Profiting from Prisoners | Unfilter 4

We discuss the trend towards privatized prisons, how they make money, and dirty details they don\’t want you to know.

Then we unfilter the headlines, with an update on Stuxnet, some hard questions for the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and using drones for police enforcement.

Plus an update on some stories from last week, and feedback!

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Show Notes:

ACT ONE: Headlines

• Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it

• Germany Readying Offensive Cyberwarfare Unit, Parliament Told

• HP, Cisco, Sun Gear Surfaces Inside Iranian Mobile Operator

  • There is no evidence indicating that any of these companies sold their products directly to Iranian companies. However, should these companies be allowed to sell their products directly to Iranian companies and anyone else they want to do business with?
  • Or do you agree with “the UN Human rights council believes that American firms should be building clauses into their contracts with international customers that levy heavy fines if a customer redistributes or uses the products in a way that violates human rights.”

• Sanders Questions Bernanke on Conflicts at the Fed

• Canada No Pirate Nation: Global Leader In Music Download Sales

  • Canada makes the U.S. piracy list, again in

Drone Headlines:

• The Age Of Drones: Military May Be Using Drones In US To Help Police
• Virginia Governor Wants Military Drones For Police Play clip

ACT TWO: Prison Industrial Complex

• Ohio prison becomes first to be sold to a private company
• Prison Industrial Complex
• Inside the secret industry of inmate-staffed call centers
• Idaho Uses Prison Labor to Pick Potatoes
• Private purchasing of prisons locks in occupancy rates

ACT THREE: Feedback

• A follow up on last week\’s stories, stop the leaks!
• First voicemail!

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Link List:

• Rachel Maddow Exposing private prisons role in Arizona\’s \’Papers Please\’ roots – YouTube
• Seattle police clarify plans for drone aircraft | Seattle Times

Song pick of the week: Prison Song by System of a Down

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