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Ex-FBI Agent in Navy SEAL Governor Case Charged with Perjury and Evidence Tampering…

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A former FBI agent hired to investigate Eric Greitens, a Navy SEAL veteran who was Missouri governor, has been indicted on perjury charges. William Tisaby was charged with six counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence in the indictment, which was unsealed Monday. He had been under investigation by a special […]

Chicago Police Release Hundreds of Pages of Documents Related to Jussie Smollett Case…

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The Chicago Police Department released more than 400 pages of documents related to the investigation and arrest of “Empire” star Jussie Smollett. Thursday’s release came a week after a Cook County judge ordered the information be released in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from media outlets. Smollett was accused of hiring two individuals […]

Democrats, Republicans Both Want to Regulate Facial Recognition…

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Legal experts, tech researchers and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for Congress to rein in the use of facial recognition tools by law enforcement agencies “before it gets out of control.” If left unchecked, they said the tech could infringe on Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, and perpetuate racial and gender […]

Federal Taskforce Busts 61 Connected to Darknet Opioid Sales…

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In a joint effort targeting online drug trafficking between January 11 and March 12, U.S. and international law enforcement agencies executed 65 search warrants, made 61 arrests and shut down 50 darknet accounts used for illegal activity, the Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI announced today. The arrests are a result of Operation SaboTor, the second […]

Protesters Take Over Border Patrol Museum, Deface Pictures of Fallen Agents…

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Dozens of demonstrators occupied and vandalized a privately owned U.S. Border Patrol museum near El Paso, Texas, over the weekend, according to the site’s top official. Museum director David Ham told the Washington Examiner his staff and guests worried for their safety Saturday when a group of about 50 rowdy protesters entered the facility, defaced […]

Border Patrol Shoots Driver Who Refused to Stop at Arizona Border Crossing…

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A federal officer stationed at an Arizona border crossing shot a driver who refused to stop and allegedly tried to run down the officer on the way into Mexico, according to local reports. Around 7 p.m. local time Thursday, an unnamed U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer working at the DeConcini Crossing in Nogales, Ariz., […]

Feds Can’t Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or Face, Judge Rules…

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A California judge has ruled that American cops can’t force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger. The ruling goes further to protect people’s private lives from government searches than any before and is being hailed as a potentially landmark decision. Previously, U.S. judges had ruled that police were allowed to […]

The FBI Is Trying Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software…

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The FBI is piloting Amazon’s facial matching software—Amazon Rekognition—as a means to sift through mountains of video surveillance footage the agency routinely collects during investigations. The pilot kicked off in early 2018 following a string of high-profile counterterrorism investigations that tested the limits of the FBI’s technological capabilities, according to FBI officials…

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