A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State

by Whitehead, John W.

  387 Ellen Nakashima and Craig Whitlock, "With Air Force's Gorgon Drone 'we can see everything,'" The Washington Post (Jan. 2,2011), http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2011/01/01/AR2011010102690.html.

  388 Tana Ganeva, "Why Is the Government Collecting Your Biometrie Data?" Reader Supported News (June 26, 2012), http://truth-out.org/news/item/9989-why-is-the-government-collecting-your-biometric-data.

  389 Zach Howard, "Police to begin iPhone iris scans amid privacy concerns," Reuters (July 20, 2011), http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-crime-identification-iris-idUSTRE76J4A120110720.

  390 Scott Lemieux, "Are Police Building a Massive DNA Database?" Reader Supported News (March 25, 2012), http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/304-justice/10624-are-police-building-a-massive-dna-database.

  391 Jason Milley, "DoD to use iris scans, fingerprints for building security," Federal News Radio (April 6,2012), http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=396&sid=2817314.

  392 Salvador Rodriguez, "Facedeals checks you in with facial-recognition cameras," The Los Angeles Times (Aug. 10, 2012), http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facedeals-facebook-facial-recognition-20120810,0,2763521.story.

  393 "Mannequins collect data on shoppers via facial-recognition software," The Washington Post, (Nov. 22, 2012), http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economymannequins-collect-data-on-shoppers-via-facial-recognition-software/2012/11/ 22/0751b992-3425-lle2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html.

  394 "Mannequins collect data on shoppers via facial-recognition software," The Washington Post, (Nov. 22, 2012), http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/mannequins-collect-data-on-shoppers-via-facial-recognition-software/2012/11/ 22/0751b992-3425-lle2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html.

  395 "Mannequins collect data on shoppers via facial-recognition software," The Washington Post, (Nov. 22, 2012), http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/mannequins-collect-data-on-shoppers-via-facial-recognition-software/2012/11/ 22/0751b992-3425-lle2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html.

  396 Tana Ganeva, "5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometrie Database," Alternet (Jan. 8, 2012), http://www.alternet.org/story/153664/5_things_you_ should_know_about_the_fbi%27s_massive_new_biometric_database.

  397 Rebecca Bowe, "Red Flag On Biometrics: Iris Scanners Can Be Tricked," Electronic Frontier Foundation (July 27, 2012), https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/red-flag-biometrics-iris-scanner-vulnerability-revealed.

  398 Tom Pritchard, "The Anonymous Guide to Hiding From Facial Recognition, or the Long Arm of the Law," Gizmodo (Aug. 23, 2012), http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/08/the-anonymous-guide-to-hiding-from-facial-recognition-or-the-long-arm-of-the-law/.

  399 Walter Cronkite, "Preface," from the 1984 edition oí 1984 by George Orwell, http://www. newspeakdictionary.com/go-pre.html.

  Part Five: America the Battlefield

  400 James Madison in a speech before the Constitutional Convention (1787-06-29), from Max

  Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, vol. I [1] (1911)

  C H A P T E R SEVENTEEN

  401 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (Bantam, 1968), p. xii.

  402 Qiuping Gu, M.D., Ph.D.; Charles F Dillon, M.D., Ph.D.; and Vicki L. Burt, Sc.M., R.N., "Prescription Drug Use Continues to Increase: U.S. Prescription Drug Data for 2007-2008," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Sept. 2010).

  403 David Gutierrez, "Prescription Drugs Kill 300 Percent More Americans Than Illegal Drugs," Truthout (Nov. 10,2008), http://archive.truthout.org/111208HA.

  C H A P T E R EIGHTEEN

  404 Howard Zinn, The Zinn Reader: Second Edition (Seven Stories Press, 2009)

  405 Dean Reynolds, "1000s protest the Chicago NATO summit," CBS News (May 20, 2012), http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57437946/1000s-protest-the-chicago-nato-summit/.

  406 Steven Yaccino, "Protesters and Police Clash at NATO Meeting; 2 Held on Terrorism Charges," New York Times (May 20, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/us/two-held-on-terrorism-charges-at-nato-meeting.html?pagewanted=all.

  407 Andrew Stern, "Chicago braces for violence at NATO summit," Reuters (May 15, 2012), http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/15/us-nato-summit-security-idUSBRE84ElKR20120515.

  408 "Fighter Jets In Skies Over Chicago On Friday Morning Before NATO Summit," CBS Chicago (May 17, 2012), http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/fighter-jets-in-skies-over-chicago-on-friday-morning-before-nato-summit/.

  409 Yana Kunichoff, "The NATO Raids and Arrests: This Is What Jail Solidarity Looks Like," Truthout (May 19, 2012), http://truth-out.org/news/item/9251-this-is-what-jail-solidarity-looks-like.

