in the year after receiving a data breach notification letter.
https://www.javelinstrategy.com/brochure-158

The recently expanded Chronology provides consumers and researchers the ability to perform rapid searches to identify trends in data breaches. It also allows visitors to look up businesses, agencies and organizations by name.

Unfortunately, consumers cannot completely protect themselves from a data breach. It is up to organizations that collect data on consumers to take the steps to ensure the privacy
and security of the data they collect and maintain.

Visit the Chronology now - http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach

Try the custom sort feature - http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach#CP

Learn how to take advantage of the Chronology’s interactive features - http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach-how-to

Resources:
Open Security Foundation’s DatalossDB http://www.datalossdb.org Office of Inadequate Security http://www.databreaches.net Personal Health Information Privacy http://www.phiprivacy.net National Association for Information Destruction, Inc http://www.naidonline.org

IN THE NEWS

OBAMA NATION NEWS

Obama To Replace Washington On Dollar Bill?
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POLITICS & GOVERNMENT NEWS

Alaska GOP Sen. Murkowski in jeopardy
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Two GOP attorney general candidates websites attacked, Bondis untouched
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POLICE STATE NEWS

The Government's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS
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The facial recognition software that will put a name to every photograph in the internet
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4th Amendment Violating Mobile X-Ray Scanners Hit The Streets
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After Hurricane Katrina, NOLA cops told to shoot looters
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Following EPIC FOIA Lawsuit, US Senators Raise Questions About Retention of Body Scanner Images
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EPIC v. DHS (Suspension of Body Scanner Program)
http://bit.ly/9ep3X8

Protesters demand withdrawal of G20 charges
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Pentagon Teaches Kindergarten Kids As U.S. Schools Are Militarized For Martial Law Conditioning
http://bit.ly/dB2cnZ

REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS

Germany to roll out ID cards with embedded RFID
http://bit.ly/b2lXmX

Ex-DMV Employee Sentenced For Issuing Fake IDs
http://bit.ly/d6DPVc

Universities Endanger Students' Privacy
http://bit.ly/cBOxNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Bad flash drive caused worst U.S. military breach
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20014732-245.html

Hackers see opportunities in the cloud
http://bit.ly/c5ec4p

Facebook Uses RFID to Track Users' Locations for Advertising Promotion
http://bit.ly/b1siVO

Facebook "Places" Embeds Privacy Risks, Complicated and Ephemeral Opt-Out Unfair to Users
http://bit.ly/avb7l7

Almost one in four security breaches affected health centers in 2010
http://bit.ly/cFpRnc

Hackers steal iTunes accounts, make bogus purchases
http://bit.ly/clY3wG

Hackers Drain Users PayPal Accounts Through iTunes
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DEF CON Survey Reveals Vast Scale of Cloud Hacking
http://bit.ly/bsQDKP

ECONOMIC NEWS

Home Sales Drop 27 Percent In July And Things Are Only Going To Get Worse For The U.S. Housing Industry
http://bit.ly/8ohSa1

Let the Housing Market Normalize!
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Eight Banks Collapse Last Week As Questions Arise On FDIC
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HEALTH NEWS

Eggs from Iowa farms could come to table near you
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Electromagnetic pulse can be used to disrupt morality in the human brain
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52% Concerned About Safety of Vaccines
http://bit.ly/axhonM

Study Links Chronic Fatigue to Virus Class
http://nyti.ms/ax1JTO