ACT Police sly avoidance of complaints accountability a bad precedent?

Address: Canberra, Local Assembly

'the [ACT] Minister for Police refused to answer questions about complaints against police at the Annual Report public hearing today'

ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey Media Release

Friday 4 November 2005
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ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey expressed concern about the transparency of ACT Policing, after the Minister for Police refused to answer questions about complaints against police at the Annual Report public hearing today.

"At a time when police are to be given more powers, including the use of force against people who may be entirely innocent, we need to be utterly convinced our police force remains accountable and holds up to robust examination" Dr Foskey said today.

"However, the ACT Policing Annual Report provided little information about complaints made against it last year, and the Minister refused to allow questions on the matter in the Committee hearing today."

"The ACT Policing Annual Report failed to cite the number of complaints made against it, the number investigated, and consequent actions taken against AFP employees. The report merely states (p 27) that there were only four substantiated complaints in 2004-05."

"By contrast, the ACT Ombudsman's Annual Report (p 20) reveals that 460 issues arising from complaints were managed through a workplace resolution process, and 246 were successfully conciliated. The Ombudsman has also foreshadowed own motion investigations on areas 'where police interaction with the public remains problematic'."

"The Minister for Police would not tell the Committee why the ACT Policing report did not address these or other matters raised by the Ombudsman. It is no slur on the integrity of the police for me to expect and ask for a full and frank disclosure of its handling of complaints in its annual report" Dr Foskey said.

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Roland Manderson Media Advisor
ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey
Legislative Assembly for the ACT
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By Greens MLA, posted 10 November 05

Guilty until proven innocent - justice in the `war on terror'

In the week in which PM John Howard's support as preferred prime minister dropped to a three-year low, the arrest of 17 people in Sydney and Melbourne on November 7-8, allegedly for planning a terrorist attack [scapegoats to bolster support and quell dissent for the Coalition of the Killing's resource wars in the Middle East], was exceedingly fortunate timing for the federal government.

Man shot by police in ASIO fishing raids

The incident at Green Valley only confirms the direct danger these officers present to the community at large. State Terrorism! At this time my friends do not trust the police or your government.

AFP: The unlikely CRIMINAL
It was born of a bombing and it made its name after a far more devastating act of terrorism. But for most of the 25 years in between, little was known about the Australian Federal Police force or the work it did.

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Australia: Cop Watch
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Corrupt NSW police officer sacked
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Victorian Police have won the prize of being the most corrupt police in Australia, in the opinion of the former chairman of the Australian Crime Commission, Peter Faris QC, according to the Sept 19 Australian.

Mr Faris further said that the Victorian Police Commissioner, Christine Nixon, was weak and a 'slave' to the Bracks Government, as he spoke to a parliamentary committee.

Corruption had been 'swept under the carpet' and allowed to fester, he said.

'I think there's a huge amount of corruption in the Victoria Police that's never been addressed,' Mr Faris said.

'When the balloon went up about the drug squad, that was only a small part of the corruption, and all the rest has never been looked at, it's all been swept under the carpet.'

The QC added 'I think we have dire problems here. I think we have a weak commissioner. I think the commissioner is a slave to the Government.'

The coppers in Victoria have been under sustained fire since the disgraced drug squad was disbanded in 2001.

Victoria: even more powers for the 'most corrupt police in Australia'

But your average copper these days is not so much the filth that we know of old, but a top notch counter-terrorism fighter. How appropriate, then, that they will be given police state powers.

Numerous media outlets reported on Sept. 21 that Victorian police will be given stop and search powers by the Bracks Labor government.

Police will also be able to search cars, demand identification, seize property, seize closed-circuit TV footage without a warrant and conduct secret property searches.

Some of these powers will be extended to officials and security guards at airports, power stations and reservoirs.

On the terrorism front, Premier Bracks has kissed the bottom of the Prime Minister, John Howard, saying that he approved of Federal Government plans to allow terrorist suspects to be detained for up to two weeks.

The Prime Minister, John Howard, has reciprocated by kissing the bottom of Premier Bracks, while at the same time indulging in a little bit of tongue action.

The Prime Minister said 'I think [the plans of Premier Bracks] are very sensible in the context of the preparations in this city for the Commonwealth Games' according to ABC's The World Today program on Sept. 21.

The President of Liberty Victoria, barrister Brian Walters, commented 'We've spent more than $5 billion on security since [the US false flag operations on] September the 11th, 2001 and it's hard to see that that reaction is proportionate to the threat that's posed,' said Brian Walters.

Walters continued 'Well I think there is some hysteria about the threat of terrorism and there is often the belief that getting rid of human rights will somehow make us safer, but our greatest security lies in our human rights.'

Further guranteeing our human rights will be the jackboots of the military, drafted in to occupy Melbourne during the Commonwealth Games, according to ABC news online.

Victorian Police Commissioner Christine Nixon, described as weak and a 'slave' by a witness to a parliamentary committee (see above), will be the head of security for the games.

A total of 1,200 Australian Defence Force personnel will be in Melbourne in addition to the 13,000 police who will be deployed.

Melburnians have been warned to expect Defence Force personnel and equipment in and around the city in the lead-up to the Games. ADF tactical assault teams will be deployed.

Equipment to be used include Black Hawk helicopters and fighter jets, according to a Sept. 20 AAP report.

Melburnians have also been warned to expect personal searches, cars in the city to be subject to spot checks and residents could expect to see military aircraft overhead in the lead-up to, and during, the Games.

Meanwhile, doughnuts are being replaced by Big Macs as the favourite food of coppers in Victoria.

In a scene guaranteed to make any right-thinking person shudder with dread, Victorian Police have linked up with McDonalds to produce 'blue ribbons' for coppers killed on duty, according to the Sept 20 Ararat newspaper.

Blue Ribbon Foundation CEO Neil Soullier, in support of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation, has raised more than $4 million for community projects since 1993 which perpetuate the memory of police officers who have died in the line of duty.

No mention has been made in the various press releases about fundraising for the families of victims shot dead by police.

