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Posted by Jim Harper
Your chance to comment on a Department of Homeland Security plan to tap into state drivers’ license databases and create a new national ID system expires next week. It’s the groundwork for a cardless national ID, which threatens liberty even more than card-based schemes like REAL ID.
The E-Verify program’s move to merge federal background checks and state driver license data sets the stage for satisfying all three elements of a national ID. (Two years ago, I discussed what constitutes a national ID in some detail.) E-Verify has not satisfied these criteria up to now, but the pieces are coming together quickly.
First, it is national. That is, it is intended to be used throughout the country, and to be nationally uniform in its key elements. If its proponents have their way, E-Verify will indeed soon go national, a requirement on every employer to vet new workers past the federal government’s databases.
Second, its use is either practically or legally required. This is a judgment call, but in two diferent ways, E-Verify appears to meet this element. First, not having data in the E-Verify databases means not having legal work, so “participation” in E-Verify can be fairly called practically required. Second, try to opt out of the system and you will meet a dead end. The program includes no opportunity I know of to refuse participation. It’s legally required if the state or federal governments have got your identity data.
I could be wrong, of course. Interested researchers should try contacting their state motor vehicle bureaus (cc: your state legislators) and ask not to have data about you transferred to the federal government for E-Verify. Please let me know what you learn.
The final “element” of a national ID is that it is used for identification. Up to now, E-Verify has largely worked by comparing identifiers. (I.e., Does this name match this Social Security number?) The current plan is to tap into state databases for more identifiers: name, date of birth, driver’s license/permit number, and so on. From there, it’s a short ride to gathering drivers’ license photos and biometric descriptors. (E-Verify already uses federally acquired photos in its “Photo Screening Tool.” With the inclusion of your driver’s license photo, the E-Verify system will be able to display your picture on the screen of anyone who looks you up, allowing for positive identification.
This is a national identification system. If every employer has to use E-Verify—or even every major employer—it will become the all-purpose security device, used for cashing checks, confirming the name on credit cards, and looking you up at the prescription counter. Of course, it will be used at airport checkpoints. You’ll be screened through E-Verify at entrances to government buildings—maybe private buildings, too. And why not for random, “instant” checks at the subway or bus station?
Just remember: If you have a tax dispute with the government, the Department of Homeland Security might flag you in the database—or it might de-identify you entirely—until you get right with the government.
Because it’s a database system, you won’t be able to argue your case like you can in the familiar card environment. With a card, at least, you can say, “No, look. This is me. This is my ID card. This is my picture. Give me my prescription.” With E-Verify, the answer will be, “Sorry, you have to talk to DHS or Social Security.” For good reason, I named my paper on electronic employment eligibility verification, “Franz Kafka’s Solution to Illegal Immigration.”
Arguments for the E-Verify system sounding in practicality and common sense do not hold up, but there are also principled reasons to oppose having a government background check system. Using E-Verify, the Department of Homeland Security is rapidly assembling a national ID system that can be converted to boundless uses. In addition to controlling employment, E-Verify can be put to use in regulating access to health care and housing, in gun control and registration, in monitoring travel and lodging—the list goes on and on.
I went through the arguments against having a national identification system in my book, Identity Crisis. In brief, a national ID would strip us of privacy even faster than is already happening, producing formal dossiers and increased surveillance. A national ID would transfer power en masse from individuals to governments. They would administer our rights by controlling the tools we need to navigate a “papers, please” society. A national ID would also be insecure, as it centralizes and homogenizes information assets (identity data) that are more secure if widely dispersed and heterogeneous.
As I noted last week, the federal government cannot and will not implement the REAL ID Act. So it’s on a new tack: E-Verify will soon be the new national ID.
Jim Harper • June 1, 2011 @ 3:57 pm
Filed under: Cato Publications; Telecom, Internet & Information Policy
Tags: E-Verify, national id, real id
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. Psalm 119:2 KJV
IN THE NEWS
OBAMA NATION
'Serious doubts' that Obama a friend of Israel
http://bit.ly/k7uGVc
Our narcissist-in-chief
http://bit.ly/kyGVBi
POLICE STATE NEWS
Fallout from RNC lawsuits: $175,000 so far in settlements
http://bit.ly/lAWopx
Fears of a corporate police state
http://bit.ly/kI9HL9
Illegal drugs and terrorists create an American police state
http://bit.ly/jDejcm
"It's official: America is now a police state with the help of the liberal mainstream media" by Waging Peace
http://bit.ly/mT3vFu
Secrecy Bill Is Required By An Elite Unconcerned With National Security
http://bit.ly/lUthlb
Michigan State Police go high-tech
http://bit.ly/iFrt7w
Boston police seek jurisdiction over waterfront area
http://bo.st/jz7ARk
Texans Demand State Resist Obama DOJ & TSA Bullying
http://bit.ly/k0XVUM
Don't give up your rights
http://bit.ly/lSTNLz
Police state doesn't want dancing at the Jefferson Memorial
http://bit.ly/mgbtfb
Next It Could Be You
http://bit.ly/k34kCu
One Week in the Life of a Police State
http://bit.ly/k6TMyF
Obama Signs Extension of Patriot Act Spy Powers
http://bit.ly/mENCrh
Helmet Cam on Sherrif Dupnik's SWAT Team Shows Moment Iraq Vet Was Gunned Down
http://bit.ly/lZAzIe
Supreme Court ruling made Indiana a police state
http://bit.ly/lq1x4H
Supreme Court ruling made Indiana a police state
http://bit.ly/lq1x4H
Zero tolerance derails student's plans
http://bit.ly/kOaBJv
FBI: Webcams Pose Spying Danger
http://bit.ly/jektPd
DHS Grants Will Pay For Surveillance Systems
http://bit.ly/mHCFgh
US Police State Begins Exponential Expansion
http://bit.ly/jvet05
Senate Approves 4-Year Extension of PATRIOT Act
http://bit.ly/iZXOIX
Feds to require black box event recorders in all new cars
http://bit.ly/iYdjH4
'US turning into police state'
http://bit.ly/kIxR3r
Supreme Courts Affirm The Police State
http://bit.ly/lJahQl
What's so patriotic about the Patriot Act? ...
http://bit.ly/iGEC34
A chance to put protections in the Patriot Act
http://wapo.st/jtYiuv
Congress has midnight deadline on Patriot Act
http://yhoo.it/k4pBYH
Google, Facebook warn on Internet rules at e-G8
http://reut.rs/ivB3n7
US to store passenger data for 15 years
http://bit.ly/lEAHer
Quincy police stage mock school shooting drill
http://bit.ly/mGSiz6
Senate holds sanctuary cities bill hostage until security bill passes
http://bit.ly/jnrdGu
American police state strides forward
http://bit.ly/kIPe42
This Is What A Police State Looks Like
http://bit.ly/iQGJpG
Torture and imprisonment of Egypt protesters still rife, says human rights activist
http://bit.ly/jOtDOO
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
California DMV Employees Accused of Illegally Using Handicapped Placards
http://bit.ly/mO6yjV
National ID Card of INdia Same As US National ID Card
http://bit.ly/knJzMt
The New Cardless! National ID
http://bit.ly/ipK1Kj
WI - Your license: Made in California
http://bit.ly/mwvCpo
VA DMV halts computer systems redesign
http://wapo.st/kWkcsd
State unveils new digital driver license
http://bit.ly/mCbVlD
Henderson man arrested in driver's license scam
http://bit.ly/m26N0Q
National ID, Misguided State Legislation, the Clintons and E-Verify: What do they have in Common?
http://bit.ly/lzdi3W
One Place Rapture Apparently Did Hit: The D.C. DMV
http://bit.ly/kafRQe
Voters who register sans driver's licenses give info that doesn't match their own SSA records
http://bit.ly/m8XvAe
Queen of the Road: DMV late on 850,000 licenses, and another Queen contest
http://bit.ly/l0cROu
Video: In Real ID Protest, Florida Libertarian Chairman Drives Without a License
http://bit.ly/kbNQIU
Mississippi driver's license information to be used for immigration enforcement
http://bit.ly/iS3b1D
Driver's data may be used to check workers' status - For EVerify
http://bit.ly/misF1Q
California DMV Employees Reportedly Parking Illegally With Handicapped Placards
http://fxn.ws/lHsyfy
Why Should State Waste Money Pursuing 'Real ID'?
