The
majority of people in America feel less safe now than they did
before the 9/11 attacks in spite of the introduction of terror
related legislation and laws such as the PATRIOT act, the domestic
spying program and the Military Commissions act, according to
a recent scientific poll.
Firefighter
John Schroeder, assigned to Engine Company 10 directly across
the street from the World Trade Center complex, holds back tears
and describes his first-hand experience on Sept. 11th. His story
directly contradicts many aspects of the National Commission on
Terrorist attacks and corroborates many other eyewitnesses testimony.
Alex
opens up this discussion by talking about why Prison Planet
and Infowars have become the target of hackers in recent weeks,
the connection to the Ed Brown case, and his plans to launch
new websites in response. He also covers the wider trend of
web censorship and names the culprits - Myspace, Digg, Wikipedia
- and how they are trying to unfairly shout down the alternative
media.
Privacy advocates
have a problem. People who want to increase the amount of surveillance
in society, whether it's wire-tapping, closed-circuit cameras,
or data mining, have an easy argument. There are terrorists
and criminals out there, and these tools can help stop violence
and crime, they say.
Gordon
Brown faced fresh Tory pressure for a referendum on the new
EU treaty yesterday after William Hague described it as 'overwhelmingly'
similar to the old constitution.
Many
timid writers and commentators are finally waking up
to the fact that the powers-that-be are whipping up fear of
the enemy in order to justify their imperial wars of aggression
and a consolidation of power at home.
The
number of US troops in Iraq has reached its highest ever level
- nearly 162,000 - US officials have said. But the peak is due
to the regular replacement of units and does not represent an
additional troop build-up, a US Defence Department spokesman
said.
Scientists have discovered the universe's largest
known planet, a giant ball made of mostly hydrogen that is 20
times larger than Earth and circling a star 1,400 light-years
away.
