John W. Whitehead
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His new book The Freedom Wars (TRI Press) is available online at amazon.com. The Rutherford Institute is available at rutherford.org
Most Recent Articles by John W. Whitehead:
Welcome to the American Gulag
September 12, 2012
Using Involuntary Commitment Laws to Silence Dissenters
Minority Report: Fiction Has Become Reality
September 4, 2012
RFID chips, UAVs, cybugs,
The Corporate Surveillance State:
Enacting tighter gun policies and increasing police surveillance and patrols will accomplish little more than propelling us the final step of the way into a police state.
Televised politics is deceptive, corrupt and manipulative
Everyday People and the American Revolution
June 30, 2012
The Stamp Act, no taxation without representation, Townshend Acts, Quartering Act
America’s classrooms are becoming little more than breeding grounds for compliant citizens of the police state.
State-sponsored humiliation and visual rape
Everybody’s a Target in the American Surveillance State
March 26, 2012
There's a storm brewing
Making Sense of School Shootings
February 28, 2012
There are no easy explanations—such as mental illness, drugs or video games—for their actions.
Dawn of the Drones: The Realization of the Total Surveillance State
February 13, 2012
Electronic concentration camp which is slowly enveloping our society
U.S. v. Jones: The Battle for the Fourth Amendment Continues
January 23, 2012
Iris Scanners, Facial-recognition software, Wi-Fi Data, Radio Frequency Identifications, Smart dust devices, Surveillance cameras, Drones, GPS Devices
Tanks on Main Street: The Militarization of Local Police
January 3, 2012
The government—local law enforcement now being extensions of the federal government—has trained its sights on the American people
Bill of Rights Day: Are Our Freedoms in Jeopardy?
December 15, 2011
Freedoms enshrined in those first ten amendments are in dire jeopardy
Even if this legislation is stalled, however, the government will find others to achieve its ultimate goal: total control—of the nation, of the internet, and ultimately of you and me
The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People
October 19, 2011
Botched SWAT team raids have resulted in the loss of countless lives, including children and the elderly
Identity Ecosystem: Big Brother Logs On
September 27, 2011
President Obama’s Cybersecurity Czar, another thinly disguised attempt to monitor, regulate and control the internet
Television News: Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?
August 2, 2011
Real news of national significance is either under-reported or unreported altogether while contrived media spectacles are allowed to dominate the news headlines for weeks
The Plight of Marco Sauceda and the Loss of Our Freedoms
July 27, 2011
Third and Fourth Amendments
Let us hope this is not an epitaph for our times
Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response
