(9.2.2016) Im westlichen Asien wurden Grenzzäune von Israel, Saudi-Arabien, der Türkei, Jordanien und den Irak gezogen. Weiter östlich entsteht zwischen Pakistan und Indien eine neue Abgrenzung.

Nach einem Anschlag auf das jordanische Militär an der Grenze zu Syrien hat der Generalstab der jordanischen Armee in einer Erklärung die Grenzgebiete im Norden und Nordosten zu militärischem Sperrgebiet erklärt.

Seit das US-Verteidigungsministerium im Jahr 2011 damit begonnen hat, die „Umstrukturierung“ seiner Präsenz in Südostasien in Angriff zu nehmen, sind auch die Philippinen wieder in den Fokus der Aufmerksamkeit geraten. Nach dem Sturz der von den USA unterstützten Marcos-Diktatur waren keine US-Truppen mehr auf den Inseln.

(7.12.2015) Unter anderem schlug Lischka in der Zeitung „Welt“ vor, gefährlichen Islamisten bei einem konkreten Anschlagsverdacht für eine bestimmte Zeit eine Annäherung an Großveranstaltungen wie Weihnachtsmärkte und Fußballspiele zu verbieten. Zudem sollten sie sich dann nur in einem eng begrenzten Radius – etwa dem Stadtteil ihrer Wohnung – aufhalten dürfen. Außerdem müsse der Verfassungsschutz potentielle Terroristen mit Beobachtungsdrohnen kontrollieren dürfen.

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„Seine mangelnde Professionalität wird zur Belastung des Amtes. Er sollte gehen oder entlassen werden“, sagte Kubicki im Gespräch mit dem „Tagesspiegel“.

So seien nach Informationen des „rbb inforadios“ mehrere Handys des V-Mannes von den zuständigen Verfassungsschützern bisher gar nicht oder zumindest nicht vollständig ausgewertet worden.

The Constitution-free buffer zone near our nation‘s borders ensures those who wander too far away from the center of our country will be robbed of their rights, thanks to ongoing wars vs. drugs and terrorism. They may also be robbed of their dignity.

There‘s apparently very little law enforcement personnel won‘t do when in pursuit of drugs. The gloves come off, only to be replaced with other gloves, which are then forcefully inserted into every orifice on a „suspect‘s“ body. We saw this happen to New Mexico native David Eckert back in 2013. The list of invasions and indignities perpetrated on him by the Deming police and a far-too-compliant „medical professional“ is long, ugly and comprehensive.

The incident came to light the following day during a supervisor‘s routine review of body-worn camera footage, said NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble.

The excuse that worked so well for so long — „because terrorism“ — seems to have lost its luster. Despite having a locked iPhone tied to a mass shooting with terrorist overtones, the FBI was unable to budge the needle on encryption backdoors or magical „lawful access“ crypto keys.

However, that doesn‘t mean any number of government entities aren‘t willing to use the ever present „threat“ of terrorism as fuel for their various civil liberties-endangering bonfires. Or that they won‘t use it as a profoundly cheap excuse to withhold information from the American public — like the Indiana State Police‘s refusal to turn over Stingray docs because doing so might allow terrorists to plan attacks on cherished annual state events like the Mule Day Parade.

Just a few weeks ago, we wrote about the FBI pushing strongly for an update to the law that covers National Security Letters (NSLs) to cover up the fact that the FBI has been using them to get electronic communications records. The current law on NSLs doesn‘t cover that information, though the FBI insists that it‘s just a „typo“ in the law, and still frequently asks for them in its NSLs, because NSL recipients often don‘t know the law themselves and will still turn over the info. Of course, it helps that the NSLs often come with gag orders. Reports going back a decade have shown that the FBI has a serious problem with abusing its NSL powers to get lots of information it‘s not supposed to have. And rather than do something to stop such abuses, the FBI‘s friends in Congress have, instead, been trying to legalize such abusive practices to allow the FBI to do even more.

Of course, now that the DOJ seems to be realizing that this wasn‘t based on any connection to middle east groups, it seems to want to bury the issue. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has declared that when the transcript of Mateen‘s 911 calls are released, they‘re going to redact his claims to be doing it for ISIS for [reasons].

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