  410 "USA: Excessive and lethal force?" Amnesty International (Nov. 29, 2004), http://www. amnestyusa.org/node/55449?page=show.

  411 Carlos Miller, "Texas cop uses Taser on 72-year-old great grandmother," Pixiq (June 2, 2009), http://www.pixiq.com/article/texas-deputy-uses-taser-on-72-year-old-great-grandmother.

  412 "Flashlight Weapon Makes Targets Throw Up," FoxNews (Aug. 7, 2007), http://www. foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292271,00.html.

  413 "Silent Guardian™ Protection System," Raytheon Company, http://www.raytheon.com/ capabilities/products/silent_guardian/. Accessed on Apr. 25,2012.

  414 Matthew Holehouse, "Police to test laser that 'blinds rioters,'" Telegraph (Dec. 11, 2011), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8949060/Police-to-test-laser-that-blinds-rioters.html.

  415 "LRAD/Product Overview," LRAD Corporation, http://www.lradx.com/site/content/ view/15/110/. Accessed on April 30,2012.

  416 Eric H. Chudler, "Sensory Apparatus," University of Washington (April 30, 2012), http:// faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html#sensory.

  417 Matthew Weaver, "G20 protestors blasted by sonic cannon: US police spark outrage by using wartime acoustic weapon to disperse G20 protestors in Pittsburgh," Guardian (Sept. 25, 2009), http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh.

  418 Rich Lord, "Professor sues city over use of siren aimed at protestors," Post-Gazette (Sept. 22, 2011), http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/professor-sues-city-over-use-of-siren-aimed-at-protesters-315763/.

  419 Ben Gruber, "Critics raise the alarm over U.S. police drone plans," Reuters (Jan. 11, 2012), http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/01/ll/critics-raise-the-alarm-over-us-police-d?videold=228416406.

  420 Josh Bell, "VIDEO: See What Armed Domestic Drones Look Like," American Civil Liberties Union (March 13 2012), http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/video-see-what-armed-domestic-drones-look.

  421 Jefferson Morley, "Drones for 'urban warfare,'" Salon (April 24, 2012), http://www.salon. com/2012/04/24/drones_for_urban_warfare/singleton/.

  422 Jefferson Morley, "The drones are coming – to America," Salon (April 10, 2012), http:// www.salon.com/2012/04/10/the_drones_are_coming_to_america/singleton/.

  C H A P T E R NINETEEN

  423 Daniel Kurtzman, "Learning to love Big Brother: George W Bush channels George Orwell," San Francisco Chronicle (July 28,2002), http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Learning-to-love-Big-Brother-George-W-Bush-2790661.php.

  424 Matt Deluca and Christina Boyle, "Wall Street protesters cuffed, pepper-sprayed during 'inequality' march," NY Daily News (Sept. 24,2011), http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-09-24/news/30219815_l_pepper-spray-protesters-unarmed-man.

  425 Chris Francescani and Michelle Nichols, "Generators taken from NY anti-Wall St protesters," Reuters (Oct. 28, 2011), http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/usa-wallstreet-protests-idUSNlE79RlT620111028.

  426 Adam Gabbatt, "Scott Olsen injuries prompt review as Occupy Oakland protests continue," Guardian (Oct. 26, 2011), http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/26/scott-olsen-occupy-oakland-review.

  427 Melissa Bell, "Dorli Rainey, 84, the new face of the Occupy protests," The Washington Post (Nov. 17,2011), http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/dorli-rainey-84-the-new-face-of-the-occupy-protests/2011/11/17/gI QAeEXKUN_blog.html.

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p; 428 Dashiell Bennett, "84-Year-Old Woman Becomes the Pepper-Sprayed Face of Occupy Seattle," Atlantic Wire (Nov. 16, 2011), http://www.theatlanticwire.com/ national/2011/11/84-year-old-woman-becomes-pepper-sprayed-face-occupy-seattle/45035/#.

  429 "USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 29, 2004), http:// www.amnestyusa.org/node/55449?page=show.

  430 Erica Goode, "Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns," New York Times (April 30,2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/health/research/taser-shot-to-the-chest-can-kill-a-study-warns.html?_r=2.

  431 Nick Penzenstadler, "Appleton cops use Tasers fewer times in recent years." Post Crescent (May 7, 2012), http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20120507/APC0101/305070076/ Police-use-Tasers-fewer-times-recent -years-story-videos-.

  432 David Morgan, "U.N.: Tasers Are a Form of Torture," CBSNews (Feb. 11,2009), http://www. cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-3537803.html.

  433 "Excessive and Lethal Force: Deaths and Ili-Treatment Involving Police Use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 30, 2004), http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ engamr511392004.

  434 "USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 29, 2004), http:// www.amnestyusa.org/node/55449?page=show.