http://cour.at/mQD2d0
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Protesters disrupt budget committee meeting, several carried out
http://bit.ly/lzqlH5
Romney labeled as 'cultural liberal'
http://bit.ly/lJg8Sg
Liberals dominate grad speaker list
http://bit.ly/lW3LG0
Obama heads to Ohio to defend record, reach voters
http://reut.rs/mkuNYl
Is America Ready for 'WeinerGate'?
http://bit.ly/is3PZQ
China 'setting up military cyber-warfare team'
http://bit.ly/m2VADb
Washington's not scared by China's inroads in Latin America - FTAA
http://bit.ly/lpyEGP
Ron Paul leads Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney in Republican (book) race
http://lat.ms/lpo5aV
NY rep hires lawyer after lewd photo posted online
http://yhoo.it/jQei6W
Oklahoma OKs 'Health Care Compact'
http://bit.ly/kBdqMO
Cash for tax cheats
http://bit.ly/kVRgia
The money-grubbing government among us
http://bit.ly/lOW8U7
Some Thoughts on the IMF, Global Injustice, and a Stranger on a Train
http://bit.ly/lDELr8
What do Pawlenty's executive orders tell us about his executive tendencies?
http://bit.ly/klood1
Should Kagan recuse herself?
http://bit.ly/je8trl
Let’s Bury These Phony Myths About World War II
http://bit.ly/kjgJ3X
Court nullifies 4th Amendment protections going back to Magna Carta
http://bit.ly/mHVjZz
Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Fourth Amendment Rights in Child Abuse Interviews
http://bit.ly/iHiBcS
Military's religious liberties a concern
http://bit.ly/munJj9
Jerusalem -- the 'new Berlin'?
http://bit.ly/m2fB3J
Government Cannot Be Trusted To Police Itself
http://bit.ly/kS4CB0
State Officials Need'nt Heed Feds Threats
http://bit.ly/iz45Ou
State Sen. Steve Harrelson involved in domestic dispute
http://bit.ly/kxiLIv
Auto bailout 'worth every penny'?
http://bit.ly/k8Hi9i
No more raises for poor-performing federal workers?
http://wapo.st/lZtcbE
John Edwards 'to be prosecuted for using campaign funds for hush money'
http://bit.ly/j5cu1m
ECONOMIC NEWS
Police and fire fighters now have to pay more for pensions and health insurance
http://bit.ly/kYmEI3
Weak data point to sluggish U.S. economy
http://reut.rs/iqBtqV
Home Prices in U.S. Probably Kept Falling as Housing Absent From Recovery
http://bloom.bg/l58wvK
Surviving the Chaos - A Guide to Preparation for National Turmoil
http://bit.ly/ls9x5l
Stimulus took more jobs than it created
http://bit.ly/jK0bHB
Foreclosures Weigh on Home Prices
http://on.wsj.com/m3pYbq
ABORTION NEWS
Indiana arguing state's rights
http://bit.ly/iYTBpb
The nearly aborted president
http://bit.ly/ij4OpJ
Defunding abortuaries not OK with feds
http://bit.ly/mRePr9
HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA
Home Depot displays deaf ear
http://bit.ly/jMEOZg
Punishment for blocking 'gay' adoptions
http://bit.ly/lPyKXz
HEALTH NEWS
Mosquitos Prefer Beer Drinkers
http://bit.ly/mngHeI
EVERIFY & IMMIGRATION NEWS
Alabama Legislature passes Arizona-style immigration bill
http://bit.ly/ihCS4u
Tennessee Legislature Passes "Non-Mandatory" E-Verify Law
http://bit.ly/lnivoo
Civil rights groups file lawsuit, challenging Georgia's new illegal immigration law
http://bit.ly/k7qvRM
Immigration: You can't rely on E-Verify
http://bit.ly/jufvlc
E-Verify and Common Sense
http://bit.ly/kzMR4Y
E-Verify ruling affirms burden on business
http://bit.ly/iMIvPm
North Carolina Bill Heats Up Immigration Debate
http://bit.ly/k5KSPA
Obama and Immigration
http://bit.ly/kltYlp
Drivers License Information to be added to Mississippi E-Verify
http://bit.ly/jZTXev
Supreme Court immigration law ruling renews push for mandatory E-Verify system
http://exm.nr/lnbEoF
Mississippi To Be Testing Ground for New Immigration Status Checks With Driver License Data
http://bit.ly/mHNDpL
Driver's data may be used to check workers' status
http://onforb.es/kVSsNO
Feds not helping SC find illegal workers
http://bit.ly/k3VOrD
High Court's Immigration Ruling Shines Light On 'E-Verify'
http://bit.ly/iTcBkq
Driver's data may be used to check workers' status
http://buswk.co/iRVwMo
Arizona immigration law ruling: You can't rely on E-Verify
http://lat.ms/iuVVZk
Driver's Data May be Used to Check Workers' Status
http://bit.ly/kOJryu
Potential Florida ramifications in Supreme Court ruling on E-Verify
http://bit.ly/kKwmmc
Tennessee Lawful Employment Act Requiring E-Verify Use by Employers Passes House
http://bit.ly/lWEhJW
Secure Communities program: A flawed deportation tool
http://lat.ms/ma4eGY
E-Verify Passes Tennessee House
http://wpln.org/?p=27120
Politicians sell out citizens for illegal aliens
http://bit.ly/kYjFO4
New Georgia law will require employers to use E-Verify
http://bit.ly/k8d5qi
States' immigration efforts fizzle
http://bit.ly/mAomi1
Louisiana and Pennsylvania Senates Pass Bills Requiring State Contractors to Use E-Verify
http://bit.ly/mOIm5f
The Truth About E-Verify
http://huff.to/kkoY9W
Mandatory E-Verify would harm the economy
http://bit.ly/kxOlYO
Immigration reform hot topic for state legislatures
http://bit.ly/mki6fe
PA Senate passes E-Verify plan for contractors
http://bit.ly/llVlmP
Supreme Court upholds Ariz. law punishing companies that hire illegal immigrants
http://wapo.st/jcF1C2
MORAL DECLINE
Wandering Toddler Prompts Parents' Arrests In Griswold
http://bit.ly/m8GQoS
Joplin, Mo: Shame On Cnn
http://bit.ly/mhNdTi
TV Executives Admit in Taped Interviews That Hollywood Pushes a Liberal Agenda
http://yhoo.it/kBfZAV
MADE IN THE USA
Rep. Fattah Calls on the President for an Order to Spur Domestic Manufacturing by Government Contractors
http://bit.ly/llbmc0
U.S. manufacturing economy heading in the wrong direction
http://bit.ly/k57mEL
9 Cars That Can Rebuild The American Auto Industry
http://bit.ly/lmhhu8
U.S. Manufacturer of NEX Toys Offers Contract Manufacturing Services
http://bit.ly/iBDIGN
Made in Connecticut: State Pushes for More Manufacturing Jobs
http://bit.ly/jVozPO
Middle class vulnerable to offshoring jobs
http://bit.ly/kaJhe7
Manufacturing renaissance probable?
http://bit.ly/jXGBaN
How Manufacturing Jobs Could Be Returning Home To The U.S.
http://read.bi/jQmRgw
The American Manufacturing Success Story: Writing the Next Chapter
http://bit.ly/m1PuKg
Stimulate manufacturing to boost jobs, NAM chief says
http://bit.ly/juHkiz
Olsen Twins Use Made-in-America Hook to Lure Wealthy Shoppers
http://bloom.bg/itFASq
Worries of Resurgent US Manufacturing Tanking Again Soon
http://bit.ly/jkY6kI
Youngstown News, Ryan, colleague launch website to aid rebirth of US manufacturing
http://bit.ly/j6fkFz
Outsourcing manufacturing hurts U.S.
http://bit.ly/iK9OGa
Is Michigan ready for manufacturing's comeback?
http://bit.ly/iD6iCY
Maine home to last US athletic shoemaker
http://bit.ly/jGjAgz
Bring back US's manufacturing power
http://bit.ly/mwx3oI
China To Lose Edge Over U.S. By 2016, Economist Says
http://bit.ly/lFHQbt
Buy Made in America Products
http://huff.to/ltXwfh
Make It in America: Rep. Tom Graves Becomes the Voice of Manufacturing
http://bit.ly/mJtC0x
Alaska is only state to avoid U.S. manufacturing decline
http://bit.ly/jslyNx
We can build it
http://bit.ly/joiP52
Keen On Home Grown U.S. Footwear Production
http://bit.ly/lw00n8
Homeland Security/OSHA Gov. Goons infiltrating US Manufacturing?
