Police Body Cameras and Police Surveillance: Eviscerating Privacy

CounterPunch/Global Research
by Ben Schreiner

Using the recent spree of high profile police murders as the latest catalyst, calls to outfit all cops with some sort of body camera are once again reverberating nationally.  But given the staggering amounts of personal data on the American people police agencies are already collecting, the proposals to lend the police one more surveillance device raises significant privacy concerns.

Handicapping the 2016 Presidential Field

CounterPunch
by Ben Schreiner

With the official announcement from the formerly "dead broke" Hillary Clinton that she has decided to accept—er, decided to seek—the Democratic presidential nomination, the 2016 presidential election has begun in earnest.  Here, then, is a brief rundown of the various charlatans and sociopaths vying for the White House.

Book: A People's Dictionary to the 'Exceptional Nation'

My book, A People's Dictionary to the 'Exceptional Nation', has been published.  It is available as a paperback and can be purchased here.  Read a description and a brief excerpt below.

274 pages

ISBN-10: 1508413959

ISBN-13: 978-1508413950

Price: $16