[Occupy/Pirate] Civil Liberties Information Guide

Occupy Berkeley // Pirate Party
Civil Liberties Information Guide:
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[in progress, created 9/19/2012]

1. Video Surveillance/Tracking
	A. TrapWire
		i.   Placed in major US cities with "high value targets" [as determined by DHS]
		ii.  Pan/tilt cameras can follow movement
		iii. Automatic Number Plate Recognition [ANPR], license plate reading
	B. Next Generation Identification [NGI]
		i.   FBI facial recognition program
		ii.  $1 billion price tag
		iii. 60% deployed, completion year 2014
		iv.  Example: Installed at DMVs in 27 states

2. BioMetrics
	A. FingerPrinting
		i.   Increasing trend of fingerprints taken for traffic stops.
		ii.  As an offer for a warning, people are sometimes asked to give prints in lieu of a traffic/speeding ticket.
	B. DNA samples
		i.   Increasing trends in DNA sampling
		ii.  Some states (California included) take DNA samples of people accused of felony prior to a determination of guilt.
		iii. Cases studies show police sometimes accuse individuals of felonies, knowing innocence, just to obtain DNA sample.  After sample taken, charges not perused.

3. Communications [Online, phone, etc] Collection, Analysis
	A. William Binney
		i.   NSA Whistleblower, exposed illegal surveillance of citizens inside US and abroad.
		ii.  Technical director on ThinThread, added privacy protection.
		iii. Quit after privacy protection removed from program. Exposed breach of privacy.
		iv.  July 26, 2007 raided by FBI at gunpoint; family present
	B. ThinThread
		i.   Collection analysis, graphing/charting communications networks, began 1990s
		ii.  Data mining returned information on US citizens, not the intent of the program. ThinThread altered, search results pertaining to US citizens [in US or abroad] made anonymous.
		iii. After, 9/11 filters which gave anonymity to US citizens removed.
		iv.  AT&T gave 320 million records of long distance billing records from US citizens to ThinThread, prompting William Binney to quit.
		v.   Cost of developing program $3 billion
	C. TrailBlazer
		i.   $4 billion successor to ThinThread
	D. StellarWind
		i.   Data mining: email, phone, internet activity, financial transactions
		ii.  "Pizza Cases", 99% of cases lead nowhere, ie: just ordering pizza, etc
		iii. StellarWind exposed Elliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal, even though he was not being investigated for activity related to terrorism
		iv.  AT&T, Verizon willingly giving personal data from customers
		v.   John Ashcroft ruled StellarWind was illegal; ruling overturned by Bush.
	E. CISPA
		i.   Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
		ii.  Back by major banks, Verizon, AT&T, Symantec, US Chamber of Commerce, etc
		iii. Microsoft showed initial support, now expresses concerns over wording
		iv.  "Notwithstanding any other provision of law" and other phraseology seek to supersede prior privacy laws
		v.   Bill will remove liability from companies (businesses, communications companies,  internet service providers, banks) for sharing user information with government agencies without a warrant or just cause
		vi.  No clarified limitations on kind of information that can be collected/shared, and how that information can be used
	F. Cybersecurity Executive Order
		i.   Proposed executive order in lieu of CISPA
	        ii.  Vaguely defined intelligence gathering framework, no clarification on restrictions
		iii. Lists 16 sectors of critical infrastructure, some areas broadly defined (Chemical,  Communications, etc)
		iv.  No clarification on type of data that can be collected, and how it can be used.