Over at Whatcom Hawk, Wendy Harris highlights the following development:

The city is gearing up to buy NSA-like software - and ballistic plates to augment their flak jackets. Maybe they are expecting trouble?

Wendy says, “Domestic terrorist concerns are being increasingly redefined to justify spying on local nonviolent activists.”

From the literature:

The software sought “...provides access to massive amounts of commercial data not previously available to (police).

“It is the first incident intelligence tool to provide (911 switchboards) and first responders access to billions of commercial data records such as vehicle ownership, permits, property records, relatives, purchases, Internet and social media activities.”

“Beware provides responders considerably more information about people, places and properties than what may be available to the 911 switchboards or found in local, state and/or federal criminal databases.”

Read the agenda docs here and here.

The ballistic armor will stop high caliber rifle rounds. That’s something.

Tip Johnson