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Warrantless surveillance: a Globalist Scheme?
To the editor, A lawsuit has been filed that accuses officials of Norfolk, Virginia, of using a network of cameras to impose warrantless surveillance on residents and visitors. The Institute for Justice case charges that their actions violate the Fourth Amendment rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.
In 2023, Norfolk police partnered with Flock Safety, Inc. to install 172 automatic license plate reading cameras. The locations were chosen to provide a “curtain of technology” which allows police to watch anyone drive anywhere without being observed. Traditional traffic cameras capture an image only when they sense speeding or someone running a red light.
Flock’s cameras, however, capture images of every car driving by.
Flock’s AI uses the images to create a “Vehicle Fingerprint” that allows subscribers to track where that vehicle has gone and identify nearby vehicles. The data is pooled into a centralized database that police across the entire country can access, giving them the ability to spy on people with no judicial oversight.
As you would expect, where there is opportunity, abuse will follow. The case lawyer has documented evidence including one police chief in Kansas who used Flock 228 times over four months to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend’s vehicles. Instead of delivering “safety” Flock enables stalkers and spies.
Are Norfolk’s cameras an isolated installation? Hardly. The UN/ WEF Agenda 2030 surveillance state scheme is being implemented all across the US. Our country is a bit behind Communist China, the UK and Europe, but hey, we’re catching up fast. FedEx, Amazon and Ring doorbell collect data that police can access without your permission – you must know to opt out. Could we all soon be enclosed in a massive “open air prison” like Gaza? Nah, that just seems too far-fetched. I must be a conspiracy theorist!
-Kamori Cattadoris
Newport
We’re in for a political storm
To the editor, I am writing this letter one week before the election. Who won?
It doesn’t matter as we are in for a national political storm. More years of a stolen election claims or our military rounding up political opponents.
Americans subscribe to the myth that our president controls everything and is responsible for anything that happens in the country or world. We think the president can save us or kills us.
Events will happen no matter who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.
The lazy political approach of many Americans is to have a president they can blame or praise. They sit back and judge without any effort on their part that supports our country. Putting up a sign that says, “Don’t blame me. I voted for (the candidate that lost)” resolves them of any commitment to act positively or patriotically.
On the other hand, they can start a political conflict that could become violent. The “enemy from within” is us. Either way, I can see missiles and bombs falling on our cities caused by a political civil war. Our military isn’t structured to refuse orders by a commander and chief. We seem poised to burn down our own home because we are politically radicalized. You can’t assume that Americans will stand by as our federal government rounds up or kills political opponents of the political party in power.
America today reminds me of hundreds of people waiting for a ferry to dock. Suddenly, the crowd surges forward and people are pushed off the dock into the water and crushed by the docking ferry.
None of us want to be in the front of that line.
No matter who wins control of our government, some of us will be caught up in the coming political storm.
-Pete Scobby
Newport
Kudos to The Miner
To the editor, Congratulations to Don Gronning, Michelle Nedved, and all the staff at The Miner, for their recent awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest awards.
I’ve been a subscriber to the Miner since 1987, and enjoy reading it weekly. They do a wonderful job of covering both Pend Oreille and West Bonner County news, sports, and events. Don Gronning has been almost single-handedly covering the news and events in this large geographical area for the past year or so, and he is to be congratulated. Sophia Aldous, though no longer an employee there and attending school, still manages to come up with interesting articles which I always enjoy reading. We should all be proud of this small community newspaper. Kudos to The Miner and staff. Keep up the good work.
-Rosemary Yocum
Valleyford, Wash.
