On Thursday September 18th, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and other government agencies today on behalf of AT&T customers to stop illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing warrantless domestic surveillance. Also named in the suit are President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney’s chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales.
Evidence in the case includes undisputed documents provided by former AT&T telecommunications technician Mark Klein showing AT&T has routed copies of Internet traffic to a secret room in San Francisco controlled by the NSA.
Another lawsuit filed by the EFF in 2006, Hepting v. AT&T, was derailed by a law passed by Congress earlier this year that unconstitutionally granted immunity to AT&T and other companies that took part in the surveillance. The EFF will likely be arguing over “whether the immunity is constitutional and applies in that case”
Theater director Caden Cotard’s life in Schenectady, New York is looking bleak. His wife Adele has left him to pursue her painting in Berlin, taking their young daughter Olive with her. A new relationship with the alluringly candid Hazel has prematurely run aground. And a mysterious condition is systematically shutting down each of his body’s autonomic functions. Worried about the transience of his life, he moves his theater company to a warehouse in New York City. He directs them in a celebration of the mundane, instructing each to live out their constructed lives in a growing mockup of the city outside.
Jay Leno had Kristin Bell on The Tonight Show on Thursday to plug the impending season premiere of Heroes: Volume 3 – Villains! She and Jay banter about being Scottish, what we may expect from this season of Heroes and how she’s more than a little like Elle.
Posted in Preview on 09/20/2008 01:19 pm by fanboi
The gang is back in California with a new HQ in Malibu, but will they be able to keep it from being destroyed their first day? The remains of Karolina Dean’s alien race has come to Earth to get revenge for the millions who died on their homeworld. And they’re pointing their fingers at Karolina and Xavin.
Posted in Preview on 09/20/2008 12:59 pm by fanboi
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1 (of 2) is an essential 2-issue tie-in to Warren Ellis and Simon Bianchi’s debut arc on the Astonishing X-Men. Brought to you by critically acclaimed Warren Ellis (Thunderbolts) and brought to life by the mind-blowing interiors of Alan Davis (Uncanny X-Men) and Adi Granov (Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas), Ghost Box jumps out of the pages of Astonishing X-Men with the mysterious villain known as Subject X! What were his motives and who was he working for? No X-fan can dare miss this limited series as it reveals the true stakes of the Ghost Box storyline, as a dire situation may arise if the X-Men fail to solve the mystery! Plus, the issue is packed full of extras including scripts, layouts and more!
Posted in Gay Comics on 09/20/2008 12:12 pm by fanboi
Here is GayComicGeek’s latest Class Comics review. This time for… the Pornomicon
The Pornomicon incredible one-shot masterpiece with story and art by Logan (translated from the French by Patrick Fillion) dares you to turn the pages further and engage the powers within. An ancient manuscript known as the Pornomicon holds mysterious powers and the secrets of the ancient Gods of the Flesh. Upon returning from a month-long crusade, a noble knight becomes possessed by the book’s dark powers. Seeking help from his friend, Brother Carmichael, a Monk, the knight unwittingly unleashes a chain of raunchy and torrid events that will have repercussions for centuries to come.
