The Chinese communist party desperately tries reform and censorship.

Obama's review of the NSA called for substantial changes.

However, they involved limiting government access to dossiers, not limiting the accumulation of dossiers, and this can't be sufficient.

A study found that states with more guns have higher murder rates, and the two rates vary together over time.

Surveillance cameras which record audio are being put on buses & trains.

The TSA is funding this.

Here are the specs on some bus camera and microphone systems.

There is no possible excuse for microphones in buses. The arguments in favor are arguments for listening to everyone everywhere.

It's not just the NSA. These systems must be removed and banned.

Shaker Aamer gently ridicules the inexplicable book censorship of the Guantanamo prison guards.

A recently freed ex-prisoner says the prisoners were subjected to "meticulous, daily torture".