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Monday, March 2
Radio chip coming soon to your driver's license?
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 02 Mar 2009 12:56 PM EST
Privacy advocates are issuing warnings about a new radio chip plan that ultimately could provide electronic identification for every adult in the U.S. and allow agents to compile attendance lists at anti-government rallies simply by walking through the assembly. The proposal, which has earned the support of Janet Napolitano, the newly chosen chief of the Department of Homeland Security, would embed radio chips in driver's licenses, or "enhanced driver's licenses." More>>>
President Obama's newly minted urban czar pocketed thousands of dollars in campaign cash
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 02 Mar 2009 02:39 AM EST
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion often received contributions just before or after he sponsored money for projects or approved important zoning changes, records show. Most donations were organized and well-timed. In one case, a developer became a Carrion fund-raiser two months before the borough president signed off on his project, raising more than $6,000 in campaign cash. In another, eight Boricua College officials came up with $8,000 on the same day for Carrion three weeks before the school filed plans to build a new tower. Carrion ultimately approved the project and sponsored millions in taxpayer funds for it. Carrion resigned as borough president effective Sunday and begins his new job as director of the White House Office on Urban Policy Monday. More>>> |
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