GOVN'T LYING, SPYING AND, COVER-UP
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U.S.-Mexico border crossings plunge, agents are bored
In my morning L.A. Times , there was a story about plummeting border crossings about which I haven’t heard a peep anywhere else. There has been such a steep drop in illegal entries, in fact, that border agents are getting bored, falling asleep, and getting fired or disciplined for their inability to keep their eyes open.We're not exactly lacking in opportunities for Minority Report references these days, but sometimes they're just unavoidable.
US Department of Homeland Security developing system to predict criminal intent
A Report Card for Homeland Security - Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - National
Are our intelligence analysts really keeping us safer?
Every year, the FBI sends about 50,000 "national security letters" (NSLs) to Internet service providers and others requesting information about their customers. Today we filed a lawsuit aiming to make sure that the government is following the rules when it uses this controversial tool. NSLs allow the FBI to collect information that's extremely sensitive — e.g. the names of websites that a person has visited, or the email addresses with which she has corresponded — and to do so without judicial oversight.
Secrecy About Secrecy: Making Sure the FBI Is Following the Rules on Surveillance Gag Orders
Last week when it was confirmed that, via a "nonprosecution agreement," the government would forfeit $500 million from Google , because of some Canadian pharmacies, we were worried about the kind of message this sent to the tech community. While there are no specific safe harbors on secondary liability for criminal activity, the US judicial system generally does recognize the fact it's wrong to blame third parties for actions they were not specifically responsible for.
More People Waking Up To The Troubling Implications Of The Gov't Taking $500 Million From Google
Leak Offers Look at Efforts by U.S. to Spy on Israel
“All I know is that it’s a serious case,” Judge Alexander Williams Jr., of United States District Court in Maryland, said at the sentencing in May 2010. “I don’t know what was divulged other than some documents, and how it compromised things, I have no idea.” Now the reason for the extraordinary secrecy surrounding the Obama administration’s first prosecution for leaking information to the news media seems clear: Mr.
Just when I thought that I had spoken with just about every security company, I am introduced to a new one.
NSFOCUS a security company you might not have met
Exclusive: The Intern Who Opened an Anthrax Letter | The Anthrax Files | FRONTLINE
For years, she hid her strange place in American history.
U.S. classification of documents as secret is out of hand
Every 6-year-old knows what a secret is.Net Neutrality Rules Back In FCC's Court
Sarah Lai Stirland The Federal Communications Commission can now no longer blame the White House for moving slowly on approving its controversial net neutrality rules.“All I know is that it’s a serious case,” Judge Alexander Williams Jr., of United States District Court in Maryland, said at the sentencing in May 2010.