  435 "USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 29, 2004), http:// www.amnestyusa.org/node/55449?page=show.

  436 "USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 29, 2004), http:// www.amnestyusa.org/node/55449?page=show.

  437 "USA: Excessive and lethal force? Amnesty International's concerns about deaths and ill-treatment involving police use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 29, 2004), http:// www.amnestyusa.org/node/55449?page=show.

  438 Carlos Miller, "Texas cop uses Taser on 72-year-old great grandmother," Pixiq (June 2, 2009), http://www.pixiq.com/article/texas-deputy-uses-taser-on-72-year-old-great-grandmother.

  439 Nick Budnick, "Shocking Differences," Williamette Week (Feb. 18, 2004), http://www. wweek.com/portland/article-2950-shocking_differences.html.

  440 "Meet the new shock jocks," Guardian (Aug. 18, 2005), http://www.guardian.co.uk/ theguardian/2005/aug/19/guardianweekly.guardianweeklyl2.

  441 Alex Berenson, "As Police Use of Tasers Rises, Questions Over Safety Increase," New York Times (June 18,2004), http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/national/18TASER.html?ei= 5090&en=2c9c37c0dfaef9a6&ex=1247803200&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=print& positions

  442 Phuong Cat Le and Hector Castro, "Police are too quick to grab for Taser's power, say critics," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Nov. 30, 2004), http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/201700_ taser30.html.

  443 Matt Garfield, "Police Taser 75-year-old at nursing home," The Herald (Oct. 20, 2004), http://www.infowars.com/print/ps/taser_oldwoman.htm.

  444 "Excessive and Lethal Force: Deaths and Ili-Treatment Involving Police Use of Tasers," Amnesty International (Nov. 30, 2004), http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ engamr511392004.

  445 Corey Stoughton, "Get a grip on Taser overuse," Times Union (May 6, 2012), http://www. timesunion.com/opinion/article/Get-a-grip-on-Taser-overuse-3538647.php.

  446 "Stun guns not safe for citizens, but benefit police, study finds," Michigan State University (May 1, 2012), http://news.msu.edu/story/stun-guns-not-safe-for-citizens-but-benefit-police-study-finds/.

  447 Warren Richey, "Was Taser use on pregnant woman excessive force? Supreme Court declines case." Christian Science Monitor (May 29, 2012), http://www.csmonitor.com/ USA/Justice/2012/0529/Was-Taser-use-on-pregnant-woman-excessive-force-Supreme-Court-declines-case.

  448 Bill Mears, "Justices decline case of police Taser use on pregnant woman," CNN (May 29, 2012), http://articles.cnn.com/2012-05-29/justice/justice_scotus-taser-shocks_l_law-enforcement-officers-pregnant-woman-drive-stun?_s=PM:JUSTICE.

  449 Bill Mears, "Justices decline case of police Taser use on pregnant woman," CJVJV (May 29, 2012), http://articles.cnn.com/2012-05-29/justice/justice_scotus-taser-shocks_l_law-enforcement-officers-pregnant-woman-drive-stun?_s=PM:JUSTICE.

  450 Warren Richey, "Was Taser use on pregnant woman excessive force? Supreme Court declines case." Christian Science Monitor (May 29, 2012), http://www.csmonitor.com/ USA/Justice/2012/0529/Was-Taser-use-on-pregnant-woman-excessive-force-Supreme-Court-declines-case.

  451 David Morgan, "U.N.: Tasers Are a Form of Torture," CBSNews (Feb. 11, 2009), http://www. cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-3537803.html.

  452 Amanda Goodman, "APD gets taser shotguns," KRQE (July 25,2011), http://www.krqe.com/ dpp/news/crime/apd-gets-taser-shotguns-.

  C H A P T E R TWENTY

  453 Bertram Gross, Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America (South End Press, 1980)

  454 Whitney Stewart, "Shock bracelet for airlines?" The Washington Times (July 10, 2008), http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/10/bracelet-sends-shock-waves-through-blogosphere/.

  455 Arthur Gibson, "Chili Peppers–Some Like It Hot," UCLA (Jan. 19, 2010), http://www. botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Capsicum/index.html.

  456 "PepperBaU Technologies Incorporated | About PepperBall." PepperBall Technologies Inc. (Feb. 2,2010), http://www.pepperball.com/about_us.html.

  457 "PepperBall Technologies Incorporated | About PepperBall." PepperBall Technologies Inc. (Feb. 2,2010), http://www.pepperball.com/about_us.html.

  458 "PepperBall Technologies Incorporated | About PepperBall." PepperBall Technologies Inc. (Feb. 2,2010), http://www.pepperball.com/about_us.html.

  459 "California campus police on leave after pepper-spraying," CJVJV (Nov. 20, 2011), http:// articles.cnn.com/2011-ll-20/us/us_california-occupy-pepperspray_l_pepper-spray-campus-police-unlawful-assembly-and-failure?_s=PM:US.

