Obama passing new law to allow searching of PC's, Laptops, and media devices

"In extreme secrecy from the public, the Obama administration is hammering out an international treaty with other several other countries and the EU ......under ACTA,  the government will get sweeping new powers to search and seize material thought to be in breach of copyright. But why all the secrecy? What it will do on a larger scale is let big brother watch you; however, this time on a completely different level."

"Border guards will be given unprecedented powers to search travelers without warning. They will be able to go through and confiscate any material a person has on their laptop."

"America is being overtaken by a culture of surveillance."

Can you imagine if Bush did anything remotely close to this?

Comments

[miira]

Business travellers carry laptaps with proprietary information routinely. Legislation which will legalize arbitrary search/siezure of computer files is a clear cut breach of confidentiality and first amendment rights. This crazy legislation insures absolute defeat for the entire democratic party .
Could you imagine the likes of Sam Palmisano (IBM) or Bill Gates (Microsoft) or any Congress Critter simply handing over their laptops to have their hard drives searched, downloaded &/or siezed without cause at the border?

[dcat]

You got me going there Pamela!

Ok where is the one with you talking!? HUH!?!

[shmendrick]

Wow. I recently read your article about the Chicago Islamist convention elsewhere and how the Obama people were there. Now I just saw your little video about Sarah Palin and I'm sold. You get it. I also saw earlier where you were perhaps the only one who covered the Charles Jacobs anti-Islamosupremicist and Sharia law demonstration that was held in NYC a while ago with his "Rainbow Coalition". He was the first guest I had on my local tv show. Keep up the great work. You speak truth. I am bookmarking your site. Please write to me, perhaps we can calaborate somehow.

[TC]

The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.

[A Domestic Patriot!]

This is another attack on the 1st Amendment by circumventing the 4th Amendment. Also, if the video was accurate, then this pos treaty had already been being worked on by the Bush administration. I am not a bash Bush person, but why wasn't this made public back then. Now, we are going to have a uphill battle to stop this.
These idiots in the federal govt are about to see the pitchforks and torches, figuatively. What they will see are AKs and pipe bombs! Our country is being destroyed before our very eyes! And the BO goon squad is still pushing to take us into the NAU, just reported by FOX yesterday.
God Help Us All!

[Citizen Wells]

Thanks Pamela.
Keep us informed on this Orwellian strategy.
Wells