All pretenses that the United States is a constitutional
republic seem to be gone these days.
The news is full of reports about how a building in Washington,
D.C. was "raided" and various alleged violations of the law
were found: an "unapproved" propane stove (my hunch: a camp
stove, such as millions of us have), literature on making Molotov
cocktails (so much for the First Amendment, not to mention the
Fourth), devices to make human chains possible, etc.
Here's an excerpt, available from Yahoo:
"By Mark Egan
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police said on Saturday they had tightened security further, made more arrests and seized literature on how to make Molotov cocktails -- crude bombs which could be used in a riot -- as they braced for mass protests at the IMF and World Bank meetings.
"Three protesters who planned to take part in a mass rally outside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Sunday were arrested, bringing to 20 the number of arrests since protests began on Monday. Police said the activists were arrested late Friday during the search of an apartment in northwest Washington which turned up devices to block streets and instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails."
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police said on Saturday they had tightened security further, made more arrests and seized literature on how to make Molotov cocktails -- crude bombs which could be used in a riot -- as they braced for mass protests at the IMF and World Bank meetings.
"Three protesters who planned to take part in a mass rally outside the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Sunday were arrested, bringing to 20 the number of arrests since protests began on Monday. Police said the activists were arrested late Friday during the search of an apartment in northwest Washington which turned up devices to block streets and instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails."
--end excerpt--
So now we have pre-emptive raids
on buildings and warehouses where people gather. None of us are safe
from this kind of police state nonsense.
(No doubt some pliable judge
signed some blanket warrant for this raid to happen. Corruption on
earth.)
"Police said on Saturday
that they had completed a raid on a building in Cupertino where
cyber-terrorists known as "cyberpunks" had planned to hold
a meeting later in the day. They detained four persons they claimed
were preparing to discuss methods for disrupting the Net and they
seized books and pamphlets describing illegal methods for illegally
hiding thoughts from the Thought Police."
Fuck this.
--Tim May
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Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money,
ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero
W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets,
"Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.