http://bit.ly/leAXRy
MAG begins U.S. manufacturing/sales of c-Si solar panel production lines with capacities up to 130 MWp
http://bit.ly/k1OU5p
HACKERS NEWS
In The Wake Of Weinergate, Hackers Weigh In On Twitter's Vulnerability To Hacking
http://huff.to/lpCRTE
Yahoo and hotmail are also targeted by spear phishing hackers
http://bit.ly/jTEFt5
Gmail hack underscores White House email risk
http://politi.co/iOvkwO
Hackers steal user data for 1 million Sony Pictures users
http://bit.ly/iwohyf
MI6 hackers replace bomb recipes with cake recipes
http://bit.ly/jCV9Aj
Gmail Hackers Phished Victims for Months
http://bit.ly/kfVJKn
Rsa secureid hackers are linked to a third military contractor hack
http://bit.ly/mJCULn
Hackers attack another Sony network, post data
http://reut.rs/lXn9Oe
Facebook Video Scam Infects Mac And Windows
http://wapo.st/jZnWT4
Amazon Cloud Might Be a Hacker Magnet
http://bit.ly/iPtrbg
Hackers stole secret Canadian government data
http://bit.ly/iInaCK
China Google hackers' goal: Spying on U.S. Govt.
http://bit.ly/jOec7Q
Hackers Target Social-Network Accounts
http://bit.ly/k88HD7
Internet insecurity: Once more unto the breach
http://econ.st/jzGLsa
Nude Photo Hackers Taunt Blake Lively, Release More Shots
http://fxn.ws/kvrTtt
Netizens speculate next target as hackers rule corporations world over
http://bit.ly/kBuxAp
Hackers quickly bypass Apple's malware defenses
http://bit.ly/ikiKbE
Google says hackers based in China accessed U.S. officials Gmail accounts
http://wapo.st/jBrNMv
China rejects Google allegation of massive hacking breach as fabrication
http://wapo.st/iAVZma
Cybersecurity becoming U.S. diplomatic priority
http://bit.ly/mt5oPM
PlayStation News: Hackers threaten more Sony online attacks
http://bit.ly/ksgryC
Pentagon Declares Cyber Hacks Acts of War
http://bit.ly/jM5IKt
Microsoft decides to take it easy on hackers
http://bit.ly/jwbZEB
Hackers Use Cloud Computing to Boost Firepower
http://bit.ly/ltTVdz
Will hardware hackers build hidden devices to distort news at Wi-Fi hotspots?
http://bit.ly/mSyQgE
Hackers are developing firefox scareware tricks
http://bit.ly/lhrCum
Hackers nab data on nearly 300,000 Canadian Honda owners
http://bit.ly/lL62qB
Hackers Break Into Fox News Feed, Accusing Network Of Trying to Kill Our Unions
http://bit.ly/msZ5Td
'Cyber attacks are an act of war': Pentagon to issue new rules against hackers'
http://bit.ly/j8BYJ5
Tenn. passes Web entertainment theft bill
http://bit.ly/kG3sAG
Hackers target IMF over Greece treatment
http://bit.ly/j8o1E0
Google Says It Uncovered Attempt to Steal Users Gmail Account Passwords
http://bloom.bg/inIjGG
Major weapons makers see networks breached by hackers
http://cnet.co/mSn9Vp
Lockheed, PBS Join Roster of Hacking Victims
http://on.wsj.com/iZbWzD
Hackers Hit U.S. Army Contractors
http://bit.ly/jo2NAX
Anthony Weiner: Hackers posted lewd photos on Twitter
http://politi.co/iqOD9W
Sony chief Stringer blindsided by hacker groups seeking revenge
http://bit.ly/kb6PRg
Why Can't Japanese Companies Keep Their Data Secure?
http://bit.ly/lAb4Hr
Winnipeg woman fends off 'scary' hacker
http://bit.ly/l6PQZZ
Porn Twittergate has Rep. Weiner hacked off
http://bit.ly/l8ILdk
The Trouble With E-Mail
http://nyti.ms/jaIvVP
PBS Website Hacked
http://bit.ly/kLgIhl
Lockheed Martin Network Suffers Security Breach
http://on.wsj.com/kb5mh5
Hackers hit U.S. defense contractors
http://bit.ly/iwJIDs
Hackers breached U.S. defense contractors
http://reut.rs/kPYyVR
The Price of Hackers, Spammers and Abuse: When Is It Too Much?
http://bit.ly/li3mMJ
State Officials Needn't Heed Feds Threats
http://bit.ly/iz45Ou
Honda Canada tells customers that hackers stole some personal data
http://bit.ly/lncVkA
Hackers release Mac Guard fake AV software as Apple releases OS X update
http://bit.ly/j0aZVq
How 'cookiejacking' could steal people's Facebook passwords
http://bit.ly/jAwQC6
Lockheed Martin: Cyber attack halted
http://on.msnbc.com/kReeHz
Hackers protesting Nigeria's budget, inauguration spending shut down gov't website
http://bit.ly/iNjm4n
State highway police website hacked
http://bit.ly/ikDwxi
Another Sony online database is hacked
http://bit.ly/iOuopW
Hacker Liability: How at Risk is Your Company?
http://bit.ly/lxIw4H
Hacker attack to cost Sony $172 million, almost as much as initial Japanese earthquake damage
http://lat.ms/iopOyp
Hackers creating fake boarding passes
http://bit.ly/kpkrub
Six Ways to Protect Yourself From Online Hackers
http://bit.ly/mHVas3
Hacked Canonical Tags: Coming Soon To A Website Near You?
http://bit.ly/kfUqcy
More sophisticated hackers mean we must be more alert
http://bit.ly/jd6dIY
Jude Law's High Court lawsuit against News of the World 'phone hackers' will be compensation test case
http://bit.ly/iK43yO
Norwegian military targeted by hackers
http://onforb.es/jvs9ci
Hackers hit Sony sites raising more security issues
http://reut.rs/lpGtnw
The hackers always win
http://cnet.co/jsj1yr
Hackers Infiltrate Sony So-net Subsidiary, Steal $1,125 in Points
http://bit.ly/jsMsHp
'I was destroyed by Murdoch's hackers,' says svengali
http://ind.pn/kTVybe
PlayStation Network users still under-threat as hackers have enough information to alter passwords
http://bit.ly/k7Gg8a
Meet This 14-Year-Old Self Taught Hacker
http://wapo.st/mH0CBK
Sony must secure networks, analysts say
http://bit.ly/l2b1Ef
LinkedIn slashes cookie lifespan after research exposes security flaws
http://bit.ly/lyReYz
Sony Hacked Again... and Again
http://bit.ly/m5NZoi
Hackers: 'Stupid Sony, so very stupid'
http://on.msnbc.com/jgbmam
Cyber-Hackers: Faster, Better Equipped Than You
http://bit.ly/j4RaJI
Sony Greek Website Is Latest To Be Hacked
http://onforb.es/jnPxTl
Firms learn they're never too small to be hit by cyber attack
http://lat.ms/j9D2Rc
Hackers target student group websites
http://bit.ly/mlp5VM
Sony's new security plan: so many flaws hackers tire before hitting them all
http://bit.ly/mHefIf
Don't be next Sony PlayStation - protect your customers data
http://bit.ly/kmWW49
LinkedIn 'vulnerable to to attack by hackers'
http://bit.ly/lE3lCj
Six new tricks from hackers
http://bit.ly/l8vhtY
Oklahoma City using SIEM to crack down on hackers
http://bit.ly/jHuvQV
Hackers Hit At Sony Sites
http://bit.ly/ljiwOX
America's Cyber Threat' serves as warning against invasive website hackers
http://nydn.us/lS6qR9
Sony Suspends Canada, Thai Web Pages as Cyber Attacks Spread
http://bloom.bg/it5ssh
Lesson Learned from Sony PSN Attack: Secure Your Log Data
http://bit.ly/mcIyR5
Microsoft latest security risk: 'Cookiejacking'
http://reut.rs/lrQ1I6
Unknown Facebook 'friend' may be hacker
http://on.msnbc.com/mFeiZJ
Macs a 'soft target' for viruses and hackers, security firms say
http://bit.ly/kuXm02
Microsoft finds 427K email addresses on knocked-out Rustock server
http://bit.ly/kBoX0q
Sony Music Japan, Sony Ericsson hacked
http://cnet.co/k8v7J6
Businesses most at risk from Web hackers
http://usat.ly/j6SNPu
Hackers Steal Hotmail Messages Thanks to Web Flaw
http://bit.ly/iRnOJT
Sony suffers hacker attack in Canada
http://bit.ly/m9Eq0g
Businesses most at risk from Web hackers
http://usat.ly/j6SNPu
Sony says hacker stole 2,000 records from Canadian site
http://bit.ly/iCqtSh
LinkedIn Faces Cookie Vulnerabilities
http://bit.ly/k0ZJpF
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
On Wednesday, the U.S. House ignored the wishes of millions of American voters and passed a do-nothing “Continuing Resolution” (CR) to fund the government for the next three weeks.
