Waking Up Orwell

FAA stokes an EPIC petition over domestic Drone use 

Guest  Amie Stepanovich,  National Security Counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center shows us the light. - http://epic.org/privacy/drones/ 
Boston Herald.com: Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DRONES_AT_HOME?SITE=MABOH&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

NEWS BITS CITED @BeatTheChip on Twitter - follow me and find out all the crap you've been missing.

DIY Government Task List 

White House petition on domestic use of drones - get your 2 cents in!
http://digg.com/newsbar/story/require_the_faa_to_conduct_a_rulemaking_on_the_privacy_impact_of_domestic_drone_use_the_white_house

SOLD! To the man completely disgusted with the indefinite detention provisions of American citizens without due process...   1 copy of the Washington State legislation punting NDAA FY 2012 proviso's  back to the District of Columbia.  
SEE HERE: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2759

Waking Up Orwell's annual visit with Paper's Please's Edward Hasbrouk goes over Pan-American travel, border policy and what you can do about TSA's "naughty" lists this Holiday Season.  This includes your travel documents, managing your expectation of a grope-worthy experience on US domestic flights and finding out where all your travel data is lodging this Christmas!  Buckle your seatbelts, put away the tray tables and get your sick bags ready - it's going to be a turbulent ride. 

SOURCES:

Why Obama Wants to Veto S.1867
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/why-obama-wants-to-veto-s-1867/

"Big Brothers, PRODIGAL sons, and Cybersecurity," by  Julian Sanchez 
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/big-brothers-prodigal-sons-and-cybersecurity/ 

ADVISE (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADVISE

TOP STORY : Officials unclear on US-Canadian information sharing at the borders. "Currently, no information is shared upon entry or exit." http://bit.ly/sG8DeJ"

ACLU and Its International Allies Call for Protections in New U.S.-Canadian Border Deal
http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/aclu-and-its-international-allies-call-protections-new-us-canadian-border 

Canadian Poll: Are you worried about information sharing at the U.S border? http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/12/are-you-worried-about-information-sharing-at-the-us-border.html

"Civil liberties principles for border policy" by Edward Hasbrouk for PapersPlease.org
http://papersplease.org/wp/2011/12/07/civil-liberties-principles-for-border-policy/

BIG DATA MEETS BIG BROTHER
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=142474

Think Carrier IQ is bad? Wikileaks founder says all smartphones can be hacked with ease
http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/02/think-carrier-iq-is-bad-wikileaks-founder-says-all-smartphones-can-be-hacked-with-ease/

MUSIC: All available for download at iTunes
"Here Comes the Sun" (Beatles 8bit Remix) -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_X1kM9Unk
"Get Up, ..Get Involved" - James Brown  

 ::IY Government:::  

Ask President Obama to veto the bill that allows indefinite detention of US citizens http://bit.ly/vVoqca

DIY Democracy App http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/do-it-yourself-democracy/id337771823?mt=8

Ed Hasbrouck's Guide to PNR and ATS data requests http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001607.html

Hate Facial Recognition Systems and federal Biometric identity demands (fingerprints, thumbprints, iris scans, digital face prints, gait recording)?   The FTC may want to hear your comments! ESPECIALLY if your a prospective gun owner or constituent in a pilot State for Next Gen Identification or NGI premiering in WA, MI, NC, & FL in January-Feburary, 2012. Send all biometric grievances to the FTC : facefacts@ftc.gov before Jan. 13, 2012.

