Mark Maynard | Surveillance State

Guilty until proven innocent in the age of ubiquitous electronic surveillance

By Mark | June 6, 2013

Upon taking office, President Obama issued a memorandum on the subject of transparency: “My Administration,” he said, “is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, 9/11 changed everything, Al Gore, AOL, Apple, Bernie Sanders, Bradley Manning, Bush, Constitution, Dianne Feinstein, domestic spying, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, FBI, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Glenn Greenwald, Google, Microsoft, national security, National Security Agency, NSA, Obama, PalTalk, Patriot Act, PRISM, privacy, Protect America Act, Russ Feingold, Russell Tice, Skype, surveillance, surveillance culture, telecommunications, threats to Democracy, Verizon, war on drugs, War on Terror, whistle blower, Yahoo, YouTube | 35 Comments

Daniel Ellsberg calls on other whistleblowers to come forward, before we’re at war with Iran

By Mark | March 12, 2012

Chris Hedges, who I often quote here, just interviewed Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, hastening the end of the Vietnam war, and contributing toward the downfall of Richard Nixon. And, as it’s been a while since we’ve discussed the increasing severity with which our nation has been cracking […]

Posted in Civil Liberties | Also tagged Bradley Manning, Chris Hedges, corporatocracy, Daniel Ellsberg, Espionage Act, fear mongers, FISA, foreign affairs, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Iran, Iraq war, lies, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, Obama, Patriot Act, Pentagon Papers, propaganda, Richard Nixon, security state, the press, the sad state of journalism, threats to Democracy, Tonkin Gulf, torture, totalitarianism, Vietnam War, war crimes, whistle blower | 7 Comments

I’m trying not to be paranoid, but I received the following email today…

By Mark | November 21, 2011

I should probably be upset that the folks at City Hall are just leaving my personal information up on their screens, for anyone to see, but, at the moment, I’m more curious as to why they’d been looking at my information to begin with. Could it be that they’re having me tracked? Could it be […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Enemy of the State, parking passes, pepper spray, surveillance, tracking, Will Smith, Ypsilanti CIty Hall | 12 Comments

UC Davis Chancellor escorted from her office as hundreds of students line her path, staring in deafening silence

By Mark | November 20, 2011

By now, you’ve probably seen the the footage of the UC Davis students being pepper sprayed. It’s disgusting stuff. The students are sitting down in a line, across a sidewalk, protesting recent tuition hires, and, ironically enough, episodes of police brutality elsewhere in the University of California system. They are peaceful. No one is yelling. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged bullying, Celeste Langan, coughing up blood, Eastern Michigan University, Geoffrey O’Brien, Glen Greenwald, higher education, Joe Paterno, John Pike, kids today, Linda Katehi, Linda P.B. Katehi, Nathan Brown, non-violence, Penn State, pepper spray, police brutality, police state, Robert Hass, shame, solidarity, student activism, students today aren't worth a damn, surveilance, surveillance culture, tuition protests, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of California, University of Michigan, violence vs non-violence, walk of shame | 22 Comments

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Guilty until proven innocent in the age of ubiquitous electronic surveillance

Daniel Ellsberg calls on other whistleblowers to come forward, before we’re at war with Iran

I’m trying not to be paranoid, but I received the following email today…

UC Davis Chancellor escorted from her office as hundreds of students line her path, staring in deafening silence

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