Taser, iRobot team up to arm robots - Yahoo! News
By adding Tasers to robots it already makes for the military, iRobot Corp. says it hopes to give soldiers and law enforcement a defensive, non-lethal tool.
But some observers fear such developments could ultimately lead to robots capable of deciding on their own when to shoot and kill.
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Also found thru BoingBoing:
“If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a dictatorship. That blueprint has been used again and again in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying ways. But it is always effective. It is very difficult and arduous to create and sustain a democracy - but history shows that closing one down is much simpler. You simply have to be willing to take the 10 steps.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration.”
Full article here.
I noticed this news article through a posting at Free Press International:
Airman Burned by Military’s Heat Ray Gun
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, GA (AP) — An airman suffered second-degree burns during an evaluation of a non-lethal heat-ray gun this week in south Georgia, officials said. He is a member of the 820th Security Forces Group, based at Moody Air Force Base, near Valdosta, which is evaluating the space-age weapon, known as the Active Denial System. It fires an electromagnetic beam that makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire. Apart from creating a terrifying sensation, the technology is supposed to be a harmless, non-lethal way to disrupt riots. The device’s two-man crew located their targets through telephoto lenses and fired beams from more than 500 yards away.
Great to know the military is looking out for us.
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The Phoenix Program or Operation Phoenix was a covert intelligence operation and assassination program undertaken by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in close collaboration with South Vietnamese intelligence during the Vietnam War. The program was designed to identify and “neutralize”—capture; induce to surrender; kill; or otherwise disrupt—the noncombatant infrastructure of Viet Cong (VCI) cadres who were engaged both in recruiting and training insurgents within South Vietnamese villages, as well as providing support to the North Vietnamese war effort. The operation was directed by the CIA’s Evan J. Parker, then by Ted Shackley and his deputies, including Thomas Clines, Donald Gregg, and Richard Secord.
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This is the “Director’s Final Cut” authorized version of Aaron Russo’s documentary, America: Freedom To Fascism (AFTF). Aaron has listened to everyone’s feedback - volunteers, students, lovers of freedom & liberty, young and old alike - and, true to his word, he is putting this up “for free”.Knowing that the hour has come for Americans to either be awakened to restore the Republic or be swept aside by the dark global forces of fascism that seeks to enslave mankind.
AFTF’s main focus comes in a statement with six very simple words: SHUT DOWN THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM!!
After viewing the movie, please be sure to visit http://www.freedomtofascism.com where you will soon be able to view a much higher quality “pay per view” Internet version of AFTF, buy the DVD and sign up as an affiliate to sell/distribute DVDs to others.
We also urge everyone to be sure to sign up as volunteer, register for email alerts and tell your family, friends and neighbors about this groundbreaking movie.
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Ex-MI5 Officer David Shayler speaks out about 911 and explains why 911 is so important in todays political climate.
