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Another interesting article the gray area the government is slowly taking over or taking advantage of.  It all evolves around trust, do you feel the government will not abuse their power and control?  Do you?

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‘Feds radiating Americans’? Mobile X-ray vans hit US streets

Atlanta – For many living in a terror-spooked country, it might seem like a great government innovation: Use vans equipped with mobile X-ray units to scan vehicles at major sporting events, or even randomly, for bombs or contraband.

But news that the US is buying custom-made vans packed with something called backscatter X-ray capacity has riled privacy advocates and sparked internet worries about “feds radiating Americans.”

“This really trips up the creep factor because it’s one of those things that you sort of intrinsically think the government shouldn’t be doing,” says Vermont-based privacy expert Frederick Lane, author of “American Privacy.” “But, legally, the issue is the boundary between the government’s legitimate security interest and privacy expectations we enjoy in our cars.”

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This is just one of many requests for additional powers without the need of a warrant.  The administration is trying to expand this on many fronts:  Internet wiretaps, GPS location in “public” areas, easier wiretapping of all mobile devices, and the use of X-Ray equipped vans (they have 500 today) that drive our neighborhoods, searching vehicles and homes without warrants.

It all seems like something out of a sci-fi movie or at least a Bond flick.  But it is not, it is very much real.

As we move toward these last days, the government will need to gather more and more control over its citizens.  This will all culminate with the final Antichrist regime.

Luckily, we will be gone before his presence can be unleashed.  Jesus promises to rapture us and keep us from the worst.

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U.S. Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority

The Obama administration is developing plans that would require all Internet-based communication services — such as encrypted BlackBerry e-mail, Facebook, and Skype — to be capable of complying with federal wiretap orders, according to a report published Monday.

National security officials and federal law enforcement argue their ability to eavesdrop on terror suspects is increasingly “going dark,” The New York Times reported, as more communication takes place via Internet services, rather than by traditional telephone.

The bill, which the White House plans to deliver to Congress next year, would require communication service providers be technically capable of intercepting and decrypting messages, raising serious privacy concerns, the Times said.

The proposal has “huge implications” and poses a test to the “fundamental elements of the Internet revolution,” vice president of the Center for Democracy and Technology, James Dempsey, told the Times.

“They basically want to turn back the clock and make Internet services function the way that the telephone system used to function,” he was quoted as saying.

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