Quotes from John W. Whitehead

License plate readers—which collect upwards of 1,800 images per hour—can identify the owner of any car that comes within its sights. (Illustration by Molly Zisk, courtesy of The Register)

Under such a unified court structure, author Jerome R. Corsi foresees an immediate challenge to First Amendment free speech laws, as well as the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. As he explains in Human Events

2006 Congressional Pig Book were

beauty salon and $19 million to examine gas emissions from cow flatulence, but rejected a healthcare reform bill that would offer affordable

cameras, the smart car is equipped with GPS-enabled projectiles, similar to a dart launcher and located near the front bumper of the vehicle. With the aid of a military-grade laser, a law enforcement agent can aim the GPS projectile at the target vehicle with tremendous precision. Once attached, the projectiles can track the target in real time for days.

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."1 —JAMES MADISON

Television results in a kind of zombification—not a great thing for a genuinely democratic society."1 —BRUCE LEVINE, clinical psychologist

Neighborhoods gave way to gated communities, and the nosy neighbor down the street had been transformed into an official neighborhood watch. Surveillance cameras were mounted on sidewalks

As Radley Balko, senior editor of Reason magazine, details in his insightful study of the problem, these characteristics include: The militarization of domestic policing, not just in big cities but in small towns and suburbs. The increasingly frequent use of heavily armed SWAT teams for proactive policing and the routine execution of drug warrants, even for simple marijuana possession.

AN END-RUN AROUND POSSE COMITATUS American

It is easy to remain silent in the face of evil. John W. Whitehead

Posse Comitatus Act, the federal government is prohibited from deploying the military on U.S. soil as local law enforcement. But what is to stop the local police from becoming the military? Not much, it seems. The

creating the Law Enforcement Support Program, an agency headquartered at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. This new agency was charged with streamlining the transfer of military equipment to civilian police departments.

This weapon uses the Active Denial System (ADS), which dispenses brief, high-energy waves at a target, resulting in a sensation of severe burning pain. As one reporter explained, the $51 million crowd-control device "rides atop a Humvee, looks like a TV dish, and shoots energy waves 1/64 of an inch deep into the human skin."32

As a result of the Pentagon's giveaway program, more and

Salvatore Culosi Jr., whom they suspected of gambling on sporting events. When the SWAT team confronted Culosi as he came out of his home, one officer's gun discharged, striking Culosi in the chest and killing him.

One officer proceeded to shoot the family dogs. His fellow

Furthermore, does the federal government violate the Posse Comitatus Act when it uses these private mercenaries to conduct domestic law enforcement missions? The answer remains unsettled since it is difficult to establish whether private mercenaries are under the direction and control of the federal government, local officials

Unknown to most Americans, nearly one-third of all vehicles on the road today (and 64 percent of the 2005 models) contain small chips and sensors known as event-data recorders (EDRs) that can retain up to 20 seconds of data prior to an accident. This information includes speed, braking, acceleration, and seat belt usage in cars.31