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DIY GOVERNMENT E-Alerts

• Call-in to State Department and Military to demand an end to Bradley Manning's mistreatment  http://www.bradleymanning.org/events/call-in-to-the-white-house-and-military-to-demand-un-access
• Kill the Internet Blacklist Bill  - - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk3cIMAfMKs
• DOWNSIZE D.C. Repeal REAL ID - - http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/kaye-beach-a-real-id-victim

Watercooler talks with Fortress-Toronto.com 's, David Weingarten

SOURCES:

• Mexico's Calderon cancels APEC trip after minister's death - http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1674830.php/Mexico-s-Calderon-cancels-APEC-trip-after-minister-s-death
• US CBP claim 75% of U.S. citizens agree with unreleased US-Canadian security proposal - http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2011/11/us-cbp-claim-75-of-us-citizens-agree.html?spref=tw
• FBI Plans Nationwide Face Recognition Trials 2012 - http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/07/2342240/fbi-plans-nationwide-face-recognition-trials-in-2012
• Twitter ordered to yield data in Wikileaks case - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/technology/twitter-ordered-to-yield-data-in-wikileaks-case.html
• AP Exclusive: CIA tracks revolt by Tweet, Facebook - http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jGuH2XxQaLndlUL9ZyCHrblyaUKA?docId=f68575549db04fcf992161e4bcbbb191
• SLATE.com - Ignoring Maher Arar won't make his torture claims go away - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2010/06/nowhere_to_hide.html

Getting wise with StopSmartMeters.org 's, Joshua Hart

*Picture of Josh's trustworthy beard on a GREEN BICYCLE here.  SM Activism FAQ's - http://stopsmartmeters.org/frequently-asked-questions/

SOURCES:

Websites that catalog the myriad of health complaints

• http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?page_id=2292
• http://stopsmartmeters.org/2011/10/25/smart-meter-health-effects-worsening/
• http://www.smartmeterhelp.com/
• http://tinyurl.com/42nhr97

***This is a podcast for Godzilla Government:: http: www.zillamod.wordpress.com:**

People are turning on their computers to seek out Occupy Together gatherings to help represent their own interests in the economic breakdown. #OccupyTogether, organized by GlobalRevolution.es, is helping many find ways to talk back to Wall St and the US government by inviting the voices of those harmed by the economic downturn.  They are not happy with D.C. They are not happy with Wall Street's financial institutions.

In this report, many gievances are cited for too much corporate involvement with the government sector and too much government involved with the private sector.
  
We attended Occupy Seattle to hear the stories and the voices of those in attendance.  We also asked a few people right around the corner their opinion of current events and the protests. 

UPDATES:

10/5 -  A breakthrough report in Bankster accountability from Steve Vogel at the Washington Post: 
"Suit alleges banks and mortgage companies cheated veterans and U.S. taxpayers"

Kevin Zeese, a man not afraid to name names, reports from October 2011 event, when unions *officially* join the #OccupyTogether movement.

Internet patriarch, Lawrence Lessig, comments on the American Spring:

"The arrest of hundreds of tired and unwashed kids, denied the freedom of a bullhorn, and the right to protest on public streets, may well be the first real green-shoots of this, the American spring. And if nurtured right, it could well begin real change."

Counter weights:

Anonymous call to action: Some refute claims to erase NYSE on October 10th as a "fake planted operation by law enforcement and cyber crime agencies."

"Occupy the Fed," says conservative alt-media talk host, Alex Jones on 11-22-2011. Federal Reserve chair, Ben Bernanke says, "I can't blame them."

HR 2885, the Legal Worforce Act bill would mandate all US workers submit SSN#s and record identity information in a web-based cloud system administered by USCIS (DHS).   

Orly Taitz road tested E-Verify with what is believed to be President Obama's SSN#. Dr. Taitz claims that President Obama has presented fraudulent identity documents and demands accountability from the White House.   She presents the case that E-Verify can deidentify the United States President if his SSN# is fraudulent.  

We ask her about the integrity of the E-Verify technology and her end goal in deidentifying the US President. 

We follow Orly's statements with our own brand of analysis of The Legal Workforce Act. We analyze the nature of President Obama identity submissions to the Birther movement (overidentification), and stoke a call to action.

SPOILER ALERT: You can make Numbers USA very angry by feeding your family.

Adrian Wyllie, the Chair for the Libertarian Party of Florida, has become a burr in the side of the Pinellas County criminal justice system. His offense? Driving without a Real ID certified license in the State of Florida.  After over 2 months public provocation, the sheriffs department issued a citation.  