In New South Wales, Deputy Police Commissioner, Dave Madden, who is otherwise leaving the police service, will not be charged with any offence under the Telecommunications (Interception) Act in relation to phone tap leaking allegations, according to the Sept 20 Sydney Morning Herald.

The Assistant Commissioner, Peter Parsons, has also been told he is in the clear.

Mr Madden has applied for medical discharge because of stress.

The leaks related to allegations that some Bulldogs players had raped a woman at Coffs Harbour on February 22.

They haven't escaped yet though. The Department of Public Prosecutions has referred the matter back to the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) to consider disciplinary action, according to a Sept 20 AAP report.

Although these two coppers might get off, that is not the case with former copper, Christopher White, who has been granted bail of 300,000 Thai baht ($A15,000) while facing child molestation charges, according to a Sept 20 AAP report.

White was arrested at his home in Bangkok on August 24 and denies charges that he sexually abused a teenage girl from Chiang Mai for four years. He is accused of forcing her to perform sexual acts on video with him and his friends.

In Western Australia, one of the state's most senior police officers has quit after making an 'error of judgment.'

Deputy commissioner Tim Atherton resigned, but we don't quite know why. The Sept 21 Advertiser reports that State Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan refused to provide details of the inappropriate conduct that led to his deputy's surprise resignation

He would not reveal when the conduct occurred and refused to say whether the behaviour involved sexual harassment.

But this week's round up has a happy ending. Australian Federal Police were put in their place by Canberra Hospital staff when they attempted to bully their way in past the emergency reception desk, according to the Sept. 16 Australian.

When the cops, with Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile in tow, tried to break the relatives-only visitor rule to see Senator Barnaby Joyce, the badge-flashing cops were told by the desk nurse 'That means nothing here, sonny.'

It was reported that Senator Joyce had arrived at the hospital at 8.45pm complaining of a migraine.

By Cop Watcher posted 27 September 05

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Cop Watch will stay silent on proposed anti-terrorist laws and the arrest of peace activist Scott Parkin as so many others are writing about it, but a moment needs to be spent on private security guards - the private army of the state.

Cop Watch - Tweed Heads Terrorism brings town to standstill
Another terror attack in Australia brings Tweeds Heads (NSW) to a standstill - police brake speed limit to get footy player to footy match - woman ends up dead because of police failure, according to coroner - corrupt corruption commissioner might end up in prison - 14 year old girl gets locked up by police unlawfully - ex-copper gets massive $650,000 pay-out.

A copper's lot may not be happy, but it is certainly well paid
NSW Police to set up full time riot squad following Forbes protests - no one wants to be Commissioner of Police in NSW - no one wants to be a copper in SA - another copper rapes a juvenile - more secrecy bungles in Victoria - more drugs for the cops on duty - Justice Wood (former Commissioner into Police Corruption) says little has changed in 10 years - cops on corruption charges get stressed out and get compo.

Cop Watch: When permanent head injuries ruled to be reasonable force Former copper kidnaps and rapes 10 year old (allegedly) - Commission rules that police violence that leads to serious and permanent head injuries is 'reasonable' - more police lies on the de Menezes killing in London by terrorist police officers - NSW Police Association criticise A30 Opera House cost of policing - Victorian Police stuff up traffic tickets (again).

Cop Watch: No. 4 Terrorism in Ballarat
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Australia: Cop Watch No. 3
This round-up includes: disgraced officers may get reinstated with back pay - more confidential information gets released into the public domain by police - body searching at the Sydney Opera House - and Irish police pissed off over WA police poaching campaign in Ireland.

Australia: Copwatch No.2
A review of what the boys and girls in blue have been up to shows that their respective juices have been stimulated by their ability to demand greater and greater police powers.

Australia: Cop Watch
The roundup this week - dodgy riot gear, shooting French photographers, senior coppers being 4 times over the legal limit, dodgy promotions in NSW, more terrorism powers in WA and drug-dealing coppers in Melbourne (it is alleged).

Assaulted, intimidated or harassed in custody?
"Then make an Apprehended Violence Order application against the police, says assault victim Ms Teresa Kiernan.

NSW Police Force: 2 dead, $1 million dollars to catch a thief?
NSW police have expressed concern about their response to the Macquarie Fields riots in south-western Sydney after a police pursuit that killed two young youths Dylan Rayward 17, and Mathew Robertson, 19 that went horribly wrong.

OUR STORIES MUST BE TOLD. THEY HAVE TO BE
On Sunday 13th February, a Community gathering will be held to enable all people to remember the death of one of our young Community members, 'TJ' Hickey.

Vic police chief moves to sack officers
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Christine Nixon, has moved to dismiss two police officers as part of a crackdown on corruption and says up to 20 more dismissals could follow.

Vic flop cop warns there's more corruption
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, says Victorians should brace themselves for more evidence of police corruption.

Vic police corruption report tabled in Parliament
The Victorian Ombudsman's report on the Ceja Taskforce and drug related corruption in Victoria police has been tabled in State Parliament.

Bent police compromise Bulldogs gang-rape case
Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden could have compromised gang-rape investigation? Steve Mortimer resigned!

More NSW Police Corruption?
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NSW Cop suspect in murder?
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Corrupt NSW police officer sacked
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Policeman draws blank on fake raids
A suspended Sydney policeman has told an inquiry that he has "little recollection" of the details of fake police raids he set up.

Officer planned to kidnap criminals
A senior Sydney police officer who has admitted taking money for tipping off a child porn suspect had also been planning to kidnap criminals and extort money from them, the Police Integrity Commission heard yesterday.

Police offer protection to family following gang rape allegations
The parents of a 14-year-old girl claim their daughter was gang-raped in Sydney earlier this year, and have raised concerns about corrupt policeman Detective Sergeant Christopher Laycock's review of the case.

NSW police prosecutor charged with child porn possession
A New South Wales police prosecutor has been charged with the possession of child pornography.

Police, teachers charged in child porn bust
One-hundred-and-fifty people, including police officers and teachers, have been arrested in what the Federal Police (AFP) describe as Australia's biggest Internet child pornography bust.

