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Coming soon. A look at the American Empire in the 21st Century. The good, the bad and the ugly.There are dark clouds gathering on America's horizon. Some foreign, some domestic. The national debt, the credit crisis, trade imbalance, the decline of the dollar, medicare, social security, climate change, global peak oil, an aging population, wars in the middle east, competition from rising economies. Much of it is brought to you by the people in Washington DC.We may be at the peak of the Empire. Or already past.Check back for articles on these and other matters coming to a future right next to you. For now . . . . .
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"Law enforcement routinely now requests carriers to continuously 'ping' wireless devices of suspects to locate them when a call is not being made . . . so law enforcement can triangulate the precise location of a device and [seek] the location of all associates communicating with a target," wrote Christopher Guttman-McCabe, vice president of regulatory affairs for CTIA -- the Wireless Association, in a July comment to the Federal Communications Commission. He said the "lack of a consistent legal standard for tracking a user's location has made it difficult for carriers to comply" with law enforcement agencies' demands.
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