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Submission + - Police raid home of Wikileaks.de domain owner (sunshinepress.org) 1

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BountyX

on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @11:10PM

BountyX writes: "First and foremost, wikileaks.org is back up after downtime due to server load; however, the German government wants to keep the site down. According to their twitter page, police have raided the home of Wikileaks.de domain owner over internet censorship lists that were leaked two weeks ago. What the Australian government's secret ACMA internet censorship blacklist has anything to do with Germany is a mystery. This case is a prime example of multiple governments collobarating in support of censorship."

Submission + - Homeland Security's Space-Based Spying Goes Live (inteldaily.com)

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BountyX

on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @05:24PM

BountyX writes: "While America's attention has shifted to the economic meltdown and the presidential race between corporate favorites John McCain and Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) National Applications Office (NAO) "will proceed with the first phase of a controversial satellite-surveillance program, even though an independent review found the department hasn't yet ensured the program will comply with privacy laws." NAO will coordinate how domestic law enforcement and "disaster relief" agencies such as FEMA use satellite imagery intelligence (IMINT) generated by U.S. spy satellites. Based on available evidence, hard to come by since these programs are classified "above top secret," the technological power of these military assets are truly terrifying."

Submission + - Program brings Web's collective wisdom to patents (cnn.com)

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BountyX

on Monday September 15, 2008 @12:24PM

BountyX writes: "Well, it seems like all that complaining online might pay off. The Patent office is trying to figure out a more efficient way to handle prior art search by tapping into the IT industry for help. The article suggests there are too many lawyers in the process and not enough inventors. I like the sound of this."

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