Wyllie had his day in court- the results should surprise anyone.  We are joined in a discussion with Mr. Wyllie over these current events. 

The legal battle over Real ID certified licenses in the State of Florida will continue to be challenged in a recently sponsored Tallahassee based legislation, HB 109 (R-Larry Ahern).

SOURCES:

Adrian Wyllie protests by not renewing his Florida license 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOTOenwxsQI

CSPAN Homeland Security & Terrorism Threats Forum, as mentioned

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TerrorismThrea

Renditions of efforts to implement State-to-Federal drivers license information sharing databases.

• DIVS: http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2011/08/understanding-issuance-models.html
• RIDE : http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-evve-ride-initiative-may-lead.html
• HR 2164- The Lawful Workforce Act - http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2011/06/about-lamar-smiths-new-national.html

Police pilots for body cameras 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfEO5mrQRTg&feature=share

MORIS the Biometric iPhone attachement 

http://www.switched.com/2010/06/16/moris-iphone-app-lets-cops-instantly-id-criminals-with-snapshots/

Florida House Bill 109- Issuance and Renewal of Drivers Licenses and ID cards

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=47159

LAS VEGAS- The (r)evolution of privacy in technology was tweeted tonight at the Develop 4 Privacy awards at the DEFCON 19 hacker conference in Las Vegas.

3rd Place went to Obscuracam (Guardian Project), 2nd place to tiqr (https://tiqr.org/), an open source authenticator, and the 1st prize award to Gibberbot (Guardian Project). The winning applications were developed using the principles of Privacy by Design.

One of the winning developers, Harlo Holmes, Guardian Project's mobile app developer for the Android platform, spoke with us about Obscuracam, Gibberbot and her DEFCON experience. Holmes, a Facebook early adopter, talks about what the winning apps do to protect privacy, social networks and the societal goals at the Guardian Project. Privacy by Design policies and best practices are fast becoming the most resilient way to reinforce privacy values for technologies in the marketplace.

"The Develop for Privacy challenge is a great way to raise awareness for principles of privacy by design at a developer and code level. Far too many developers think about putting their user in control of their data after the fact. By encouraging privacy from the start, we're raising awareness of how to design for privacy," said Andrew Lewman of the Tor Project.

Contestants' apps were judged based on effectiveness, the quality of user documentation, source code, originality, portability, and performance. The DEFCON event judges were veteran privacy scholars and analysts who awarded priority to the protection of daily online chats & instant messaging and the first place win to Gibberbot.

“This app demonstrates that advances in consumer technology don’t need to come at the expense of privacy, said Nicole Ozer, with event sponsor, ACLU of Northern California and the Demand Your dotRights campaign. “We’re hopeful that companies will start to bake in better privacy protections so that users don’t have to choose between using smartphones and keeping control of their private information.”

Winning developers won't walk away with a lot of prizes, but their technologies will be among the most recognised and supported examples of Privacy by Design in the industry. In fact, their apps will an open source download for most users.

Harlo Holmes, who was given a jacket by presenters, described her win for privacy as,"priceless".

CEI analyst Alex Nowrasteh digests today's Immigration climate for reform, The Legal Workforce Act bill (HR 2164), DHS' RIDE initiative, the E-Verify data base & an anniversary for SB 1070. 

This is the other pic of Alex Nowrasteh. 

REFERENCE ARTICLES & MEDIA

The Legal Workforce Act (HR 2164)

• IN FAVOR: MANDATORY E-VERIFY: 2 more co-sponsor Chairman Smith's bill 
• OPPOSED:Privacy groups protest proposed E-Verify bill

Jim Harper on FOX's Freedom Watch covers E-Verify *cited during Interview 

WHY (EVVE) RIDE Initiative may lead State's to Real ID certification

BTC - A new house bill sponsored by Rep. Bishop (R-UT) would allow a DHS policy waiver of 36 federal laws to construct US border fences to become law.  The National Security and Federal Lands Protection bill would change border definitions, expanding the reach of federal border enforcement 100 miles inland from coast to coast.  

