No ALL peanut butter & chocolate candies MUST be Reese's. They HAVE to own the Patent, Copyright, AND Trademark on the very concept of mixing chocolate and peanut butter together in ANY form! Who cares if the packaging looks nothing alike it must be the same candy, Right? /sarcasm
"Is it censhorship to try to prevent the publication of documents and communications that were never intended to be made public?"
Yes, Yes it is, especially when the government is covering up it's own misconduct.
"How would you feel if your phone conversations were posted online for all to see?"
Annoyed? Maybe irritated, depending on who did it I might have grounds to sue. (You know what that is right? a CIVIL proceeding.) Of course there are wiretap laws for that aren't there? Lose the straw man argument please.
"I think it is way improper to describe government efforts to protect sensitive and private communications as "censorship.""
So what, I think it is improper to describe government communications as sensitive and private. Next?
I live in the Portland Oregon Metro area, so I have done some Major Digging and this is a VERY big issue.
From: The second linked article below
"According to legal experts, it comes down to whether the suspect had a predisposition to commit acts of terror. In other words, was he thinking and planning to carry out a plan before he began talking with federal agents or did they plant the seed? What is critical, however, is the very first meeting between Mohamud and the federal agents and whether it was the agents who first suggested the attack."
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"The FBI recording equipment malfunctioned during that initial meeting and so the accusations that Mohamud wanted to commit acts of terror come only from the undercover agent’s own words."
I personally find this very suspicions, the information that I have found shows that the FBI has multiple recordings of their interactions with Mohamed Osman Mohamud. (The 19-year-old Somali-born man accused of plotting to bomb a popular Christmas Tree lighting ceremony here in Portland.) I find this VERY problematic, the most important meeting of the whole case and the didn't get a good recording? I wonder why they did not somehow bring it back up in a later conversation when the recording equipment WAS working.
This is NOT to say I think he is innocent, but it does raise questions.
From the first linked article below
"Prosecutors say that agents let the plot string out to its end, with Mohamud feverishly dialing a cell phone number he thought would touch off the bomb, so that they could gather enough evidence to support the single charge he faces, attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction."
Of course another question is does a simple car bomb, although undoubtedly horrible actually qualify as a "weapon of mass destruction". Most people consider a WMD to be a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Weapon, I have seen nothing like that mentioned. Did Mohamud believe this was supposed to be a radiological dispersion device (AKA "Dirty Bomb"), or is this more over-hype from our friendly neighborhood "Three Letter Agencies".
In other news, the FBI is investigating a fire that destroyed part of an Islamic center in Corvallis, where Mohamud occasionally worshipped while attending Oregon State University. (Links Included)
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"people begin to see how irresponsible websites can become about user-generated content"
How does that even make sense in your mind? User-generated content is the responsibly of the USER not the WEBSITE. The reason section 230 exists is to codify simple logic.
"Rather, they should be sued for the sweetheart contracts they hand out, no-bid style, to corporations that favor their own staff and trustees. (It's called "self-dealing", and thus far the WMF does a fairly good job of deflecting attention away from it, but it is an ingrained practice there.)"
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
Electromagnetic radiation is classified according to the frequency of its wave. In order of increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength, these are radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.
A millimeter wave scanner is a whole body imaging device used for airport security screening. It is one of two common technologies of Full body scanner used for body imaging. Clothing and many other materials are translucent in some extremely high frequency (millimeter wave) radio frequency bands. This Far Infrared (1 mm = 1000 µm) frequency range is just below the (related) sub-millimeter terahertz radiation (or "T-ray") range.
The competing technology is backscatter X-ray. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in transmission through the target; in contrast, backscatter X-ray detects the radiation that reflects back from the target. In contrast to millimeter wave scanners which create a 3D image, backscatter X-ray scanners will typically only create a 2D image. For airport screening, images are taken from both sides of the human body,
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Re: Wikileaks LIVES!
Lose the DNS and go straight to the IP address! http://46.59.1.2/
Apparently the WikiLeaks domains are down too.
