Due Process is on the Chopping Block
The TSA has worked around due process. Here comes the DHS and the EU Police following and looking to do the same. February 24, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP One of Lysander Spooner’s greatest criticisms of the US Constitution was: But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is […]
Death of Privacy: Part 2
Government is using private companies to pry into people’s lives. While some good comes from it, at what cost to privacy are people allowing this to continue? February 3, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The amount of news surfacing about the various directions from which your privacy is being attacked is so much, […]
The Death of Privacy: Part 1
From science fiction novel, to outlandish foil-hat conspiracy theory, to public policy: how the government convinced hundreds of millions of people to willingly kill their own privacy. January 27, 2020 By: Bobby Casey Managing Director GWP A variety of initiatives from the federal government of the US, that once seemed benign, and proving to be […]
Second Citizenship Becoming a Viable Option for Expats
Citizenship renunciation or second citizenship become viable solutions for expats, especially those with any dealings in crypocurrencies. January 6, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Oppression is the number one reason why people leave one place for another. This is why people leave abusive homes. This is why people flee dictatorships and unaccountable regimes. […]
State Governments Putting Your Identity and Privacy at Risk
Privacy is one of your greatest and most valuable assets, and it’s always under attack. This time, it’s the states’ DMVs selling off your information to turn a quick buck. December 9, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP It recently made the headlines that the state of California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has […]
Privacy Is A Right and Tool in Self Protection
Privacy is under attack, and it’s time to heed the warnings from where these attacks are felt most because eventually it’ll spread to everyone else. November 18, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I have a pretty comfortable life as an expat. Sometimes so comfortable I forget about those people who are complacent toward […]
Profiling is a Slippery Slope
Wanting to reduce crime, and seeking justice are noble intentions. Using profiling policies which violate people’s civil liberties is not. October 14, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Public policies which try to capture bad actors always seem to sweep up innocent people in the process. It’s not the guilty criminal I’m worried about, […]
What About “We The People”?
Most people feel under-served by their governments; but maybe the problem is waiting on governments to solve problems they are often responsible for creating. September 30, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There’s a lot of discussion and hysteria going around about the interests of “The People”. Whether it’s the people of the US […]
ICE & FBI Using State DMV Face Recognition Databases
ICE is accessing local surveillance tools and data in their effort to track down undocumented immigrants. The problem is, it puts American’s privacy rights on the chopping block. September 2, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Rights come from our humanity. Human beings have a unique ability to recognize moral agency in others, and […]
Is the US Headed Toward Greatness?
Economic tinkering, more of the same with the surveillance state, and a precarious trade war isn’t what one would expect on the path to greatness. August 26, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP When the MAGA slogan first came out, it was criticized for the same reasons as Michelle Obama’s statement, “for the first […]
