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THREATS TO CIVIL LIBERTIES
Privacy and Private-Sector Databases

• Not give in to Presidential demands for increased surveillance of Americans

• Privacy and Private-Sector Databases Cato
• The growth of the surveillance state
• Privacy (lp)
• Civil Liberties and Privacy (fff) 
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• PROTECTION OF PRIVACY (CalifLP)
• Privacy
• The Hidden War On Your Privacy
• Seven Great Ways to Protect Your Privacy & Freedom

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John W. Whitehead Articles:

Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead

is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute

 

 

Big Brother Is Listening to Your Cell Phone Calls
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 11/07/2007)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=503

 

Robofly Is Spying on Us
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 10/17/2007)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=500

 

An Electronic Concentration Camp: Big Brother in the Sky
By John Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 09/23/2007)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=497

 

Do We Really Want Big Brother Watching Us?
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute 07/05/2007)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=485

 

Bush Wants to Secretly Read Your Mail
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 01/11/2007)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=452

 

Neutralizing a Beatle: The U.S. vs. John Lennon
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 09/25/2006)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=432

 

Big Brother and Google Are Listening to You
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 09/06/2006)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=427

 

Is Big Brother Riding Shotgun?
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 08/28/2006)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=425

 

Big Brother Is Watching: Movies About the Future
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 05/26/2006)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=407

 

Spying on Martin Luther King
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 01/11/2006)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=382

 

Victims of the Darkness: Government Surveillance and Intimidation
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 12/19/2005)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=377

 

How Liberty Dies: The Patriot Reauthorization Act
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 06/13/2005)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=343

 

New Homeland Security Database Raises Specter of Big Brother
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 05/23/2005)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=340

 

No Place to Hide: Living in the Surveillance State
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 02/28/2005)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=325

 

Bush’s War on Privacy Is a War on American Freedoms
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 06/01/2004)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=281

 

The Electronic Concentration Camp: Chips, Satellites and Databases
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 07/21/2003)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=234

 

The Prophetic Voice of George Orwell
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 11/04/2002)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=191

 

Camera-Toting Cops Turn Innocent Citizens Into Suspected Criminals
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 09/03/2002)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=182

 

The "Not-So-Smart" Smart Driver’s License Bill
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 05/28/2002)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=164

 

It’s 9 PM, Does the Government Know Where You Are?
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 11/26/2001)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=140

 

Big Brother Goes Global By John W. Whitehead
(Rutherford Institute, 01/30/2001)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=100

 

Photo Police: Big Brother Invades Our Privacy
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 07/26/1999)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=17

 

Big Brother is Watching
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 07/05/1999)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=16

 

Stealth Police: Why You Won't Know the Cops are Watching You
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 06/04/2000)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=67

 

Satellites Now Monitor Us, Not Missles
By John W. Whitehead (Rutherford Institute, 04/19/1999)
http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=5

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Intelligence bill may hinge on immunity for telecoms - USATODAY.com

Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., promised to lead a filibuster to block approval of retroactive immunity. "Retroactive immunity set the terrible precedent that breaking the law is permissible and companies need not worry about the privacy of their customers," Feingold said.

The problem is not the abuse of power,
the problem is the power to abuse.

Big Brother Is Listening to Your Cell Phone Calls

 

Company Will Monitor Phone Calls to Tailor Ads
By Louise Story (New York Times, 09/24/2007)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24adcol.html

GPS is turning cellphones into social mapping devices
By Laura M. Holson (International Herald Tribune, 10/22/2007)
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/22/business/mobile.php