The CR now heads to the Senate for an expected vote on Thursday. Gun Owners of America has written Senate members to let them know of its opposition to that CR.
The first issue is ObamaCare. Republicans ran for election promising that they would repeal it -– or at least defund it. But it is increasingly apparent that some members of the leadership lack the courage to defund ObamaCare on the short-term CR … or on the long-term CR on April 8 … or on the debt limit.
So when, exactly, do they intend to show us that their word is worth the paper it is written on?
The problem for gun owners is that ObamaCare will allow the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives(ATF) to troll its health database for Americans who suffer from ailments such as PTSD –-millions of whom could find themselves subject to a gun ban under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4).
The second issue for us is that the three-week CR fails to include the Boren-Rehberg amendment, which would block efforts by the ATF to set up an illegal gun registry of multiple firearms sales.
Without defunding ObamaCare –- and without incorporating the Boren-Rehberg amendment -– this CR will continue to fund these unconstitutional activities, thereby endorsing them.
We are particularly sickened by cowards who are so afraid that Barack Obama will shut down his own administration that they are willing to allow him to dictate every provision in each CR.
ACTION: Contact your Senators and tell them to vote against the three-week CR.
Click here to use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send your legislator a pre-written e-mail message.
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? Corinthians I 1:20 (KJV)
DISASTER IN JAPAN
Obama Fiddles While Fukushima Burns
http://bit.ly/h4jxma
Japan warned over nuclear plants, WikiLeaks cables show
http://bit.ly/gcNeco
US Says Spent Fuel Rods Dry - Japan Says No - Radiation Surges
http://bit.ly/h4Gbdy
Heroic Fukushima 50 Battle Radiation Crisis - Walking Dead?
http://bit.ly/hFceRb
Operators Order Workers Back InTo Fukushima Plant After Radiation 'Drops'
http://bit.ly/hhdwRS
Plutonium threat at Japan reactor, expert warns
http://cnet.co/euLIiX
Radiation levels spike, death toll rises
http://bit.ly/hQi0fJ
Good news from Japan for local people
http://bit.ly/eGnWcU
Toyota will match American workers' donations for quake relief
http://bit.ly/eri4Mm
POLICE STATE NEWS
Dad of gas-soaked stun gun victim sues Pa. police
http://on.msnbc.com/gnFy3T
Salem MA: Police, state warn about 'rolling roadblocks'
http://bit.ly/hmFcNB
FL: Senate Will Reinstate E-Verify Requirement
http://bit.ly/gIwg6E
TSA admits bungle as tests on body scanners show TEN times more radiation than expected - OOPS Sorry
http://bit.ly/gk2UbV
Baby girl in NJ kept away from mother for five years after she refused to sign C-section consent form
http://bit.ly/h76eSK
Progressive Insurance to start pushing tracking devices - How long until mandatory?
http://bit.ly/ffXu0i
Egypt ponders how to deal with police snoops who spied on their fellows
http://bit.ly/f723Tg
Miami police buy military drone that can see into houses
http://bit.ly/eV3z8M
Internet user arrested for linking to other websites
http://bit.ly/hvftAt
Are the Real Criminals the ones operating Police CCTV?
http://bit.ly/fH1Gl3
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
Does Rep. Aderholt Support or Oppose Having a National ID?
http://bit.ly/gOsOHs
Feds delay Real ID requirements
http://bit.ly/gUhVMD
Six Indicted For Conspiring To Purchase And Issue Unlawful TN Driver's Licenses
http://bit.ly/hw06ZH
State wins delay of 'Real ID' driver's license program
http://bit.ly/e5CH91
Man sentenced for buying driver's license
http://bit.ly/ifVTaz
DHS Extends REAL ID Act Deadline Again
http://bit.ly/gWcOLB
NAFTA IN THE NEWS
Canada's NAFTA two-step
http://bit.ly/hpMCRJ
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
White House wants new copyright law crackdown
http://cnet.co/fUDLmm
John Feffer: The Age of Activism
http://huff.to/fXZxFV
US backing for One World Currency stuns markets
http://bit.ly/17QQda
ACTION ALERT: Contact your Senators and tell them to vote against the three-week CR
http://bit.ly/eoCVWl
Energy independence - a national priority
http://bit.ly/fNe0lh
ECONOMIC NEWS
Prices go down but jobs leave
http://bit.ly/fSv9bJ
Data security in demand, pays well
http://bit.ly/hplSKO
New GA solar module plant to create 350 jobs
http://bit.ly/fnk8GF
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
VA: DMV Experiences Licensing Outage
http://bit.ly/gA0WJS
Give Schweitzer credit for resisting federal intrusion
http://bit.ly/dUyevq
National REAL ID Program Delayed
http://bit.ly/f72NFD
DMV Investigator Runs Red and Causes Accident
http://bit.ly/fExBnD
Parts of economy that have beat Great Recession Economic Report
http://bit.ly/gt19GM
Gasoline cost to jump $700 for average household
http://reut.rs/i2THAL
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Indiana Elections Chief Charged with Voter Fraud
http://bit.ly/gllyKC
2012 Presidential Race: A Principled American for Our Republic
http://bit.ly/gqw12D
Maine town becomes first to declare food sovereignty
http://bit.ly/hq8LFm
Eric Holder: Black Panther case focus demeans 'my people'
http://politi.co/eUuf43
Holder: Whites Can't Be Victims of Racial Injustice Because They Haven't Suffered Enough
http://politi.co/eUuf43
CHRISTIANITY NEWS
Freedom from Religion goes after senior citizens
http://bit.ly/hidxfF
An opportunity to convey the vision of Christ's love
http://bit.ly/ihFiHl
Christianity becomes a 'qualified' right
http://bit.ly/feckME
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Head Start Fails Children
http://bit.ly/f8SZtL
HEALTH NEWS
Absorbing chlorinated water 'a cancer risk'
http://bit.ly/hvBwgL
How the War on Obesity Went Pear-Shaped
http://bit.ly/eeFTA1
FDA works to avert cancer drug shortage
http://bit.ly/fvI2Es
FDA to oversee J&J plants after flood of recalls - Who's overseeing the FDA?
http://reut.rs/ebOGu3
USDA Backs Production of Rice With Human Genes - Thanks for looking out for our health USDA
http://wapo.st/bvEy90
MADE IN THE USA
Menendez Leads Bi-Partisan Fight to Protect 300 Shirt Manufacturing Jobs in Newark and Perth Amboy
http://bit.ly/fllHZk
Smithsonian pledges to open an American merchandise shop
http://wapo.st/hH1jue
U.S. Trade Deficit Soars, Led by China, Manufacturing, and High-Tech Goods
http://bit.ly/gbkjxR
Can China compete with American manufacturing?
http://ti.me/fDuzvJ
US: Longshot founders back local manufacturing: Apparel and textile news & analysis
http://bit.ly/i1528w
U.S. Manufacturing Can Return To Global Leadership Status
http://bit.ly/hyCTne
Take Five: Economist seeing self-sustaining recovery in U.S.