A corrupt way to treat the community?
I seen the police bleeding on Nine's Sunday program arguing that promotion should depend on how many crimes police have solved and not how many brains they have and that was coming from police commissioner Ken Moroney and Police Minister John Watkins?

Judges Blood Sample: After the fact of the fact of a hangover?
Lawyers say New South Wales Supreme Court judge Jeff Shaw should not give police his own sample of blood taken after he crashed his car near his Sydney home last month.

NSW police drug amnesty under review
A drug amnesty for the New South Wales police force is under review, Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has said.

Police to uphold law not decide mental health
A diagnosis of mental illness could be made over the phone instead of in person, and involuntary psychiatric patients could lose the right to have their case reviewed by a magistrate, under proposed changes to NSW mental health laws.

Redfern police need education not weapons
According to the description of one senior police officer, the ACLO called out on the afternoon before the Redfern violence escalated was "hopeless, intoxicated and had no driver's licence."

Bulldogs simply not the best!
SIMPLY NOT THE BEST AND DEFINITELY NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE, ANYONE I'VE MET.

Clive Small, NSW Inspector Gadget
NSW Police has revived controversial plans for a specialist discriminative squad to tackle the wave of violent crime that has plagued Sydney's south-west for more than a decade.

2,500, crooked detectives? Or a corrupt Government?
The Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Where did the police learn their trade skills? Led by example perhaps?

Australia's Political Underworld...And their enforcers
The promotion of law and order means money to big business. Profits from insurance, security fixtures, patrol services and the like can only continue to grow if the perceived threat of uncontrollable crime wave escalates. In the past few months there have been many examples of the true nature of our blood thirsty politicians and their sinister attempts to spoon-feed a not so gullible public with their repetitious rhetoric.

Lord Denning
Interesting how a member of the Police Board Mr. Tim Priest would hold grave fears for his safety from dangerouse senior police but fails to name them or have them sacked. Rather Priest resigns as if he had no powers. Could that mean what he was saying is that the Governments are also corrupt?

Black Nexus
The Separation of Powers Doctrine is nowcontaminated witharangeofcolours, now leaving us with a black shirt on a once blue bridge that crossed that thin blue line. The 'Amery and Woodham show'.

Partners in crime - history!
Roger Rogerson, the old hero, who never faced a result in the Lanfranchy, or Huckstepp murders, was let off in my opinion when the New South Wales Government rolled the legal system (deciding what evidence to give the police prosecutor) to have the jury believe the illusion they (the Government wanted to create).Similarly, Peter Ryan facing the Police Integrity Commission for questions about his involvement in the demise of the dysfunctional reform unit. Chess in the court (rolling the legal system).

Police Chronology 1994-2001
View events in the NSW Police Force since the Wood Royal Commission began in 1994. 1994 May Justice James Wood is appointed Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service ('WRC').

Federal Police

AFP: The unlikely CRIMINAL
It was born of a bombing and it made its name after a far more devastating act of terrorism. But for most of the 25 years in between, little was known about the Australian Federal Police force or the work it did.

Australia: Counter-liberty plans unveiled

AUSTRALIA: VIC: BLACK Hawk helicopters and fighter jets will patrol Melbourne's skies during the Commonwealth Games next March, as part of counter-terror measures outlined today.

"We are planning to deploy to Melbourne, for the period of the Games, a number of resources. There will be an ADF tactical assault group with appropriate support including Black Hawk helicopters," Mr Ruddock said.

"There will be a range of chemical, biological and radiological response assets.

"There'll be a task force of about 1200 personnel, service personnel, to assist Victoria Police with searching venues, operating vehicle checkpoints, responding to bomb threats, if any, and clearing any underwater aspects of venues and events.

"Helicopters, fast jets and ships will be available to counter specific threats, should they arise, including the capability to divert aircraft and intercept vessels at sea."

The Victorian government is set to introduce new counter-liberty laws to give police more powers.

Under the laws police will be able to demand identification, seize goods and obtain closed-circuit TV footage without a warrant.

They will also be given the power to stop and search people and vehicles.

Police Minister Tim Holding says the new powers are needed.

"They are limited in both time and geographic area and they do require the authority of the Premier before they can be used," he said.

He says the powers will only be used for specific events, such as the Commonwealth Games, and for a limited amount of time.

Premier Steve Bracks says the powers are for use in limited circumstances only and strike a balance between civil rights and law enforcement.

He says the increased power for police to "covertly" search properties will require a court order.

"This requires a warrant which I think is a good balance, an acceptable balance, and has a proper check against excessive use of powers and that warrant is not hard to get if the evidence is there that it should occur and I think that is a sensible and reasonable balance," he said.

Liberty Victoria says there is no reason for the Bracks Government to increase police powers to fight terrorism. [ More likke fear-mongering, propaganda.]

The president of Liberty Victoria, Brian Walters SC, says he does not understand why there is a need to rush through the new laws.

"The terrorism level according to the Federal Government's own security assessment remains at the second lowest level and it's been there since September 2001 - what's the sudden urgency?" he said.

The laws are expected to be introduced into Parliament after they are discussed at a summit of state premiers and the Prime Minister in September.

By Injustice 21 September 05

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Scott Parkin, a Texas based peace activist was detained by Federal police at approximately midday Saturday. He was en route to give a workshop about the progress and success of the peace movement in the US and companies profiting from the Iraq war.

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As Peter McGregor noted in GLW #639, I recently resigned in protest from a committee of the federal government's National Health and Medical Research Committee (NHMRC) and called for a boycott by academics of government committees generally.

'Different times' call for bill of rights, says QC'
To ensure no future government can erode basic human rights. Lex Lasry, QC, gave last night's key note address at the University of Western Australia's annual Day of Ideas.

Australia: a little dab will do ya .....
Reflections on the phoney, hypocritical "values" debate being promoted by the federal government, as part of its proscriptive program to emasculate our democracy.

Government warned Terror Laws "inherently dangerous, draconian and open to misuse" John North, Law Council of Australia: "In times of fear, it is easy for governments to impose ever (more) draconian laws."

