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Welcome back!Anyone considering traveling outside of the US would do well to read this item on the Wired.com blog about a recent federal appeals court decision that border agents can search laptops, phones and other electronics without cause (and presumably without a warrant either).
What it means is that anyone crossing the border needs to be [...]

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The NonExistant State

April 26th, 2008

 Powered by Max Banner Ads What state is nonexistant? The so-called “Palestinian state”. The very same one that President Bush is voicing optimistic opinions that the peace process will “define” that state before he leaves office.
I guess it must be that time of year or something because this Palestinian state issue keeps coming back [...]

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 Powered by Max Banner Ads Given the track record of federal agencies going out of their way to gain power they shouldn’t have, this news isn’t exactly a surprise. The Feds have finally managed to pull off something that I know they’ve been wanting to do for a long time. They’re planning to collect [...]

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Energy Drinks

April 22nd, 2008

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Energy drinks. You see them around a lot these days. They’re promoted pretty heavily as being essentially the answer to all that ails you. The message is often something along the lines of “Drink this stuff and you’ll be loaded with power”. What they don’t do however, [...]

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 Powered by Max Banner Ads This news isn’t exactly a surprise given the FBI’s known history of misuse of power. Including the power to issue National Security Letters.
A NSL is different that a normal subpoena in two important ways. First, they do not require probable cause and they don’t have to get a judge [...]

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