http://bit.ly/gmSPN4
Former Maytag workers feel betrayed by the 'American Dream'
http://bit.ly/gewZe6
ABORTION NEWS
Funding measure omits pro-life amendment
http://bit.ly/dJvBoy
EUTHANASIA
Infant rescued from Canadian hospital
http://bit.ly/eJ61Ml
IMMIGRATION NEWS
Don't look now! Amnesty is back
http://bit.ly/f9ZCtR
Letter to Americans for Legal Immigration in Regards to Utah Bill HB 116
http://1.usa.gov/htZiZa
House of Representatives Definition of "Natural Born Citizen" = Born of citizen "parents" in the US
http://bit.ly/gpiHDw
Those born of non-citizen parents may not be eligible for POTUS
http://bit.ly/f1SQTj
HACKER NEWS
Twitter turns on HTTPS to counter hackers
http://bit.ly/fWU0ip
Hackers learn new trick to duck Firefox, Chrome anti-phishing measures
http://bit.ly/g7ZpMk
McKinnons case goes to the Lords after pleas from hackers mother
http://bit.ly/faBukX
Bank of America Unit Tried to Hide Foreclosure Information, Hackers Say
http://nyti.ms/eVmoYI
Hackers Take Advantage of IE MHTML Weakness
http://bit.ly/fajbVv
News of the World alleged to have paid hackers
http://bit.ly/hamYZn
Louis Vuitton Attack
http://bit.ly/hQbjoE
Hackers to release Bank of America 'fraud' emails
http://bit.ly/guJ2Ov
Hackers caught cheating in virtual stock market game
http://cnet.co/fslRUI
Hackers worry power industry
http://bit.ly/eWXauY
Hackers circulate spam using fake Japan quake videos on Facebook
http://bit.ly/hzghz1
Twitter Settles With Feds Over 2009 Obama Hack
http://bit.ly/f1YdT5
Businesses have recourse when hackers strike
http://bit.ly/dU8oaf
Chinese hackers hijack Google security tool - Corrupting the Android coppers
http://bit.ly/fABDfu
Point Scam Costs Microsoft $1.2 Million
http://bit.ly/i5KJ1S
Making sport of browser security, hackers topple IE, Safari
http://bit.ly/gsbLcK
Hackers quietly looting firms
http://bit.ly/gSte0s
Hackers Exploit BlackBerry 6 WebKit Browser Steal Contacts and Images!
http://bit.ly/dS8Vtv
VoIP Hacker vs. VoIP Server Honeypots
http://bit.ly/fZ0j2O
MORAL DECLINE
Two charged with suffocation murder of Texas pastor
http://bit.ly/eWYeW6
Help us pass the
“Read the Bills Act” (RTBA)
You can read the text of RTBA by clicking the Background tab above, or you can start by reading a summary of the legislation below. Following that summary is a description of our strategy for passing RTBA, and then a call to action.
Part 1: What RTBA does and why
Most Congressmen are lawyers, and many others are businessmen. They know what “fiduciary responsibility” is. For Members of Congress, fiduciary responsibility means reading each word of every bill before they vote.
But Congress has not met this duty for a long time. Instead . . .
* They carelessly pass mammoth bills that none of them have read. Sometimes printed copies aren't even available when they vote!
* Often no one knows what these bills contain, or what they really do, or what they will really cost.
* Additions and deletions are made at the last minute, in secrecy.
* They combine unpopular proposals with popular measures that few in Congress want to oppose. (This practice is called “log-rolling.”)
* And votes are held with little debate or public notice.
* Oh, and once these bills are passed, and one of these unpopular proposals comes to light, they pretend to be shocked. “How did that get in there?” they say.
There's a basic principle at stake here. America was founded on the slogan, “No taxation without representation.” A similar slogan applies to this situation:
“No LEGISLATION without representation.”
We hold this truth to be self-evident, that those in Congress who vote on legislation they have not read, have not represented their constituents. They have misrepresented them.
And since Congress has repeatedly committed “legislation without representation,” strong measures to prohibit these Congressional misrepresentations are both justified and required.
To this end we have created the “Read the Bills Act (RTBA).” RTBA requires that . . .
* Each bill, and every amendment, must be read in its entirety before a quorum in both the House and Senate.
* Every member of the House and Senate who plans to vote in the affirmative – to vote for tax increases, for spending bills, for the retention or creation of programs, in support of laws and regulations – must sign a sworn affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that he or she has attentively either personally read, or heard read, the complete bill to be voted on.
* Every old law coming up for renewal under the sunset provisions must also be read according to the same rules that apply to new bills.
* Every bill to be voted on must be published on the Internet at least 7 days before a vote, and Congress must give public notice of the date when a vote will be held on that bill.
* Passage of a bill that does not abide by these provisions will render the measure null and void, and establish grounds for the law to be challenged in court.
* Congress cannot waive these requirements.
The effects of these provisions will be profound . . .
* Congress will have to slow down. This means the pace of government growth will also slow.
* Bills will shrink, be less complicated, and contain fewer subjects, so that Congress will be able to endure hearing them read.
* Fewer bad proposals will be passed due to “log-rolling.”
* No more secret clauses will be inserted into bills at the last moment.
* Government should shrink as old laws reach their sunset date, and have to be read for the first time before they can be renewed.
And all of these things will enable a larger DownsizeDC.org to more effectively lobby Congress for small government.
Part 2: Our Strategy for passing RTBA
Our plan for passing this legislation is simple, but powerful.
* We have submitted a copy of RTBA to every member of Congress.
* We are asking every member of the House and Senate to sponsor this legislation and work for its passage.
* We are mounting a campaign to recruit thousands, and perhaps millions of Americans to lobby Congress to support RTBA.
* We are promoting this campaign with a variety of tactics, from Internet networking, to media interviews, to whatever it takes.
* We will run targeted radio ads, letting citizens know that their Congressman is failing to support this badly needed reform.
The need for this reform is so self-evident that nearly every person in America should support it, and few oppose it. We see no reason why we should not be able to overwhelm Congress with calls to pass this legislation.
* We dare Congress not to pass it. The more they resist, the larger and stronger we will grow.
* We dare anyone to challenge it in Court. The more the lobbyists attempt to defeat this reform, the larger and stronger we will grow.
* We dare the Courts to declare it un-Constitutional. If they do, we will grow larger and stronger as a result — probably big enough to begin a campaign to amend the Constitution to forbid “LEGISLATION without representation.”
There is simply no reason that any normal, tax-paying American should oppose RTBA. And the more the “powers that be” resist these reforms, the larger and stronger we will grow.
We win either way. And thus, we believe, we will win in the end.
Part 3: A Call to Action
You can help pass RTBA. All you have to do is register to use our easy Electronic Lobbyist system and send a message to your Representative and your Senators asking them to pass RTBA. Registering to use our system will also enable you to lobby Congress on other issues, and to receive our free email newsletter, Downsizer-Dispatch. This free email newsletter will keep you posted on progress with RTBA and other Downsize DC lobbying campaigns. To send your message to Congress in support of RTBA click here.
Thank you.
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (KJV)
IN THE NEWS
OBAMA NATION
A 2200 calorie White House meal? Michelle Obama accused of hypocrisy
http://bit.ly/gGm0ZX
Gov. Chris Christie has backed Mrs Obama's anti-obesity campaign - Does this mean he's going on a diet too?
http://bit.ly/gybjeI
Mike Huckabee Gains 25 Lbs - Lay off those Big Mac's Mr. H
http://aol.it/38P8bH
POLICE STATE NEWS
Training for the Police-State
http://bit.ly/gWi6wD
TSA-Friendly Sneakers Cash In on Security Theater
http://bit.ly/hgA83W
TSA screenings prompt cries of police state tactics
http://wapo.st/h24ZNB
Smile Patriots, You're On Big Brothers Crime Cameras
http://bit.ly/fFlzVA
Putting The Screws On Internet Security: Will There Be Cyber Cops?
http://bit.ly/egtzyZ
Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators
http://bit.ly/i6ZPsp
America's Total Surveillance Society
http://bit.ly/hHDF7w
New York City Council determined to pass police state pregnancy center gag law next week
http://bit.ly/fVxbGc
Pomona College: Police State?
http://bit.ly/fVDWCB
Indiana deputy AG fired after he urged police to 'use live ammunition' on protesters
http://bit.ly/efWRIT
Food Shortages In East Libya Imminent
http://bit.ly/dHppF9
US doctors used citizens as guinea pigs - Of Course This All Stopped in the Fifties - Yeah Right
http://bit.ly/f28ViN
China again cracks down on planned protests across country
http://bit.ly/gjjXWN
China puts on a show of force to block rally
http://on.msnbc.com/eMlGla
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
Real ID act goes into effect on May 11 - Only It Doesn't Really
http://bit.ly/edvipL
REAL ID Drivers License Deadline for States Postponed Until 2013
http://bit.ly/hOPBzQ
REAL ID Law Now Delayed a Third Time
http://bit.ly/i3xQ6p
Letter: DMV won't accept retired military ID
http://bit.ly/ev4lOz
Is the REAL ID Rebellion Coming to Florida?