Fishing expedition pays off
A man whose home was targeted by ASIO in fishing raids this year is facing fraud charges along with a co-accused who is linked to firearms offences.

The Terrorism of ASIO Laws
Wanda Fish asks Australian Senators to reject Howard's proposal to strengthen laws that already erode our basic legal rights. This legislation has the potential to turn ASIO agents into terrorists who can kidnap and detain innocent Australians simply because they "might know something".

Terrorgraph not quiet on 'Aussie militant' probe
AFP refuses to comment on investigation into militant video: hoWARd's abc.

Phillip Duddock's 'accent' heard in militant broadcast
Australian/Arab television has broadcast a video showing a masked militant with an apparent Australian accent criticising British Prime Minister tony bliar over Iraq.

HICKS: Not a Happy Birthday!
AUSTRALIA/CUBA/US :David Hicks, the Australian imprisoned at the US Base of Guantanamo Bay, will be 30 years old this coming Monday August 7, 2005.

GetUp! Stand Up! Stand Up For Your Rights!
Because of you, something exciting happened in our democracy last week. From every corner of the country, more than 20,000 emails were sent to the Coalition Senators. Our message was simple: now you have control of the Senate, we will be holding you to account. Thousands of you added personal messages to your representatives about the issues you care about.

Australia: We're Living In A War Zone
Prime Minister john hoWARd and his cronies have now placed us in a war-zone moving defence capabilities to Australia's south-east coast.

All the alleged terrorists are Muslims
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner mick keelty, a well know propagandist and liar, now claims that 60 Islamic extremists are operating in Australia and they are not news to the police and intelligence agencies.

All the wicked witches in Pakistan?
Pakistani authorities say 800 suspected militants [scapegoates and patsies] have been arrested in raids following the deadly London [false flag operation] bombings, as Islamic groups protest a move to expel 1,400 foreign students.

It's just not cricket: Khan
The perception in the West remained that somehow Islam was connected to militarism and terrorism, that all Muslims believe that all suicide bombers go straight to heaven. No one mentioned that before [false flag operations of] 9/11 70 per cent of suicide bombings in the world were committed by the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, who were Hindus.

Lawyer dismisses ASIO fishing raids as PR stunt
Fascist federal Police (AFP) and ASIO officers conducted more raids in Melbourne and Sydney yesterday but the publicity surrounding the raids has been dismissed as a public relations exercise by the Melbourne lawyer for an accused terrorist.

Howard off to US, UK - part 5
PART-5- PRIME minister john hoWARd will meet US president george w buSHIT, British prime minister tony blair and queen 'imperialism' herself during a 10-day visit to the United States and the UK next month.

hoWARd, ruddock, ellison, keelty and news ltd plotted chaos
AUSTRALIA/CUBA: Government and corporate propaganda agencies 'believe' they have foiled an attack on the Melbourne Stock Exchange by a radical Islamic network linked to a covert group, which has carried out surveillance on key Sydney sites.

Houses raided over 'possible' political attack plans?
ASIO have raided a number of properties in Melbourne on a 'fishing expedition' in relation to a 'possible' political scare campaign by the hoWARd government, playing on the fears of all Australians... again!

Is this our most dangerous Newspaper?
The Daily Terrorist should be managed with manacles and flown into Siberia via a jumbo jet tomorrow amid fears government fascists may attempt to use them again on someone else.

HOSTAGES OF THE WAR ON TERROR
This forum will bring together legal representatives and victims of counter-terror, along with justice campaigners and organisations in order to share strategies for achieving justice for these men and the many other like them.

WAR ON TERROR, WAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS: AMNESTY
The Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group & the Justice for Hicks & Habib Campaign welcome the statement by Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan, condemning the US Administration for condoning torture and the suppression of 'human rights' in their 'war on terror'.

Murdoch's war on truth in war reporting
People who remain to be convinced that cross-media laws are important to maintaining the fabric of our democracy need look no further than today's page one of The Daily Telegraph.

Chomsky signs on for justice
Noam Chomsky has signed the Justice for Jack campaign petition which calls on the Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock and Director of Public Prosecutions to "drop any charges reliant on records of interviews conducted under duress without the presence of a lawyer."

If he'd been given his passport he'd be a free man
A Sydney man [scapegoat in the Coalition of the Killings resource wars in the Middle East] has been found not guilty of preparing for a terrorist attack on a Commonwealth building [ruling class propaganda.]

Trial by unrelated video clips
Should alleged terrorist suspects [scapegoats for the resource wars in the Middle East] be shown on television side-by side-'terrorist training camp film clips' gathered by the government and media archives to give the wrong impression of accused people facing trial?

Accused Australian Citizen 'denied passport in 2002'?
AN AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN who was refused a passport by DFAT in mid-2002 became frustrated at the government for treating him differently.

Court should be told Gov't using 'Jack'!
A Melbourne court should have been told a man accused of working for Al Qaeda is being used by the fascist Australian Government as a pawn in their leverage to win support for their illegal and degrading activities.

Noble Cause Torture?
AUSTRALIA: The Labor Party has decided not to support a Senate inquiry into new allegations made by Mamdouh Habib that the Australian Government cooperated with Egyptian intelligence authorities who he insists tortured him.

New account adds weight to interrogation claims
Australia/Cuba/Iraq: The fascist Federal Government is under further pressure today because Australians were involved in the interrogation of tortured Iraqi prisoners.

Australian senate accused govt of war crimes
Did you hear the one about David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib having a Barbeque in Afghanistan with Bin Laden? Yeah it was reported on Channel Seven's Sunrise this morning! But they don't know if it was a sheep or a goat, but sources say it was most likely a goat.

DPP to appeal innocent man's bail
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will seek to have an innocent Melbourne man Joseph 'Jack' Thomas, returned to isolation in custody?

Fascist Australian Govt torture exposed
The fascist Federal Government has been exposed for the torture of Australian Mamdouh Habib and the US Government's allegations against him (if they were true) would have been made under duress.