From the bill:

(c) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO WAIVER AUTHORITY.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

provision of law (including any termination date re-
lating to the waiver referred to in this subsection),
the waiver by the Secretary of Homeland Security
on April 1, 2008, under section 102(c)(1) of the Ille-
gal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note; Public Law
104–208) of the laws described in paragraph (2)
with respect to certain sections of the international
border between the United States and Mexico and
between the United States and Canada shall be con-
sidered to apply to all sections of the international
land and maritime borders of the United States
within 100 miles of the international land and mari-
time borders of the United States for the activities
of the Secretary of Homeland Security described in
subsection (b), including the construction of infra-
structure, to achieve the operational control de-
scribed in subsection (a). 

We discuss events at the bill’s Introduction hearing and the US border with Scott Nicol with No Border Wall Fence Coalition.

Music by Nortec's Fussible....

We deserve better.  The armed service members in this country deserve better.  However- the sad truth is that Pvt. Bradley Manning is experiencing the US institution of torture and rendition consistent with being classified as a "terrorist". 

This is what the United States military has been reduced to: extorting us towards crushing debt to pay for torture, rape and incarceration of our own citizens when THEY TELL THE TRUTH.  

Be reminded, we may demand a different standard than, "shut up, lay down and take it without making any noise".

Daniel Ellsberg, a pioneer in the art of the leak led to a revolution in public awareness.  This was before news organizations were infiltrated by retired military plants.

It's all we can do to to just stay dedicated to blowing the whistle, until the people comes down like rain on the worst form of endurable governance in our name in US history yet.  If the Obama Administration has mishandled the affairs of Brad Manning it may lead to Nixon's fate of impeachment. 

Try to stay sane.  DO SOMETHING!

This week on Waking Up Orwell 

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This gives us an additional week to upgrade graphics, develop the website and come up with ways to promote the show. 

" 22nd Century"  music by Kelis

THIS WEEKS NEWS:  This about sums the national state of affairs pertaining to civil liberty this week.

"A bad weekend for civil liberties" 

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/9/27/905707/-A-bad-weekend-for-privacy,-civil-liberties

DIY Government

http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2010/09/upgrades-and-exemptions-electronic.html

This weeks bid for sanity is to add your public comments about the Dept. Homeland  Security's request to for exemption from  legal conditions set  by the ECPA or Electronic Privacy Act of 1974 to monitor e-mail, phone calls, and anything else that creates a record from an electronic pulse.   Big Thanks to Lady Axxiom for throwing this out there.

PUBLIC COMMENT DETAILS HERE:

http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2010/09/10/2010-22639/privacy-act-of-1974-implementation-of-exemptions-department-of-homeland-securityall031-information  

Public Knowledge about ECPA, COICA and a return to the days of the "clipper chip"  with special guest, Art Brodsky.

http://www.publicknowledge.org/  

Jessica Sundin for the Minnesota Anti-war Committee tells us what it's like when the FBI raids you when they HAVE a warrent.  More news about "improper"  FBI conduct.

http://www.antiwarcommittee.org/

Professor and social anthropologist, Janine Wedel, teaches us about the world of  Washington D.C.'s  Shadow elite public-private policy drivers called "flexians".

http://janinewedel.info/pubs.html

Tony Fish reverse engineers the properties of a digital footprint towards the body of online reputation.  

http://www.mydigitalfootprint.com/footprint-ugc/

WAKING UP ORWELL "GOES THERE"

We are featuring two rapidly spliced interviews addressing the increase in violence against Muslim Americans in the continental U.S.  

We wish we could have gotten this to you sooner.

