Big Brother is watching you!

How did we get to this?
Pentagon Admits Keeping Database on US Civilians Deemed Suspicious
Oct 21, 2006 -- Aren't those guys supposed to be watching Osama with all that time and money? /more/

• The US Constitution and Bill of Rights was fundamentally destroyed last week with the signing of the Military Commissions Act. We have moved from a nation of laws to a nation of executive whim, and anyone can now be labeled an 'enemy combatant', and thrown in jail indefinitely.

"... it appears that the language of the MCA does NOT in fact authorize any portion of the bill to apply to citizens. It specifically limits the bill's application to "aliens," defined as non-citizens. I'm indebted to one of my lawyer subscribers for having the tenacity to insist I reread the bill again. I did. I found that earlier versions of the bill (which the current experts may still be relying upon) do not limit the bill to aliens. But the one signed by the president does." /more/