FBI bosses have been grilled over a secret facial recognition program that allows agents to access photos of tens of millions of Americans. The agency came under fire for its unrestricted access to ID photos in 18 states to help identify potential suspects – including innocent people who have never been charged with a crime. […]
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Devin Nunes Explains His White House Visit…
In an interview Monday, Nunes told me that he ended up meeting his source on the White House grounds because it was the most convenient secure location with a computer connected to the system that included the reports, which are only distributed within the executive branch. “We don’t have networked access to these kinds of […]
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There’s Something Familiar About This Rocket Elon Musk Wants to Send to Space…
If the rocket Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects to launch next week looks familiar, that’s because it is. The Falcon 9 rocket slated to take off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has flown before, marking the first time Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will refly one of the 14-story-tall boosters it recovered from past […]
STUDY: Just 2 Hours of Social Media Doubles Risk of Social Isolation…
Young adults who use social media for at least two hours a day double their risk of feeling socially isolated, a new study finds. The findings led lead author Brian A. Primack, M.D., Ph.D., director of Pitt’s Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health, to sound the alarm on the effect of too much […]
Uber Issues Nationwide Suspension of Self-Driving Cars…
Uber has suspended its multi-state testing program for autonomous vehicles after one of its self-driving Volvos flipped up on its side after an accident. It was only the latest bad news for Uber. Breitbart News reported a week earlier that the public relations turmoil surrounding Uber Technologies Inc. reached new heights when company president Jeff […]
Google Takes Symantec to the Woodshed for Mis-Issuing 30k HTTPS Certificates…
In a severe rebuke of one of the biggest suppliers of HTTPS credentials, Google Chrome developers announced plans to drastically restrict transport layer security certificates sold by Symantec-owned issuers following the discovery they have issued more than 30,000 certificates. Effective immediately, Chrome plans to stop recognizing the extended validation status of all certificates…
Intelligence Community Put on Notice “Feloniously’ Disseminating Classified Information Needs to be Investigated (LETTER)…
Finally, we ask you [to] brief us on any efforts made by your agencies to identify those who feloniously disseminated classified or otherwise legally protected information and bring them to justice. “Unnamed gover sources” leaking confidential information, whether the information is accurate or not, is detrimental to our national security and cannot be tolerated…
First Manafort, Now Roger Stone, Carter Page Offer to Appear Before House Intel Committee…
Two former advisers to President Trump’s campaign on Friday volunteered to go before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, CNN reported. Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone announced on Twitter that his attorneys had notified House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) of his…
Nunes: Paul Manafort Volunteered to Interview with Intelligence Committee…
President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has volunteered to interview with the House Intelligence Committee’s probe of Russian interference in last year’s election, committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) announced Friday. The White House this week rushed to distance itself from Manafort after the revelation that he signed a multimillion-dollar contract…
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Robots Could Replace One Million Jobs over Next 15 Years…
Millions of jobs in the UK are in jeopardy because of robots taking over various sectors of the labor market. According to the latest report on the impact of automation on the UK’s labor force, up to 10 million jobs are at risk of being replaced by machines within 15 years. Routine and/or manual jobs, […]
NSA to Produce ‘Smoking Gun’ Evidence Obama Team Did Spy on Trump and His Transition Team…
The FBI hasn’t been responsive to the House Intelligence Committee’s request for documents, but the National Security Agency is expected to produce documents to the committee by Friday. The NSA document production is expected to produce more intelligence than Nunes has so far seen or described – including what one source described as a potential […]
CIA’s ‘NightSkies’ Tool Can Hack, Remotely Control iPhones Without User’s Knowledge…
WikiLeaks has revealed the CIA’s alleged ability to infiltrate and control iPhones through a tool called NightSkies, which is physically installed onto factory fresh iPhones and allows the CIA to monitor and download files from targets’ phones undetected. The revelation is part of WikiLeaks’ latest Vault 7 release named ‘Dark Matter.’ NightSkies works in the […]
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Bob Woodward: Obama Officials Possibly Face Criminal Charges for Unmasking Scheme…
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward warned on Wednesday that there are people from the Obama administration who could be facing criminal charges for unmasking the names of Trump transition team members from surveillance of foreign officials. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said earlier that he had briefed Trump on new information…
Yes, A Call From A Member’s Office Was Intercepted by Dennis Kucinich…
Dear Colleague, I have evidence that a telephone conversation, which took place in my congressional office in the spring of 2011, regarding an issue before the Congress of an urgent matter of international importance, was intercepted. I had been working to stop an illegal attack on Libya, without congressional authorization, using the War Powers Act […]
The Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency You Haven’t Heard of by James Bamford…
On a heavily protected military base some 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., sits the massive headquarters of a spy agency few know exists. Even Barack Obama, five months into his presidency, seemed not to have recognized its name. While shaking hands at a Five Guys hamburger restaurant in Washington in May 2009, he asked […]
Freedom Watch Notifies Congress of “Deep State” Intelligence Whistle-Blower (PDF)…
Freedom Watch notifies congress of a “Deep State” intelligence community whistle blower, Dennis Montgomery, with hundreds of millions of documents showing CIA and FBI and Intelligence Committees were spying on, and conducting surveillance on, American citizens for political purposes. Mr. Montgomery is trying to use a legal “whistle-blower” process and not follow the same approach […]
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Newly Obtained Documents Prove: Key Claim of Snowden’s Accusers Is a Fraud…
For almost four years, a cottage industry of media conspiracists has devoted itself to accusing Edward Snowden of being a spy for either Russia and/or China at the time he took and then leaked documents from the National Security Agency. There has never been any evidence presented to substantiate this accusation. In lieu of evidence, […]
Facebook Expands Roll-Out of Fact-Checker in ‘Fake News’ Crackdown…
Facebook has expanded the roll-out of its fact-checker tool to combat ‘fake news’ as more users report the appearance of the ‘disputed’ message alert. The pop-up lets users know when a story’s accuracy is questionable before they share it. Users in regions including the US have reported seeing the warning, advising them that “before you […]
U.S. Raid on Al Qaeda in Yemen Led to Laptop Ban on Flights…
Three intelligence sources told The Daily Beast that the ban on carry-on electronics aboard U.S.-bound flights from 10 airports in North Africa and the Middle East was the result of information seized during a U.S. raid on Al Qaeda in Yemen in January. The United Kingdom joined the U.S. ban Tuesday. Information from the raid […]
Twitter Begins to Ban Users Advocating Violence…
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had stepped up efforts to rid its social network of posts from users advocating political or religious violence, and was increasingly using software to find them rather than relying on reports from users or governments. U.S. and European governments have been pressuring social media companies including Twitter, Facebook Inc […]
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