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  The FBI and the DOJ want you to report suspicious people and monitor social networks. Goodbye liberty

  "Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil liberties at home. It serves the same purpose, serving to create hysteria." -- Howard Zinn, "Terrorism and War"

  By Mark Gibbs | 18 February, 2012 03:32

  Tags: Benjamin Franklin, Department of Justice, doj, due process, fbi, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Howard Zinn, internet, internet cafe, security, SIM card, terrorism

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  The real reasons why SOPA and PIPA are real bad

  Following last week's Backspin, reader Alex Gonzales (Sweetwater, Texas) wrote to me: "Just read your SOPA article and I guess I'm just not seeing the big picture. If the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) could put an end to online piracy and stop a lot of those damn viruses, maybe even stop hackers -- what's bad about that? You say bad for business, bad for Internet -- but how? How is stopping/policing the bad stuff on the Internet bad? Give me some real reasons as to why [SOPA/PIPA] is bad. And don't tell me to go read the SOPA/PIPA bills in their entirety."

  By Mark Gibbs | 28 January, 2012 02:20

  Tags: constitution, doj, due process, Intel, law, Motion Picture Association of America, movie piracy, mpaa, music piracy, PIPA, piracy, Protect Intellectual Property Act, Recording Industry Association of America, riaa, security, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, US Department of Justice

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