(At lest the ones I know about.)
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Re: My gosh
/sarcasm
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Re: "Censorship" of Wikileaks???
Annoyed? Maybe irritated, depending on who did it I might have grounds to sue. (You know what that is right? a CIVIL proceeding.) Of course there are wiretap laws for that aren't there? Lose the straw man argument please.
So what, I think it is improper to describe government communications as sensitive and private. Next?
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Right Now 20101201-0900Z
IPWatchdog is in the lead with 123 votes
(Kind of a big lead I may have to check that one out)
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It will be reviewed by our staff before it is posted."
Dammit I did it again...
I wonder if it was because it was so long or because of the numerous links to sources?
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Re: (What. The. Fuck.)
From: The second linked article belowI personally find this very suspicions, the information that I have found shows that the FBI has multiple recordings of their interactions with Mohamed Osman Mohamud. (The 19-year-old Somali-born man accused of plotting to bomb a popular Christmas Tree lighting ceremony here in Portland.) I find this VERY problematic, the most important meeting of the whole case and the didn't get a good recording? I wonder why they did not somehow bring it back up in a later conversation when the recording equipment WAS working.
This is NOT to say I think he is innocent, but it does raise questions.
From the first linked article belowOf course another question is does a simple car bomb, although undoubtedly horrible actually qualify as a "weapon of mass destruction". Most people consider a WMD to be a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Weapon, I have seen nothing like that mentioned. Did Mohamud believe this was supposed to be a radiological dispersion device (AKA "Dirty Bomb"), or is this more over-hype from our friendly neighborhood "Three Letter Agencies".
In other news, the FBI is investigating a fire that destroyed part of an Islamic center in Corvallis, where Mohamud occasionally worshipped while attending Oregon State University. (Links Included)
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Here are the (mostly local) sources I reviewed:
1» Lawyer, friends: Bomb plot suspect was 'set up' by FBI
2» Entrapment test clear, but glitch may muddy it
3» Lawyer hints at entrapment defense in Portland terror plot
4» Mohamud’s attorney experienced with terror cases
5» FBI terror stings have critics, but court record is solid
6» Details revealed: How FBI snared Portland bomb plot suspect
7» The FBI successfully thwarts its own Terrorist plot
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8» Did the Internet incite Portland's bomb plot?
9» What About that Other Terrorism Case?
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10» Police: Islamic center fire caused by liquid
11» Clues found in Corvallis mosque arson probe
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Tired argument is tired...
Try using a RELEVANT argument to the issue at hand.
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Ditto, well I'm a recovering Democrat too I suppose.
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Re: One day...
How does that even make sense in your mind? User-generated content is the responsibly of the USER not the WEBSITE. The reason section 230 exists is to codify simple logic.
"Rather, they should be sued for the sweetheart contracts they hand out, no-bid style, to corporations that favor their own staff and trustees. (It's called "self-dealing", and thus far the WMF does a fairly good job of deflecting attention away from it, but it is an ingrained practice there.)"
{{Citation Needed}}
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Re: Senatorial holds
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"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."
(I wish)
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Re: Yes, we should ban dangerous things while driving
For more information on this dangerous chemical first visit http://www.dhmo.org/ and then get more information on Dihydrogen Monoxide ;-)
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Re: Re: Phone book = junk mail
I wear out shredders every 6-12 months with all the crap.
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A millimeter wave scanner is a whole body imaging device used for airport security screening. It is one of two common technologies of Full body scanner used for body imaging. Clothing and many other materials are translucent in some extremely high frequency (millimeter wave) radio frequency bands. This Far Infrared (1 mm = 1000 µm) frequency range is just below the (related) sub-millimeter terahertz radiation (or "T-ray") range.
The competing technology is backscatter X-ray. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in transmission through the target; in contrast, backscatter X-ray detects the radiation that reflects back from the target. In contrast to millimeter wave scanners which create a 3D image, backscatter X-ray scanners will typically only create a 2D image. For airport screening, images are taken from both sides of the human body,
SEE ALSO: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/EM_spectrum.svg
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