biometrical spying

* glenn: "But Domenech loves George Bush and works as a Republican operative. He worked for Sen. Jon Cornyn, was a RedState regular, and edited Michelle Malkin's book. So behavioral standards don't apply to him. By definition, nothing that he does can be wrong -- certainly not that wrong -- because he's a person at his core who is incapable of doing anything truly blameworthy, and the proof of that is that he is a Bush supporter. "

* "Fallen super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his former business partner soon will be subpoenaed by defense attorneys to give sworn statements in the Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis murder case." (link)

* arkin: "And the bloggers? In the infancy of this medium, I continue to be astounded by the blogosphere's intolerance and lack of civility. The intolerance particularly seems to signal a common ailment shared by rabid Generals and Bush haters: They want only one view expressed. Our ideals in both America and Denmark mean that we tolerate all views. Our dream is that views can actually be influenced and people can learn and change."

* arkin:

"Current and former members of the 902nd Military Intelligence Group, come forth.
I believe your unit is spying on anti-war, anti-military and environmental organizations under the guise of "force protection."
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To understand what kind of surveillance though, one has to abandon the Nixonian model of surveillance for the purpose of harassing government opponents or selecting individuals to spy on because of their political affiliations.

Modern spying, at least of this type I'm discussing here, is not so individual-centric. Dot collecting and analysis mostly involves looking for potential threats when the individual is not necessarily known."

hello 902nd (*waves*) - the thing that has me dumbstruck is the biometrical spying that Larisa mentioned on the radio. wtf is that all about?