Dan Merchant, Film Director, asks God to save us from his followers.@ 7:47
The Park 51 Cordoba Center Special Analysis with Shahid Buttar of the BORDC. @55:05

Music from Kelis: Flesh Tone Album [Think Donna Summer does Electro.]@ 51:40

THIS WEEK ON WAKING UP ORWELL: EDWIN BLACK * ERASING DAVID* FLORIDIANS AGAINST REAL ID 

Waking Up Orwell is taking the Summer off so we can focus on developing a classic analog technology, tried and true, to create futuristic revenue streams.  We return in the fall.  You'll like it when we do.

WHEN YOU DELETE YOUR FACEBOOK...kiss your friends goodbye with some Miami basics c/o DJ Ryan Morales. 

http://ryanmorales.podOmatic.com/entry/2010-04-29T18_05_10-07_00 

Should The Government Take on Facebook?

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/should-government-take-on-facebook/

ON FILM:  David Bond celebrates UK moments of Liberty and his attempt to erase himself in privacy thriller Erasing David 

[@32:07]

David Bond producer of UK film Erasing David speaks with us about the UK's recent decision to move away from their national identity program and a new direction for their civil liberty.   Bond's film was 3 years in the making.  His discoveries about commercial possession of his personal identity articles and the use of biometrics in UK school programs clear the fog about the direction the West is headed on public surveillance.

  www.erasingdavid.com 

OTHER REFERENCES: UC Berkley and DNA swabbing

 http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2010/05/uc-berkeley-asking-incoming-students.html

Florida finally get's theirs  

[@ 1:23:20]

Paul Henry, advocate for Floridians Against Real ID discusses the development of a new lawsuit and his progress in advocacy for the Sunshine State.

 http://www.liberty2010.org/realid/index.php

BP, Nazi Nexxuses & Edwin Black' slick analysis 

[@01:57:00]

Author of Nazi Nexus, Edwin Black will be on to discuss the BP oil crisis and the balances of ethics and corporate hegemony to wrap up the season. 

 www.edwinblack.com

DIY Government :  Tell Your Lawmakers: "Anti-Counterfeiting" Treaty Is a Sham

https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=451

BACON ALERT: Tell Senate NO appropriations for junk border surveillance technologies

 http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2010/05/bacon-alert-tell-sencornyn-no-to.html

THIS WEEK ON WAKING UP ORWELL 

Make sure to search "Facebook" on the search bar located on our blog BeatTheChip.org to pull up all of this weeks news.  Why waste a perfectly good show complaining about it when really important news is getting no coverage - like in the case of our Special Guest. 

NEW TO THE SHOW:  Ambient Music!  

Here's how it works... cue music up from the following link and hit the play button during Ed Hasbrouck's world class interview.  You can listen to the interview with or without the sound.  It should calm it down so you can be a rational sane person during and after this interview vs. someone super agitated while you have to do pragmatic things like... work and concentrating on driving.

MUSIC HERE: http://techno-minimal.podOmatic.com/player/web/2010-05-19T07_05_05-07_00

CHECK OUT THE INDENTITY PROJECT HERE :http://www.papersplease.org/wp/

SPECIAL GUEST:  Edward Hasbrouck, leading privacy & travel identity blogger & advocate updates us on what is happening to paid escalation services to bypass or to expedite time consuming trips with the TSA.  Heads up for Nexxus & CLEAR card owners - this is very bad news.  Hasbrouck also discusses the latest on a New Mexico man who is facing jail time for refusing ID to fly.  In the trend of the exceptional becoming the norm, it is really high time we started paying WAY more attention to travel surveillance.  The US is leading the international pack in the quest to surveill everyone.  We discuss what's driving this in a very special 53 minute interview.  Do we still have to worry about an RFID chip?  Oh yeah.  

SEE ALSO: USA presses travel surveillance & control agenda at ICAO

http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/05/18/usa-presses-travel-surveillance-and-control-agenda-at-icao/

DIY GOVERNMENT:  Continue to send your opposition to National ID programs. Washington needs to hear from your one man army.

http://beatthechip.blogspot.com/2010/05/action-alertcontinue-to-send-your.html

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