Innocent witch verballed by federal fascists!
Shame on the federal fascists. The wicked old witch is dead! A Melbourne Magistrates Court has heard that a 31-year-old innocent Victorian man was facing terrorism charges?

Lawyer blames police for Habib break-in
John HoWARd, Alexander Downer, Phillip Ruddock, Robert Hill, to name just a few....HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

No reason for Habib to sell story: Beazley?
Federal Agreement Leader Kim Beazley is a well-paid loser. A loser who supposed to be defending our democratic rights by standing up to the HoWARd Government's fascism.

Australia: a presumption of guilt......
KAREN PERCY: Two of Australia's leading barristers have seized on the return of Guantanamo Bay detainee, Mamdouh Habib, to launch an unprecedented attack on the Federal Attorney General, Philip Ruddock.

Aust Community criticises Govt for 'crimes'!
Australia: The Law Council of Australia is warning that the Federal Government must learn from its mistakes over Guantanamo Bay? Now that's a mistake!

Australian Govt Guilty of Crimes: Community
Australia: The community says federal fascists who allowed the torture of its citizenry including Mamdouh Habib may be arrested when the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal address the War Crimes Indictment set out by the community.

What they did to Habib
Mamdouh Habib was the victim of atrocities fit for a concentration camp, including being tied to the ground while a prostitute menstruated on him, his lawyer said yesterday.

Australian Federal Government complicity in war crimes
Complaint to Australian law officers about Australian Federal Government complicity in war crimes.

There is no justification for torture
In the weeks since the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison were revealed, evidence continues to seep out of similar mistreatment of prisoners in other US military detention centers in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay.

Howard rejects spy agency overhaul
Prime Minister John Howard has played down the need for a major overhaul of Australia's spy agencies as a result of an inquiry by former intelligence officer Phillip Flood.

Fascist Australian Govt torture exposed
The fascist Federal Government has been exposed for the torture of Australian Mamdouh Habib and the US Government's allegations against him (if they were true) would have been made under duress.

Innocent witch verballed by federal fascists!
Shame on the federal fascists. The wicked old witch is dead! A Melbourne Magistrates Court has heard that a 31-year-old innocent Victorian man was facing terrorism charges?

Innocent Victorian man held in custody for Xmas?!
Lawyers have argued the case against Mr Thomas was weak and based on a statement he made in Pakistan without a lawyer present and therefore unlawful.

Innocent Melbourne man makes second bail bid
Rubish, just plain propaganda, fear-mongering, draconian nonsence from the HoWARd goverment's war agenda stink tank.

MPs to review spy agency powers
Australian spy agency ASIO'S controversial powers to detain and question suspected terrorists [scapegoats for HoWARd's resource wars] will be re-examined by a parliamentary committee. Parliament passed the new counter-terrorism powers in July last year.

Goulburn Jail breaches UN standards
NSW: Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has called on Justice Minister John Hatzistergos to bring Goulburn Jail's Maximum Security Wing into line with United Nations standards, after a prison inmate's covert survey of his fellow inmates revealed problems with rehabilitation programs and basic amenities.

Lodhi toilet paper: crap!
He is facing nine charges and is accused of planning a major terrorist attack on Sydney defence sites and the electricity grid using downloads off the internet and having 100 rolls of toilet paper to wipe his arse after low level bombs and farts.

Brain injury for suspicion 'inhumane'
Faheem Khalid Lodhi refused bail by a Sydney court and remanded until June in hell at the (HARM-U) High Risk Management Unit at Goulburn. While he is in there he will receive a brain injury and is likely to self-harm due to the gross violation of living standards.

Ul-Haque 'the man who wants to become a doctor'
The taskforce is investigating French man Willie Brigitte, who was tipped back home for a visa breach. Allegedly the Un-Australian Newspaper claimed he also attended training camps before his six-month stay in Sydney. Police have not alleged Mr Ul-Haque knew Brigitte. The Un-Australian just mentioned it because they are 'you guessed it' up John Howard's butt and they like the USA want 'you guessed it' our Federal Government. Well Yankee go home!

Daily Terror rolled-over for Howard's war games
The DAILY TERROR is suspected of being the source of the news this morning that Willie Brigitte is a terrorist and that Sydney faces a bomb attack.

Ruddock foreshadows new terrorism laws
The new laws will allow police to access emails and mobile phone SMS messages, enable wider use of surveillance devices, and protect sensitive national security information during terrorism trials.

Community seeks more power to interrogate ASIO suspects
Greens Senator Bob Brown does not think increased police powers are necessary. "We have enormous powers for surveillance, apprehension or punishment of people who are engaged in or intending to engage in or thinking about being engaged in terrorist acts in this country," he said.

Greens warn of 'politicised' terror trials
AUSTRALIA/CUBA?: The Australian Greens say they are concerned that new anti-terrorism laws being debated in the Senate allow for the "political black-banning" of defence lawyers at terrorism trials.

Lawyer claims Al Qaeda suspect's evidence tainted!
Before returning to Australia last year, Thomas was arrested and held in custody for five months by Pakistani authorities before being released without charge.

Man terrorised by ASIO remanded in 'AA' isolation!
A Victorian man has been remanded in custody after being charged with terrorism offences, including having links to Al Qaeda?

Melbourne man charged over ASIO links
ASIO a know Australian terrorist organization is verballing the community again...about allegations that a man, while living overseas, received funds from Al Qaeda and had close association with the members of the terrorist group.

DING DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD
A court has been told Joseph Thomas is a sleeper? ZZZ! Melbourne Australia: A court has been told that Osama bin Laden asked a Melbourne man to become a "sleeper" in Australia before undertaking activities for the Al Qaeda network? Munchkins: "Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead."

AFP: The unlikely CRIMINAL
It was born of a bombing and it made its name after a far more devastating act of terrorism. But for most of the 25 years in between, little was known about the Australian Federal Police force or the work it did.

