Digital images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns are already
flowing into FBI systems in a climate-controlled, secure basement here.
Next month, the FBI intends to award a 10-year contract that would
significantly expand the amount and kinds of biometric information it
receives. And in the coming years, law enforcement authorities around

Airport security lines can annoy passengers, but there is no evidence
that they make flying any safer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

As
a proponent of competition in currencies, I believe that the American people
should be free to choose the type of currency they prefer to use.
The ability of consumers to adopt alternative currencies can help to keep
the government and the Federal Reserve honest, as the threat that further

Congressman Jeb Hensarling
(R-TX), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, announced plans to
call for an immediate suspension of the earmarking process after
learning that a prominent House Democrat suggested to Speaker Nancy

Physicians who try to diminish patient risk and improve patient care and safety
are often targeted for retaliation. The integrity of the House of Medicine is
thus at risk, as is health care itself.

GATA delivered to the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury Department
formal requests for access to all documents in their possession that
have been generated since 1990 and mention swaps of gold involving the
U.S. government. Such swaps of gold are commonly used by governments to
intervene surreptitiously in the gold and currency markets, and in May

State Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, said she is “livid’’ that Napolitano
promised to have Arizona comply with the Real ID Act and promised to
fight the plan despite its voluntary nature.

“The federal government’s going to get all this information,’’ Johnson said.

But when state police start entering pharmacies to get full prescribing
records of anyone taking a Schedule II controlled substance like
Oxycontin-- as the Green Mountain Daily blog [hat tip to Daily Kos]

There are many causes for concern in HR 1955. The legislation specifically singles out the Internet for "facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process" in the United States. Such language may well be the first step toward US government regulation of what we are allowed to access on the Internet.