http://bit.ly/gN71Pd
House Republicans Push Obama Administration to Implement National ID System
http://aol.it/gd0mTk
Lawmakers spar over REAL ID extension
http://bit.ly/iaDfVp
Terror Arrest Does Not Justify REAL ID Revival
http://bit.ly/gOIO0L
House Republicans attempt to revive Real ID
http://cnet.co/e0QwHL
Spread the truth and defund the Real ID Act
http://bit.ly/dJ3Aop
IA:House committee rejects U.S. requirement for REAL ID
http://bit.ly/gKpc47
The saving grace of federalism
http://bit.ly/eWP6MT
Increase for DMV Fees Passes WV Senate
http://bit.ly/ffmfGS
License Plates for Bicycles Whats Next: the Bureau of Big Wheels?!!!?
http://bit.ly/gwhSVn
Sentencing rescheduled in DMV fraud case
http://bit.ly/i5UmNz
WISCONSIN PROTESTS
State Rep. in Wisconsin Tackled to the Ground By Police
http://bit.ly/dF4wjj
Wisconsin governor tells absent senators: Return or 1,500 get laid off
http://bit.ly/eNffd3
Democrats defiant in the face of arrest
http://bit.ly/f7ipRW
Wisconsin Protestors Claim Victory after...
http://bit.ly/faCI7s
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Ohio sets stage for national union-rights fight
http://yhoo.it/fvNIaN
Obama's views on Islam affect energy policy
http://bit.ly/hDpuQg
ATF Allows Flow of Guns Into Mexico
http://bit.ly/htaKN5
Fla. high court: Governor can reject rail funding
http://bit.ly/fgqgnm
Rep. Kris E. Roberts: Rejecting federal aid will destroy New Hampshire
http://bit.ly/i0jz39
Reminder: President Obama isn't a Supreme Court justice
http://bit.ly/fl7xl1
House approves rule for 1099 repeal
http://bit.ly/f240Qd
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Ted Kennedy rented entire brothel in Chile
http://bit.ly/f2NivE
Waste throws wrench into Los Angeles community colleges' massive project
http://lat.ms/huVcxS
Fraternal Order of Police Expresses Support for Wisconsin Protesters
http://bit.ly/fRhQ0u
Wausau firefighters, cops join massive gathering in Madison
http://bit.ly/fLCXbU
Wisconsin police union joins protesters in statehouse
http://bit.ly/f3lOBH
Senator manages to avoid arrest after fight with jealous girlfriend thanks to 'legislative immunity'
http://bit.ly/gwatGE
Nullification bills fail on House floor
http://bit.ly/gMwI3x
Montana Legislators Stick Up for the Constitution
http://bit.ly/ewTj96
Vicious Attack On Rightmarch President William Greene At Tea Party Protest
http://bit.ly/gf5b7h
ECONOMIC NEWS
Men are biggest losers in U.S. economic downturn
http://bit.ly/huCvFP
Oil Price Shock; You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
http://bit.ly/eHxCSE
HEALTH NEWS
US Pediatric Influenza Deaths Spike Higher In Week 8 Report
http://bit.ly/hgxqAu
Court overturns order to destroy GM sugar beets - Don't Buy Sugar Beets Until They Are Non-GMO
http://bit.ly/e5qXSb
1 in 4 cancer cases missed: GPs send away alarming number of patients, delaying vital treatment
http://bit.ly/fct2za
MORAL DECLINE
Police: Woman on bath salts injures child
http://bit.ly/eG8G4v
Stroke victim has feeding tube removed and left to starve to death because she has no health insurance
http://bit.ly/eAXO2O
Sacked Indian workers burn factory boss in his car
http://bit.ly/fIaEyo
MADE IN THE USA
Service Robots: Rise of the Machines (Again)
http://buswk.co/fmE3Y4
U.S. Manufacturing: Innovation or Bust
http://bit.ly/i6QW0v
Bringing back jobs from offshore to revive American manufacturing
http://bit.ly/g23Dth
ISM U.S. Manufacturing Index Shows Unexpected Increase In February
http://bit.ly/fiyuyS
U.S. manufacturing up, but costs climb
http://bit.ly/fQYxOC
Testimony and Then Questions About Manufacturing in America
http://bit.ly/eKGVwJ
Is U.S. Manufacturing Dead?
http://bit.ly/eqGqSX
What Will America Make & What Does Make Mean?
http://bit.ly/fxA1h3
Manufacturing thriving in north central Ohio
http://bit.ly/gM2SAZ
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Gmail Reset Erases Messages? Users Report All Emails DELETED
http://huff.to/h0GRfa
CHRISTIANITY NEWS
Expect anti-Christian discrimination to 'ramp up' in U.S.
http://bit.ly/g1Lfmt
HOMOESEXUAL AGENDA
Patience not a homosexual virtue
http://bit.ly/hTSwkc
House will defend DOMA
http://bit.ly/gMWYOB
HACKER NEWS
AOL Seeking IT Security Chief
http://bit.ly/fvSCjg
Anonymous hackers declare war on corporate execs, military officials who target WikiLeaks
http://nydn.us/hRCf2Y
WordPress under hacker attack
http://bit.ly/hbhTG9
Phone hackers rack up $10K bill
http://bit.ly/hnAaaz
Virus experts warn next big threat is to mobile phones
http://bit.ly/gkjeXk
Is Starbucks a Sweet Spot for Hackers Looking to Steal Identities?
http://bit.ly/gmfHES
DHS: Computer hackers a top concern for homeland security
http://lat.ms/gfBlOv
The best Web security against hackers and spammers: advanced math!
http://lat.ms/efkMHa
More Foreign Companies Fall Victim to Hacks Originating from China
http://bit.ly/ehY0vf
Online adverts booby-trapped with malware by hackers
http://bit.ly/hoE1ID
5 tax security strategies for small business
http://bit.ly/eZsliu
Australian ATMs gives out 'free' money
http://bit.ly/hNX0Hj
Thousands of home computers infiltrated after hackers infect high-profile websites with booby-trapped ads
http://bit.ly/eOcjjT
Schumer asks Twitter, Yahoo, Amazon to adopt HTTPS
http://bit.ly/gOy2nf
How To Protect Your Facebook Fanpage From Hackers
http://bit.ly/fEu9RU
Google, Mozilla Patch Browsers Before Pwn2Own Hacker Contest
http://bit.ly/hQyxAD
PC fraudsters pose as microsoft windows employees
http://bit.ly/eLwy4h
Ashton Kutcher's Twitter Account Gets Punk'd
http://bit.ly/hzua8S
Ashton's 'kudos' for Twitter hacker
http://bit.ly/feoPkJ
Infected Android app runs up big texting bills
http://bit.ly/hUBxzS
Rules keep hackers from helping government, ex DHS head says
http://bit.ly/e3tsBj
Morgan Stanley hit by China-based hackers
http://bit.ly/fQTwwW
Morgan Stanley Attacked by China-Based Hackers Who Hit Google
http://bloom.bg/hVyIm5
Hacked Android App Makes Crooks Cash With Silent Texts
http://aol.it/gmbD2R
Reputed ATandT Hacker Makes Bail, Released
http://bit.ly/gQSQmk
Computer Expert: US Was Behind Stuxnet Virus
http://bit.ly/fhtSBd
Schumer to urge Web providers to boost security
http://on.wsj.com/e5C5qa
Kuwait Hackers hijack several Israeli websites
http://bit.ly/eiw3Eu
Sen. Chuck Schumer calls on Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more to beef up protection from hackers
http://nydn.us/iauyDI
Hackers exploit Libyan unrest to target human rights groups
http://bit.ly/eVt5GB
Enable Facebook encryption to thwart hackers
http://bit.ly/eNXmJB
Does hacker insurance make your business a bigger liability?
http://bit.ly/e99Qms
Has your smartphone been hacked?
http://bit.ly/h9Q1aM
Hackers Vs. Billionaires: Anonymous Takes Down Koch-Supported Websites Amid WI Protests
http://bit.ly/g0aPOI
'Anonymous' Hackers Take Down Koch Brothers-Backed Americans For Prosperity Website
http://huff.to/gqfrwM
Hacker writes easy-to-use Mac Trojan
http://bit.ly/eQW2kH
MORE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WEIRDNESS
Why Was Stephen Colbert Wearing an 'Anonymous' Mask?
http://bit.ly/fPbaFR
While the media tries to cover its tracks in presenting the Arizona shooter as a right wing tea party conservative, the real details are coming out and it isn't a pretty picture.
