Comments on: Chapter 4

By: Alex B

Alex B — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:43:01 +0000

While this chapter basically details flagrant abuses of law by the agents, gag orders are routine in the serving of a National Security Letter. The NSL granted the government power to execute a search and seizure and compelled anyone who had received one to be silent about receiving it and the contents of the letter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Letter

By: Alex B

Alex B — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:34:41 +0000

Persons feeling like this resembles the Abu Ghraib incident, where prisoners were manhandled, tortured, and arranged into compromising positions while photographs were taken of them, are not far off the mark.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

By: ssm1

ssm1 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:36:35 +0000

Crytography varies in strength. “Strong” crytopgraphy in theory would take an eternity to decipher without a decoder.

Bruce Schneier, author of Applied Crytography: Protocls, Algorithms, and Source Code in C writes, “There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files…”

http://www.pgpi.org/doc/pgpintro/

By: Tiffany Leiba

Tiffany Leiba — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:04:33 +0000

The first aeriel photo was actually taken in 1906 in San Francisco after an earthquake by George Lawrence using a panoramic camera.

Since then, “Kite-Cams” have become easier to build and are even sold in pre-packaged kits.

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Kite_aerial_photography

By: Carly Nartowicz

Carly Nartowicz — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:09:17 +0000

Goat hill offers all you eat pizza on Monday nights.

By: Carly Nartowicz

Carly Nartowicz — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:08:09 +0000

Barnes and Noble is the largest bookseller in the United States, the company is known for offering an upscale atmosphere serving Starbucks coffee in cafes located in many locations. They have created a well received retail experience.

More here – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_&_Noble

By: KatieMcL

KatieMcL — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:34:29 +0000

The Bill of Rights are the First Ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.

By: Lauren Di Lieto

Lauren Di Lieto — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:49:39 +0000

This is a link to a very funny website where users can post their "esprit d'escalier" moments. Come on, we've all got them!

By: Lauren Di Lieto

Lauren Di Lieto — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:33:39 +0000

The woman is using an intimidation tactic to get the information she wants from Marcus. Intimidation is defined by dictionary.com as 1. to make timid; fill with fear.
2. to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
3. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.
The act of intimidation in this chapter most closely relates to the third definition.
Ironically, terrorism itself can also be considered a form of intimidation. The act of terrorism makes people fear living their lives and going about daily business as they normally would. When people fear doing daily things such as riding a bus because of recent terrorism bus bombings, that is considered intimidation.

By: SJBolling

SJBolling — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:06:36 +0000

http://www.goathill.com/