CIVIL LIBERTIES

MAYOR DALEY WANTS ALL ORWELLIAN CITY: EVERY BUSINESS MUST SPY ON
CUSTOMERS

FRAN SPIELMAN, CHICAGO SUN TIMES - Mayor Daley on Monday embraced a
radical plan to require every licensed Chicago business open more than
12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras. "Block clubs,
community organizations want cameras. . . They can't walk down the
street. . . Their kids have to go around a corner away from the
gang-bangers. You can't walk to church. You can't get on the CTA. . .
Cameras really prevent much crime. Cameras also solve a lot of crime.
The terrorist attacks in London were solved by cameras. The whole
incident was solved by cameras," Daley said. Chicagoland Chamber of
Commerce President Jerry Roper estimated that 12,000 businesses -- maybe
more -- are open for more than 12 hours a day and, therefore, would be
covered by the sweeping camera mandate. That includes roughly 7,000
restaurants, more than 100 hotels and scores of retail establishments. .
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"Some places will take a look at the cost and say, 'We'll only be open
for one shift or a shift and a half. They'll take a look at their last
two hours and say, 'I'm not making that much anyway. I'll just close
earlier.' Employees will lose that money," Roper said.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-camera31.html

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HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF WANTS CAMERAS TO REPLACE COPS. . .EVEN SPY ON HOMES

ALEXIS GRANT, HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Facing a shortage of police officers,
Police Chief Harold Hurtt called Wednesday for a new type of patrol:
surveillance cameras on downtown streets, apartment complexes and
shopping malls - and in extreme situations, private homes. "If you're
not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?" Hurtt told
reporters. . . And when asked whether the need for cameras extends to
private homes, he said, "If they're putting a burden on the criminal
justice system and cheating the other residents of Houston, yes."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/3663189.html

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BRITISH JUDGE SAY U.S. VIEW OF TORTURE OUT OF STEP WITH 'MOST CIVILIZED
NATIONS'

GUARDIAN, UK - A high court judge yesterday delivered a stinging attack
on America, saying its idea of what constituted torture was out of step
with that of "most civilized nations". The criticism, directed at the
Bush administration's approach to human rights, was made by Mr Justice
Collins during a hearing over the refusal by ministers to request the
release of three British residents held at Guantanamo Bay. The judge
said: "America's idea of what is torture is not the same as ours and
does not appear to coincide with that of most civilized nations." He
made his comments, he said, after learning of the UN report that said
Guantanamo should be shut down without delay because torture was still
being carried out there. . .

http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,,1711833,00.html