He obviously has some mental issues and his day in court will not come soon enough for the victims and their families in AZ.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords who is still in critical condition and with the family of Federal Judge John Roll, Nine Year Old Christina Green, and the families of the other victims.
I have been to many political events and have seen people getting vicious and hateful even threatening but it was never the conservatives instigating it.
Events like this one may cause conservatives to shy away in fear that if they speak up, they will be looked at as a target or they may be looked at as a suspect if their view is in opposition of the elected representative who is speaking.
We must always remain vigilant while attending these types of events to make certain their are no left wing extremists inciting violence or anyone else for that matter.
Yes our nation has gone in a direction that the majority of Americans do not like, but the answer to the problems in is the voting booth and through the use of civil dialogue.
The 2010 mid term elections proved that we can get the "change" we want without even raising our voices.
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Matthew 5:44 (KJV)
IN THE NEWS
MASS SHOOTING NEWS
Eyewitness “Shooter Was Ready For War!” He Had More Magazines & Attempted To Load One
http://bit.ly/hehE35
Facts of Shooter’s Political Beliefs Do Not Match Liberal Talking Points
http://bit.ly/hSx2hC
Another Tragedy Vulture Exploits Victims To Push Political Agenda To Kill Free Speech
http://bit.ly/hmM6kT
New York Democrat Wastes No Time In Exploiting Tragedy To Introduce Gun Control Bill
http://politi.co/e6csDy
Classy Father Of 9-Year-Old Victim: Don’t Exploit My Daughter’s Death To Revoke Freedoms
http://bit.ly/gBQslM
Leftists Attack Parents Of Murdered 9-Year-Old
http://bit.ly/eExjrm
Packages Explode in Two Md. State Buildings
http://bit.ly/eUslGJ
CHRISTIANITY NEWS
Prayer could alter court's decision
http://bit.ly/eC3IPd
NK keeping heavy thumb on Christians
http://bit.ly/etgQ1a
MORE DEAD ANIMALS
Are mass animal deaths a precursor to human experiments?
http://bit.ly/hrE4Qx
Why ARE thousands of birds falling from the sky?
http://bit.ly/dTnGej
100s of dead birds found in Nashville area
http://bit.ly/gBXGzs
Now It's Dead Doves Falling From Sky in Italy
http://aol.it/hyznyQ
Thousands of dead fish wash up on Folly Beach
http://bit.ly/eGQpsZ
ANOTHER Avian Die Off, Kentucky
http://bit.ly/hO0CHN
'Very large' fish kill reported in bay
http://bit.ly/dFmr4Q
10,000s of Birds found dead in Manitoba
http://bit.ly/fg7mob
OBAMA NATION
Chicago on the Potomac
http://bit.ly/fhaq3k
Repeal not a done deal
http://bit.ly/efPi3b
OBAMA CARE
Will House repeal ObamaCare? - Probably Not But They Will Put On a Good Show
http://bit.ly/gprMyW
'End-of-life options' = death panels
http://bit.ly/f86ltZ
Democrats mount new sales pitch for health-care law
http://wapo.st/fRPTnk
ObamaCare Repeal Propaganda
http://yhoo.it/h6mqYF
Oregon Prepares For Medicare Explosion In 2011
http://bit.ly/e0tewH
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Muslim group sues critic over website's name
http://bit.ly/hrKGX2
U.S. to Open Consumer Product Safety Commission Office in China - Hey that's Great
http://on.wsj.com/hFZvyE
Database for consumer complaints to launch
http://bit.ly/gJSVPG
America's operating manual
http://bit.ly/hNAxEy
The trouble with truce-calling
http://bit.ly/gskrJc
Oversight chairman just doing his job
http://bit.ly/eu0m9N
Push for budget-balancing legislation
http://bit.ly/e2ogzJ
Media favors Dems, no matter the cost
http://bit.ly/hhvIfH
'Telemed' abortions not welcome in Nebraska
http://bit.ly/gMiTE8
Where Did The Sheriff Go?
http://bit.ly/dNGOqY
Facebook-style party picture haunts Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack 4 years later
http://bit.ly/if5mh7
States trying to deny U.S. citizenship
http://usat.ly/fP0XOA
New documents: Hitler-mocking dog enraged Nazis
http://yhoo.it/gVr37B
Chinese 'hiding military build-up'
http://bit.ly/fqzsg3
China: Be Careful What You Wish For
http://bit.ly/dPbbg2
Elizabeth Edwards leaves husband John out of will
http://bit.ly/g3BPNz
Your Ticket to Freedom - Reader Commentary
http://bit.ly/fDz52O
Surviving The New World Nightmare
http://bit.ly/ei9Vkm
Tea Party Preps to Battle Over Constitution
http://bit.ly/i48XrV
RNC Candidates: We Heart Fighting Voter Fraud
http://bit.ly/gPNVJy
POLICE STATE NEWS
No more passwords? Obama considers Internet ID for Americans in bid to boost web security
http://bit.ly/gIsIbK
Internet Identity System Said Readied by Obama Administration
http://bit.ly/ebClsu
Russia: A Police State For The 21st Century
http://bit.ly/hE2b7G
America's Next Failure: the Police State
http://bit.ly/hbwOAl
'Big Sister' Continues Push for Suspicious Activity Program
http://huff.to/gmIMBw
GPS device keeps track of kids at ski school
http://yhoo.it/iegzjs
Utah's $1.5 billion cyber-security center under way
http://bit.ly/gGPGbE
Dallas-area law enforcement officers gather to thwart ID theft - How About We Stop Giving out our SSN #'s
http://bit.ly/eMedAO
Florida Professor Arrested for Having a "Suspicious" Bagel on a Plane
http://bit.ly/g8YxYR
Woman Arrested After Trying To Return Wallet
http://bit.ly/dRmWLa
CA Court Rules Smartphones Can Be Searched Without A Warrant
http://bit.ly/fFkiNe
Lewis: Touched by an agent
http://bit.ly/hEizqU
Big Sis Responds In Lawsuit To Suspend TSA Scanners
http://bit.ly/hzT8aQ
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
MO: Non-English driver tests questioned
http://bit.ly/gT0PA5
Social Security Numbers How Thieves Can Guess Yours
http://yhoo.it/ibUVBM
Another DMV wait: Production problems delay new California drivers licenses
http://bit.ly/hr55sX
Up to 6 week delay for new Calif driver's licenses
http://bit.ly/eggzRo
Production Problems Delay New California Driver Licenses
http://bit.ly/fOpHGE
Fix the DMV, Raise Trust in Government.
http://bit.ly/fZeWxa
Dangerous fugitive gets fake REAL ID COMPLIANT Florida license
http://bit.ly/ezpK94
North Carolina DMV ~ Why Are They So Angry?
http://bit.ly/emwzc5
Evolution of the identity credential - NUT Job Thinks Chips Should Be added to ID’s
http://bit.ly/hzuDqc
Computer problems affect some Va DMV branches
http://bit.ly/gcpGS4
NJ man gets prison for stealing $1.7M from NY DMV
http://bit.ly/eZSAK9
Internet Cannibalism Joke Lost On Virginia DMV
http://bit.ly/hTGvgI
ECONOMIC NEWS
Food skyrockets to highest prices ever
http://bit.ly/gmbgQK
Bernanke: 4-5 years to reach normal unemployment
http://yhoo.it/gKamRd
Don’t Sweat $3.50 Per Gallon Gas - UMM YEAH RIGHT!
http://yhoo.it/eHgJ3A
Permanent Debt Bondage From America's Student Loan Racket
http://bit.ly/eL0cvi
Beyond Ted Williams: homelessness and second chances
http://yhoo.it/ggWqfX
MORAL DECLINE
'Real Life. Real Talk' a real problem
http://bit.ly/fHLL5h
Couple W/3 Sons Abort Twin Boys Conceived with IVF - Will try again for a girl as 1st daughter died - Revolting
http://bit.ly/e3XA1p
The uncomfortable truth about mind control: Is free will simply a myth?
