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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…

No One Is Protecting the Kids of Broward County…

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At every level of government, Broward County has continued to fail its children. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom has thrown out a case brought by 15 students against the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the school district, ruling that neither law enforcement nor the public school system was culpable for failing to prevent the Parkland […]

20,667 Drunken-Driving Convictions Tainted by Bad Breathalyzer Test in New Jersey…

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More than 20,000 drunken-driving convictions in New Jersey could be in jeopardy after the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that breathalyzer tests used to win those judgments were inadmissible. The unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court stems from criminal charges brought more than two years ago against a State Police sergeant who was accused […]

Junket Justice: How Special Interests Pay to Schmooze DOJ and FBI Officials…

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Of all the agencies in the federal government that should be immune to special-interest schmoozing, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its premier law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives top the list. Their independence from influence, and their […]

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