Mamdouh Habib: Taunted and Tortured!
Four Corners [Walls]: Terrorist - or Taunted by the Australian Defence Force who sacked him as a cleaning contractor? Who is Mamdouh Habib? And why was he harassed by the Australian Federal Police? Then tagged and labelled as a spy? Why was he vilified by the community? When he fled to Pakistan how did he end up being tortured in Egypt? And how did he end up at Guantanamo prison camp reserved for the men America calls "the worst of the worst.

He was an undercover agent for the blues
He was my journalist, he was working undercover. The fellow knew all of the moves.... He really had me romping, bare footing stomping. He just kept igniting my fuse....

Up there Khasali: Innocent man new bail laws
The New South Wales Supreme Court has asked innocent man Bilal Khazal to increase to amount of surety offered, before the bail is formally continued.

HEY! BIG BROTHER? LET INNOCENT PEOPLE GO!
Young men terrorised, tortured, and threatened with charges for no crime by Australia mate the lucky country. Lucky if you're not used for Howard's FEDERAL ELECTION and George Dubya's WAR ON LIBERTY! Who shot liberty? IGNORANCE!

Keelty foresees more terrorism
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says terrorist groups will continue to find new ways to threaten countries.

Islamic movement denies links to Al Qaeda
The Islamic Youth Movement has denied having any links to Al Qaeda and says it is considering legal action against the Four Corners program. In a statement released early this morning, the group rejects allegations it is helping coordinate any kind of terrorist network inside Australia and says it is being unfairly targeted.

2nd Renaissance -10 The War on Witches [150]
In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued a Papal Bull that became the rationale for establishing the Inquisition in Germany. The following excerpt from the Bull sets out the official view of the danger of witches to the community. The Bull and this this passage provided the sole excuse for the torture and cruel executions that were, ultimately, to be the fate of up to fifty percent of the population of some villages.

Australia: Copwatch No. 2

Deputy Commissioner Andrew Scipione, said the evacuation planning required police to imagine the worst that could happen.

A round up of the boys and girls in blue

A review of what the boys and girls in blue have been up to shows that their respective juices have been stimulated by their ability to demand greater and greater police powers.

In Sydney, NSW police were the first to ask for extra powers to evacuate the city centre into Hyde Park and other predetermined areas in case of a 'terrorist' incident, according to the August 1 Sydney Morning Herald.

The plans have been described as nonsense by security experts as this is exactly want terrorists want - 100,000 or so people in Hyde Park so that they can be the victim of secondary bombings. The excitement of police at ordering hundreds of thousands of people around obviously got in the way of their better thinking.

A central plank of the proposal was the push for more sniffer dogs, however, they will have to be better trained than the Victoria police dogs who were accidentally trained to sniff out talcum power.

An August 2 AAP report noted that dogs that had been trained to sniff out cocaine were in fact taught to sniff out talcum powder as the original cocaine had been switched. In January, two Victoria Police dog squad members went to the Australian Federal Police headquarters in La Trobe Street to take the cocaine to train the dogs. They took the merchandise, signed the appropriate forms and headed back to the dog squad.

Each of the dogs will now have to be re-trained at an approximate cost of $95,000 per dog.

The original cocaine has not been found.

On less weightier matters, our cops can't even get traffic cameras to work. A Herald and Weekly Times news article reports that many Victorian drivers have been wrongly banned from driving. Graeme Marr, 41, a former camera operator, said that there were problems with reflected radar beams. Radar beams can be reflected off various metal objects and this corrupts the readings.

Mr Marr is appearing as a defence witness for Glenn Hilburn, in the Broadmeadows Magistrates Court, who is being charged with speeding.

Finally, police are good at some things: shooting unarmed and mentally ill people being one of them. An August 4 AAP report quotes a state coroner attacking Victorian Police who shot a mentally ill man in 2002.

Mark Kaufman, 25, died after he was shot by a police officer at his Glen Waverley home in 2002.

The court heard Mr Kaufman, who had schizophrenia, was brandishing two knives and had stabbed his father earlier that day.

The State coroner, Graeme Johnstone, said that he accepted that the officer feared for his life, but that the police should have just waited while trying to confront him. He further found that the police handled the situation badly and that more experienced police officers should have been involved.

Elizabeth Crowther, from the Mental Health Fellowship of Victoria, says police need to learn from the tragedy.

When not shooting unarmed mentally ill people or criminals, there is always the wildlife. A police officer has been summons to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court with shooting a magpie.

The unnamed constable, from Diamond Creek, has been charged with discharging a firearm in a populous area in a dangerous manner, hunting and destroying a protected species. An autopsy has been conducted on the dead bird as part of the investigation.

The officer had been charged with discharging a firearm in a populous area and in a dangerous manner. He was also charged with hunting and destroying a protected species. The bird has been subject of an official post mortem.

There is always the avenue of complaint, of course, for the public when the police don't do their job properly. Like the woman who wrote to the Office of Police Integrity complaining that a police officer had breached her privacy.

The reply from the Office of Police Integrity plopped into the woman's letterbox, consisting of 500 pages of confidential material on more than 400 people.

According to the August 6 report in the Melbourne Age, the woman who originaly complained said 'I was writing to the [Office of Police Integrity] about breaches of my privacy and they have breached privacy beyond what I could possibly have imagined...I have no faith in returning the documents to them because they are simply going to sweep the issue under the carpet and do it to somebody else at will.'

The files contained full names, private addresses, sexual preferences, 'ethnic appearance' and criminal records.

The OPI said that 'Although mistakes of this nature are regretted, it should be remembered that the office handles thousands of complaints and inquiries every year.'

That's alright then.

By Julie Smith posted August 15 05

Related:

Australia: Cop Watch
The roundup this week - dodgy riot gear, shooting French photographers, senior coppers being 4 times over the legal limit, dodgy promotions in NSW, more terrorism powers in WA and drug-dealing coppers in Melbourne (it is alleged).

Assaulted, intimidated or harassed in custody?
"Then make an Apprehended Violence Order application against the police, says assault victim Ms Teresa Kiernan.