http://ind.pn/ibqRh5
IRS agent faces 9 years for cheating on his taxes
http://fxn.ws/icya3P
Wife of email 'hacker' speaks out: 'I was so violated, it just wasn't right' - Give me a Break
http://bit.ly/hb2nLM
Inmate who killed teen murder witness found dead at ACI
http://bit.ly/ihtt8N
HEALTH NEWS
Government Recommends Lowering Fluoride Levels in U.S. Drinking Water
http://bit.ly/fbsj7A
GPs told to use old swine flu vaccines as UK death toll hits 50
http://bit.ly/h08MMW
HHS and EPA will recommend lower fluoride levels in water supply
http://lat.ms/gTjFOE
Fluoride Side Effects & Dangers
http://bit.ly/hC7J5K
The USDA’s Organic Deception
http://farmwars.info/?p=4913
Now New York faces an invasion of RATS as garbage bags pile up after snow chaos
http://bit.ly/fIYTqC
IMMIGRATION NEWS
ALIPAC: Napolitano must go
http://bit.ly/gne1gS
HACKER NEWS
Hackers can use SMS messages to attack cell phones
http://bit.ly/fdwPTN
Google Bangladesh site hacked
http://bit.ly/emJwXU
S. Korean hackers trade cyber blows with N. Korea
http://bit.ly/hj5E6j
Video Poker Hackers Charged
http://bit.ly/e4pMLd
Public Wi-fi a Hotspot For Hackers
http://bit.ly/hCWt6L
Hacked iTunes Accounts Being Sold
http://bit.ly/ex9ecS
Hackers steal voters' data in Fine Gael website raid
http://bit.ly/er5Qyh
US demands Dutch hackers Twitter details
http://bit.ly/eifg1i
Hackers make Kinect porn game and Xbox users blame Kinect
http://bit.ly/fqnlSN
Internet hackers attack Kenya's Treasury
http://bit.ly/dRyK7O
Writers' site targeted by hackers
http://bit.ly/g0z3qg
Readers react to student's hacked Internet bill
http://bit.ly/e4bGDh
Hackers Steal Thousands of iTunes Accounts, Sell Them in China
http://aol.it/hazmvs
FBI: Man who says he hacked Miley arrested
http://on.today.com/fTwQnN
Flaw opens Microsoft Windows users to hackers
http://bit.ly/hT01AU
Fake White House holiday e-mail is cyber attack
http://bit.ly/hOwrua
Computer hackers target military, government workers to steal documents
http://bit.ly/e2CNbd
Cell network banking OK for PC but not phone
http://bit.ly/iamNoG
FBI searches a Dallas server used in Wikileaks-inspired PayPal online attack
http://bit.ly/h0cndv
Hackers, Insiders Behind Most Identity Theft
http://bit.ly/fA7yX0
Hackers Shut Down IL State Website
http://bit.ly/igOCEe
DHS goes after Vietnamese hackers, identity thieves
http://bit.ly/i46mQW
Microsoft, Google Clash Over IE 0-Day Leaked to Chinese Hackers
http://bit.ly/hkytNN
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Bizarre last sighting of top White House aide found murdered and dumped in landfill
http://bit.ly/g2mwpZ
FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS
Bush ally backs Mack for U.S. Senate in 2012
http://bit.ly/hv5vn9
CHRISTIANITY NEWS
Thou Art Wretched And Miserable
http://bit.ly/gA2Klc
A Nation of truth Rejectors
http://bit.ly/hQYBrU
Feds' rhetoric imperils Christian values, beliefs
http://bit.ly/fkkTtj
'Slap in the face' of vets' families
http://bit.ly/hPpWTL
Top Ten Anti-Christian Events in 2010
http://bit.ly/fMlDa4
"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.
And please share this good news with your friends. Share this on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/downsizedc
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)
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HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA
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OBAMA NATION
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POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
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Prof: Hispanics should replace 'old white men'
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POLICE STATE NEWS
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U.S. UPS scrutiny of public
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U.S. Collecting Information About Americans To Strengthen FBI Investigations
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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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Professors: TSA scanners simple to dupe
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iPhone snitch network launched
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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
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TSA Too Busy Groping, Perving, Playing God To Notice Guns And Bombs
http://bit.ly/fM4Mf0
The CIA secretly agreed to pay $5 million to shield the architects of its waterboarding programme
http://bit.ly/fj8KI2
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
http://reut.rs/hgHtnV
L.A. dry run shows urban nuke attack ‘a survivable event’
http://usat.ly/gaBAWx
Austin Joins Rebellion Against Naked Body Scanners
http://bit.ly/g3wjre
Warrant needed to snoop on your emails, court finally rules
http://bit.ly/eVEdc8
New Jersey looks to ban TSA searches
http://bit.ly/fa8iKY
‘Birther’ Faces 18 Months in Prison for Refusing Deployment to Afghanistan
http://abcn.ws/e03ldj
New high-tech licenses slow down DMV delivery
http://bit.ly/fmSRbw
Trimming the Powers of the Federal Police Stat
http://bit.ly/fBbDw7
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http://bit.ly/fdUvIT
Police Arrested Twelve Year Old Boy for Refusing Vaccine at School
http://bit.ly/g8G6kH
Texans Against Tar Sands - Canadian Company Taking Peoples land in TX
http://on.fb.me/fU6QkJ
Dalton McGuinty's police state: Blizzard
http://bit.ly/dQqgdY
The Potential Cost Of Speaking Out
http://bit.ly/hJJxlY
Activist Calls Wal-Mart: Everyone is a Suspect, The Wal-Mart – DHS Connection (VIDEO)
http://bit.ly/eBPCoX
Violated by TSA at Tampa airport
http://bit.ly/dUH726
Hate to see when police use unreasonable force
http://bit.ly/gTCsqD
Police-state tactics against protesters in Britain
http://bit.ly/dJU9Mz
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
Bridgeport man arrested for paying off DMV worker
http://bit.ly/habc3m
Colorado flunks test of its information security systems
http://bit.ly/elaHgk
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
http://bit.ly/eRCWJH
Another Nail in REAL ID's Coffin
http://bit.ly/eilmPC
Colo. cities concerned, but officials don't lose sleep over cybersecurit
http://bit.ly/gSmGSJ
Audit says Colo. computers at "high risk" of an online attack after hired hackers gain acces
http://bit.ly/exxRP9
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
http://bit.ly/hpsVfW
End of Privacy: Your Facebook ID is marketers' Holy Grail
http://yhoo.it/hp7rF5
House Strips Funding for Secure Driver's License Program
http://bit.ly/hwXQuR
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http://bit.ly/hmnNPU
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments
http://bit.ly/dEGKPF
McCaskill Masquerading as a fiscal moderate
http://bit.ly/eUZEGP
FCC Manipulates Net Neutrality With Typical Liberal Trickery
http://bit.ly/fMt6T0
No ‘substantive’ damage from Wikileaks, Biden admits
http://bit.ly/ffGaTd
Indiana Land Owner, Dick Thompson Facing Eviction Sells Land and is Leaving Corrupt County
http://bit.ly/fR9Sdm
The Age Of Rage: Europe Is Exploding
http://bit.ly/f7v5bm
US may charge Assange with conspiring to leak cables: report
http://bit.ly/e0W6oa
Senate GOP likely to force confrontation of FCC net neutrality rules
http://bit.ly/fiGoLD
Chinese rush to gold as inflation fears bite
http://bit.ly/fSl4ss
Halliburton reportedly agrees to pay Nigeria $250 million to drop bribery charges against Cheney, firm
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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
http://bit.ly/gBbQU7
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
http://bit.ly/hukTvq
16 Nightmarish Economic Trends To Watch Carefully In 2011
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North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
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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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How Great Is That Darkness
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MORAL DECLINE
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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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Utah Girl tied up during Home Burglary
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Survey reveals passwords are weakest link in online security
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Researchers Create Controlled Botnet to Foil..
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Romanian Police Arrest 42 VoIP Hackers
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Hacker warning over internet-connected HDTVs
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Hacker breaches OSU computers
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FBI Memos Reveal Cost of Hacker Attacks
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Iowa's AMBER Alert to be tested
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'Anonymous' Hackers Take the Battle to Fax Machines
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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
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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