Informants and Undercovers Now Public

A WEB site now offers photos and names of purported confidential informants, undercover agents, and those who cut plea deals by testifying against others. The defense bar loves the site, since it is their job to keep guilty parties out … Continued

Russia Repeals Freedom of the Press

Successful societies possess several important attributes including Private Property Rights, the Rule of Law, and Freedom of the Press. Private Property Rights guarantee that owners may reap the benefits from investments of money and time in their homes and businesses. … Continued

Judges Rule, Keep Preferences Quiet

A Web site that matches roommates may be liable for what its users say about their preferences, a fractured three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled yesterday. The Ninth Circuit appears to take both a broad … Continued

Defense Department Bans YouTube

The Department of Defense has banned soldiers serving overseas from accessing YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi, the social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5, music sites Pandora, MTV, 1.fm, and live365, and the photo-sharing site Photobucket. The ostensible reasons … Continued

Virginia Tech

Following the murder of 32 students and faculty, a group of us including several Georgia Tech alums decided to do something for the students and faculty of Virginia Tech. We raised money to send a Texas school security training team … Continued

Top 10 Objections to the Safety Seminar

I seriously doubt that the friends and families of those killed in violent attacks would believe that any of the following objections would hold water in light of their losses. Only those with no personal experience in a similar situation … Continued

Americans Are Not Going to Die on Their Knees Anymore

Rather than waiting for SWAT and the other paramilitary representatives to show up after the carnage is over, Americans need to re-learn and practice the self-reliance that made this nation great. It looks like your buddy, Jim Schutz, already took … Continued

Friends of Virginia Tech To Do Safety Training

—————————– FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ————————– From: Friends and Alumni of Virginia Tech Release Date: April 26, 2007 Event Date: 10:00 AM, Saturday, May 5 Where: Blacksburg Recreation Center, 725 Patrick Henry Dr., Blacksburg, VA. Subject: Safety Options for Education “Duck … Continued

US Crime Victimization Tables Available

If you have a nose for criminal statistics, the Bureau of Justice Statistics can give you a snoot full in both PDF and spreadsheet form. Topics covered include – * crimes of violence (rape, gender sexual assault, robbery, assault) and … Continued