NSW Police Force: 2 dead, $1 million dollars to catch a thief?
NSW police have expressed concern about their response to the Macquarie Fields riots in south-western Sydney after a police pursuit that killed two young youths Dylan Rayward 17, and Mathew Robertson, 19 that went horribly wrong.

OUR STORIES MUST BE TOLD. THEY HAVE TO BE
On Sunday 13th February, a Community gathering will be held to enable all people to remember the death of one of our young Community members, 'TJ' Hickey.

Vic police chief moves to sack officers
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Christine Nixon, has moved to dismiss two police officers as part of a crackdown on corruption and says up to 20 more dismissals could follow.

Vic flop cop warns there's more corruption
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, says Victorians should brace themselves for more evidence of police corruption.

Vic police corruption report tabled in Parliament
The Victorian Ombudsman's report on the Ceja Taskforce and drug related corruption in Victoria police has been tabled in State Parliament.

Bent police compromise Bulldogs gang-rape case
Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden could have compromised gang-rape investigation? Steve Mortimer resigned!

More NSW Police Corruption?
Line of fire? [Bullshit! Line of Lick Arse Noble Cause NSW Corrupt Cops] (clockwise from top left) Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden, Assistant Commissioner Peter Parsons, Superintendent Dave Swilkes, Assistant Commissioner Bob Waites and Superintendent Dave Owens.

NSW Cop suspect in murder?
A sacked Sydney police officer has finished giving testimony at a hearing into his corrupt activities over the past eight years. Christopher John Laycock was yesterday recalled to the witness stand at the Police Integrity Commission (PIC).

Corrupt NSW police officer sacked
New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has sacked an officer who confessed to being involved in corrupt activities over the past eight years.

Policeman draws blank on fake raids
A suspended Sydney policeman has told an inquiry that he has "little recollection" of the details of fake police raids he set up.

Officer planned to kidnap criminals
A senior Sydney police officer who has admitted taking money for tipping off a child porn suspect had also been planning to kidnap criminals and extort money from them, the Police Integrity Commission heard yesterday.

Police offer protection to family following gang rape allegations
The parents of a 14-year-old girl claim their daughter was gang-raped in Sydney earlier this year, and have raised concerns about corrupt policeman Detective Sergeant Christopher Laycock's review of the case.

NSW police prosecutor charged with child porn possession
A New South Wales police prosecutor has been charged with the possession of child pornography.

Police, teachers charged in child porn bust
One-hundred-and-fifty people, including police officers and teachers, have been arrested in what the Federal Police (AFP) describe as Australia's biggest Internet child pornography bust.

A corrupt way to treat the community?
I seen the police bleeding on Nine's Sunday program arguing that promotion should depend on how many crimes police have solved and not how many brains they have and that was coming from police commissioner Ken Moroney and Police Minister John Watkins?

Judges Blood Sample: After the fact of the fact of a hangover?
Lawyers say New South Wales Supreme Court judge Jeff Shaw should not give police his own sample of blood taken after he crashed his car near his Sydney home last month.

NSW police drug amnesty under review
A drug amnesty for the New South Wales police force is under review, Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has said.

Police to uphold law not decide mental health
A diagnosis of mental illness could be made over the phone instead of in person, and involuntary psychiatric patients could lose the right to have their case reviewed by a magistrate, under proposed changes to NSW mental health laws.

Redfern police need education not weapons
According to the description of one senior police officer, the ACLO called out on the afternoon before the Redfern violence escalated was "hopeless, intoxicated and had no driver's licence."

Bulldogs simply not the best!
SIMPLY NOT THE BEST AND DEFINITELY NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE, ANYONE I'VE MET.

Clive Small, NSW Inspector Gadget
NSW Police has revived controversial plans for a specialist discriminative squad to tackle the wave of violent crime that has plagued Sydney's south-west for more than a decade.

2,500, crooked detectives? Or a corrupt Government?
The Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Where did the police learn their trade skills? Led by example perhaps?

Australia's Political Underworld...And their enforcers
The promotion of law and order means money to big business. Profits from insurance, security fixtures, patrol services and the like can only continue to grow if the perceived threat of uncontrollable crime wave escalates. In the past few months there have been many examples of the true nature of our blood thirsty politicians and their sinister attempts to spoon-feed a not so gullible public with their repetitious rhetoric.

Lord Denning
Interesting how a member of the Police Board Mr. Tim Priest would hold grave fears for his safety from dangerouse senior police but fails to name them or have them sacked. Rather Priest resigns as if he had no powers. Could that mean what he was saying is that the Governments are also corrupt?

Black Nexus
The Separation of Powers Doctrine is nowcontaminated witharangeofcolours, now leaving us with a black shirt on a once blue bridge that crossed that thin blue line. The 'Amery and Woodham show'.

Partners in crime - history!
Roger Rogerson, the old hero, who never faced a result in the Lanfranchy, or Huckstepp murders, was let off in my opinion when the New South Wales Government rolled the legal system (deciding what evidence to give the police prosecutor) to have the jury believe the illusion they (the Government wanted to create).Similarly, Peter Ryan facing the Police Integrity Commission for questions about his involvement in the demise of the dysfunctional reform unit. Chess in the court (rolling the legal system).

Police Chronology 1994-2001
View events in the NSW Police Force since the Wood Royal Commission began in 1994. 1994 May Justice James Wood is appointed Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service ('WRC').

Federal Police

AFP: The unlikely CRIMINAL
It was born of a bombing and it made its name after a far more devastating act of terrorism. But for most of the 25 years in between, little was known about the Australian Federal Police force or the work it did.

Community seeks more power to interrogate ASIO suspects

Greens Senator Bob Brown does not think increased police powers are necessary. "We have enormous powers for surveillance, apprehension or punishment of people who are engaged in or intending to engage in or thinking about being engaged in terrorist acts in this country," he said.

Australian Community leader Mr Lothar from the 2nd Renaissance is calling for more powers for reverse surveillance of the Federal Police.

Mr Lothar is also calling for expanded community powers to combat the HoWARd Governments fascism.

He says, "Dictionaries tell us that fascism involves, "Extreme right-wing, nationalist and authoritarian systems of government and social organisation."

