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New Documents Reveal Extent, Cost Of BPD’s Secret Surveillance Strategy

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted July 11, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston has spent millions on no-bid contracts for analysts they claim couldn’t track racist demonstrators

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Boston Police, BPD, BRIC, Centra, demonstration, DHS, features, natsec, news, news to us, Protest, surveillance

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WOULD STRUGGLE UNDER PROPOSED DHS RULES

Written by WENJING DING AND HONGYU LIU Posted December 12, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Orwellian runaround

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Boston, DHS, emerson college, Homeland Security, international, Joe Biden, justice, Massachusetts, Protest, student, tufts university, visa

WELCOME TO HELL WORLD: DEMONSTRATORS IN BOSTON PROTEST AN UNRESPONSIVE AMAZON OVER ICE SALES

Written by LUKE ONEIL Posted September 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“They like to present these tools as being neutral ... but these tools are being sold to ICE and DHS specifically to track immigrants, to track activists, and to use that information across law enforcement networks to terrorize communities and split families apart."

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Amazon, Boston, DHS, ice, Luke O'Neil, Never Again Action, protests, Welcome to Hell World

SPECIAL FEATURE: CRIPPLED EPISTEMOLOGY

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted August 9, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Boston researchers have spent years helping government agencies plan and simulate operations to troll potential terrorists. Despite controversial practices and lackluster results, the covert operations continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston Police Department, BPD, BRIC, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, DARPA, DHS, Donald Trump, Facebook, Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, ISIS, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Lone Wolf, MKULTRA, NSA, Persona, Pokemon, Robert Popp, Russian trolls, Sunstein, terrorism, US Army Special Operations Command, Usaamah Rahim, World War II

THE YEAR IN MASS SURVEILLANCE

Written by ALEX MARTHEWS Posted December 22, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

You’d be better off using divination sticks than relying on TV to find out what’s going on regarding these matters, so we keep track of it all. Here’s a brief overview of this year’s surveillance-related news in the Commonwealth.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #BINJbrother, #mapoli, Alex Marthews, bay state examiner, Big Brother, Black Lives Matter, BPD, BRIC, civil liberties, Commissioner William Evans, DHS, DigBoston, Digital 4th, Massachusetts, Muska Nassery, Segun Idowu, Shekia Scott, surveillance

THE DEFENSE OF OFFENSE: DOCUMENTS REVEAL ‘JUSTIFICATION’ FOR MASS POLICE MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 12, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The public has a brand new window into excessive defense spending

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Bill Evans, Black Lives Matter, Boston Police Department, BPD, Chris Faraone, Commissioner William Evans, DHS, DigBoston, Eric Garner, FEMA, Homeland Security, Kade Crockford, Michael Brown

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