  460 Tracy V. Wilson, "How LRAD Works," HowStuffWorks.com (March 3,2006), http://science. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.

  461 Tracy V. Wilson, "How LRAD Works," HowStuffWorks.com (March 3,2006), http://science. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.

  462 Tracy V. Wilson, "How LRAD Works," HowStuffWorks.com (March 3,2006), http://science. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.

  463 TracyV. Wilson, "How LRAD Works," HowStuffWorks.com (March 3,2006), http://science. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.

  464 Kelly Hearn, "Rumsfeld's Ray Gun," AlterNet (Aug. 19,2005), http://www.alternet.org/story /24044/?comments=view&cID=43722&pID=25941.

  465 Greg Gordon, "Invisible beam tops list of nonlethal weapons," Bee Washington Bureau (June 1,2004), http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/story/9499345p-10423294c.html.

  466 "Weapons Freeze, Microwave Enemies," Associated Press (Aug. 2,2004), http://www.wired. com/science/discoveries/news/2004/08/64437?currentPage=2.

  467 Kelly Hearn, "Rumsfeld's Ray Gun," AlterNet (Aug. 19,2005), http://www.alternet.org/story /24044/?comments=view&cID=43722&pID=25941.

  468 Kelly Hearn, "Rumsfeld's Ray Gun," AlterNet (Aug. 19,2005), http://www.alternet.org/story /24044/?comments=view&cID=43722&pID=25941.

  469 "Tear Gas, Police Horses Deployed as MD Fans Riot after Beating Duke," CBS News (March 4,2010), http://www.kens5.com/sports/Tear-gas-policehorses-deployed-as-MD-fans-riot-after-beating-Duke-86337257.html.

  470 Eric Fink, "Police Speak Out About JMU Party Breakup," NBCS9 (April 11, 2010), http:// www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12290340.

  471 Eric Fink, "Police Speak Out About JMU Party Breakup," NBCS9 (April 11, 2010), http:// www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12290340.

  472 Sharon Weinberger, "U.S. Police Get Weapons That Shoot Around Corners," Wired News (Dec. 14,2007), http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/12/us-police-get-g/.

  473 Sharon Weinberger, "U.S. Police Get Weapons That Shoot Around Corners," Wired News (Dec. 14,2007), http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/
12/us-police-get-g/.

  474 Robert Lamb, "How does a water cannon work?" HowStuffWorks.com (July 30, 2008), http://science.howstuffworks.com/water-cannon.htm.

  475 Robert Lamb, "How does a water cannon work?" HowStuffWorks.com (July 30, 2008), http://science.howstuffworks.com/water-cannon.htm.

  476 Robert Lamb, "How does a water cannon work?" HowStuffWorks.com (July 30, 2008), http://science.howstuffworks.com/water-cannon.htm.

  477 Daniel Tencer, "Analysis: Taser-related deaths in US accelerating," Raw Story (Sept. 5, 2010), http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/05/taser-related-deaths-accelerating/.

  478 Roma Khanna, "Questions grow over HPD's use of Taser guns," Houston Chronicle (Jan. 14, 2007), http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Questions-grow-over-HPD-s-use-of-Taser-guns-1842941.php.

  C H A P T E R TWENTY-ONE

  479 Richard Wheeler, "Drones Set to Invade National, State Parks," Wired (Feb. 28,2011), http:// www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/02/drones-set-to-invade-u-s-national-parks/.

  480 Glenn Greenwald, "The due-process-free assassination of U.S . citizens is now reality," Salon (Sept. 30, 2011), http://www.salon.com/2011/09/30/awlaki_6/singleton/.

  481 Glenn Greenwald, "U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners," Salon (Feb. 5, 2012), http://www.salon.com/2012/02/05/u_s_drones_targeting_rescuers_and_mourners/ singleton/.

  482 "Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones," Truthout (Feb. 2, 2010), http://archive.truthout.org/obama-administrations-budget-calls-billions-dollars-new-spending-drones56588.

  483 Nick Mottern, "Lobbying Report: Drones Fly Through Congress to Enter US Skies," Truthout (April 16,2011), http://truth-out.org/news/item/497:lobbying-report-drones-fly-through-congress-to-enter-us-skies.

  484 S. Smithson, "Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress," The Washington Times (Feb.7, 2012), http://www.washingtontimes.eom/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-sky-near-you/.

  485 Jennifer Lynch, "Are Drones Watching You?" Electronic Frontier Foundation (Jan. 10, 2012), https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/drones-are-watching-you.

  486 Jennifer Lynch, "Are Drones Watching You?" Electronic Frontier Foundation (Jan. 10, 2012), https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/drones-are-watching-you.