Almost everyone recognises the past regimes of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini as totalitarian. However, few citizens of the US, Britain, or Australia, consider that their governments have yet reached such extremes." He said

"The mainstream media, and the professional propagandists that now influence and shape every event that is reported by such channels, make it difficult for the ordinary citizen to reason clearly, without being led along carefully contrived lines of argument. Many lines of reasoning given for increased surveillance, and for continual intrusions on individual privacy, end in the exhortation, "If you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to worry about." For example, one sequence goes like this:

* Criminals do harm to society,

* Criminals use cell phones to talk to each other,

* All cell phones need unique identifying codes, so that law enforcement officers can track criminals by their phones,

* So, your phone has a unique identification code embedded in its SIM card,

* The police (and anyone else) can track your every movement while you have your phone switched on,

* But don't be concerned, "If you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to worry about."

This all seems reasonable to many citizens, who genuinely feel that they have nothing to hide. They consider that the surveillance is not directed at them, but only at the "bad guys" in society.

However, that's not true. Anyone who thinks it through soon realises that such surveillance is a significant intrusion on citizen's privacy."

Today's line from the war criminal and his cronies Mick Keelty: (AFP): "Police need greater powers to force terror suspects to say who they work with and what they know about planned attacks." "If society really expects law enforcement to prevent and disrupt terrorist activity, then we need to look at other models that are working or that are under development in other parts of the world," he said.

"The AFP's overseas counterparts have a greater ability to force suspects to provide information about planned attacks."

"These include questions such as the person's identity and movements, what the person knows about a recent explosion or another recent incident endangering life and what they know about a person killed or injured in a recent explosion or incident," he said.

Mr Lothar " But don't let officials and propagandists think for you. Think for yourself. Think for your family, think for their security, think for their future, think for their freedom."

Talk Straight About Surveillance

The prevailing debates about surveillance and individual privacy are unidirectional, they all lead towards citizens and away from governments. Nobody ever suggests surveillance of police by citizen groups. Nobody ever argues that, "Since the AFP works for the people, it can have nothing to hide from them. Therefore, let us see the files. Give us the computer passwords.

Let us into the AFP offices, we own them anyway. Don't we?" If Australia was a real democracy, none of these requests would seem strange. But, the fact is that Australia is only a pretend democracy, as are its allies; the US and Great Britain. So, requests of this nature can be expected to be described by authorities of these elected governments as, "outrageous", "impractical", "dangerous", and of course, "not in the national interest."

It is up to ordinary people to raise the level of debate about the undemocratic surveillance practices of the many faceless and unaccountable agents who make daily intrusions on individual privacy, and about the apologists and propagandists for the War on Terror who applaud every new attack on human rights and freedoms as "prudent" or "necessary". If there is no discussion of reverse surveillance in the national media, create it on the streets on a citizen to citizen basis.

If nobody is talking about the outrageous assaults on privacy and human rights embodied in the new anti terrorist acts forced through US, UK and Australian legislatures, start talking about it to your neighbours and friends. If you are apprehended for behaving in a suspicious manner, make sure that the subject of your "disloyal" dialogue comes out in court.

There is nothing inherently wrong with arguing for an overview process covering the files of covert agencies, or other government departments for that matter. Such reverse surveillance could be performed by randomly selected citizens audit teams. That idea won't be popular with the Feds, but discussion of the proposal can't easily be prevented in a society that is declared to be democratic. If such discussions are to be outlawed, secretive states can no longer pretend to be democratic, and they must show their true colours to their citizens, and the world."

Surveillance

HoWARd's Cronies Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says he will look into whether the AFP needs greater powers to fight terrorism?

The Government gave the AFP increased powers earlier this year, but Mr Ruddock says he will consider any request made.

"I have asked my officials to look at what the Commissioner has had to say," he said.

"If I get advice from somebody like the Commissioner of Police that these matters need to be looked at, I'll look at them."

Reality

Greens Senator Bob Brown does not think increased police powers are necessary.

"We have enormous powers for surveillance, apprehension or punishment of people who are engaged in or intending to engage in or thinking about being engaged in terrorist acts in this country," he said.

"The challenge to Mr Keelty is to use those powers properly before claiming he needs even more."

Mr Keelty was speaking to a conference of criminologists in Melbourne last night.

Lothar:

Argue For Reverse Surveillance - It IS Democratic! Code breaking, and subsequent surveillance of military communications transmitted by the German and Japanese forces, played a major part in the victory of the British and US forces in World War II. As a consequence, the old allies continue to maintain major systems of surveillance, under the UKUSA agreement. To this day, the US National Security Agency (NSA) is the largest employer of mathematicians and cryptographers on the planet.

But their surveillance now intrudes on the private lives, commercial confidences, and intellectual property rights of all citizens.

Not only those people living within the territories of countries that are signatories to UKUSA are affected. The secret SIGINT community spies on all or humanity, on a 24/7 basis.

It is possible to argue that this constant, all pervading surveillance is in the "national interest" of the British or US governments and their "owners", (but not the interests of ordinary citizens). However, nobody can soundly argue that such spying is in the wider interests of humanity.

When the surveillance systems of UKUSA are used to steal knowledge, dominate trade, create artificial scarcity, and maintain poverty and economic control, they serve to refute the notion that the governments that deploy them are either free or democratic.

Reverse surveillance, on the other hand, is inherently democratic. The whole basis of democracy is that elected representatives act for their constituents, and that they run accountable and transparent administrations. There is nothing in the democratic contract that permits covert surveillance of citizens by government agencies, nor is there any understanding that it is acceptable for "our" governments to bug "their" technological developments and steal or suppress what they choose, to keep scarcity and poverty going in the world.

All such surveillance activities are out of step with democracy, and it is entirely legitimate for citizens of any nominally democratic state to insist of their right of inspection and elimination of surveillance systems. All agencies of government, both overt and covert, come under this remit of citizens in a free society. And I guess that includes Governments who want more, more, more and even more powers to screw citizens over for political purposes.

Surveillance

By Propaganda Monster 7 November 04

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