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Epic Fail in Congress: USA PATRIOT Act Renewed Without Any New Civil Liberties Protections
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| Yesterday evening, the U.S. House of
| Representatives voted overwhelmingly to
| renew three expiring provisions of the USA
| PATRIOT Act, after the Senate abandoned the
| PATRIOT reform effort and approved the
| extension by a voice vote on Wednesday
| night.
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/epic-fail-congress-usa-patriot-act-renewed-without
Chinese factory worker jailed for joining political party
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| A 20-year-old factory worker who joined a
| banned political party because he was
| unhappy with one-party rule in China was
| sentenced to jail for 18 months yesterday,
| his mother said.
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| A court in southern China's boomtown city
| of Shenzhen found Xue Mingkai guilty of
| subversion of state power because he joined
| the US-based China Democracy party last
| April, Xue's mother Wang Shuqing said.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/10/chinese-worker-jailed-political-party
Recent:
Open source developer? Uncle Sam wants you
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| The US Defense Department is enlisting an open source approach to software
| development -- an about-face for such a historically top-down organisation.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?newsid=14516
Related:
Open Source, The Patriotic Solution
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| Governments are political animals, and favors emanate from them to trusted
| supporters, software companies among them. Diebold Inc, with its voting
| systems at the center of a handful of controversies, has been an off and on
| presence on Capitol Hill according to OpenSecrets.org.
|
| The company has drawn its share of critics over the years, dating back to
| complaints in 2003 of numerous flaws with its software. This demonstrates why
| Peterson dislikes the secret software approach...
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http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20080728OpenSourceThePatrioticSolution.html
Call for digital patriotism
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| Digital patriotism is needed if SA is to not only protect, but foster local
| innovation, says Nhlanhla Mabaso, Open Source Centre manager at the CSIR.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0710241032.asp?S=Innovations&A=INV&O=FPTOP
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