United States Senate candidate Joe Miller says he’s not answering any more questions from reporters about his personal life or background until after the election. The announcement came Monday afternoon following a candidate’s forum sponsored by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. “It came to our attention this weekend that members of the media gained access…
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OR: Man Stole Identity Of Kidnapped, Murdered Child
KPTV reports: A man who worked for years as an inspector with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission is facing new charges after being arraigned in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday. According to court documents, Doitchin Krasev faces charges of making a false statement on a passport application and aggravated identity theft. Police said…
The limits of my privacy
Gemma Galdon Clavell writes: Working on surveillance, one of the issues that keeps coming up is that of privacy. Most arguments against the proliferation of surveillance technologies are based on their intrusive character and the need to guarantee people’s right to their privacy. However, for many people, and specially the young, traditional definitions of privacy…
Some people will do anything for a prize, Thursday edition
One of PogoWasRight.org’s readers sent this in: I can’t believe it, but my wife was about to sign up for this in order to win prizes: https://www.homescan.ca/panel/CA/EN/Login.htm What it is, is a *free* bar-code scanner. Each and every item you buy that you then scan in your home gets uploaded to them. The more you scan, the…