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Archive for July, 2002

The Pentagon’s Battle

Monday, July 29th, 2002

The Pentagon’s battle to keep illicit drugs out of the barracks and off warships has faltered during the past few years as more servicemen and women have failed drug tests and been discharged. Drug use has increased after a 20-year decline, and 17,000 people have been kicked out of the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps since 1999, according to statistics compiled by The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Pissing Away Our Rights

Thursday, July 25th, 2002

Thank you, Jed Gottlieb, for your "Pee to Play" article on the recent Supreme Court ruling approving "urinate on demand" testing for high school students. The broad application of suspicionless drug testing does not bode well for a free society.

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Police To Test Face Software

Friday, July 5th, 2002

If you’re a criminal, a runaway or a terrorist, a day at the beach here may soon be anything but that.

The city will become the second in the nation—Tampa, Fla., is the other—to employ facial-recognition software to assist police in identifying and catching criminals and missing persons.

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