"Law Enforcement's "Prevention Awareness"" ("watch your back")

[amborin]

Law Enforcement's "Prevention Awareness," a.k.a. Watch Your Back

by Abby Zimet


"The Super Bowl went off without a security hitch thanks to Miami's high-tech Fusion Center, one of the country's 100-plus collaborations between local police and counter-terrorism experts aimed at collecting "actionable data" and thus foiling terrorist activity.

But the fusion centers, which have grown post-9/11 from about 40 to an estimated 112, pose a few problems. One in Ohio, which has cost $2 million in federal funding, doesn't seem to do anything. One in Texas has spent its time, despite "no specific intelligence," targeting Muslims and peace activists. And oh yeah, the ACLU says much of what they do is illegal.

"The idea that the tolerance advocated by the groups being targeted would be treated as a menace to American security demonstrates a disregard for civil liberties and a disdain for democracy itself. " - ACLU"

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2010/02/09-0

[pleah]

1. K&R

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

2. When I see depressing things like this.

When I see depressing things like this, I try to take Solis in that, the owners of this country allow me to be a free range slave.

[Robb]

3. Sangiovese, or syrah?

[KILL THE WISE ONE]

4. Syrah Please

[paulsby]

5. i just know

I'M NOT DRINKING FUCKING MERLOT!