https://www.rt.com/usa/510592-aclu-fbi- ... ncryption/USA News
ACLU sues FBI over ‘secretly’ breaking smartphone encryption
23 Dec, 2020 22:35
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/nation ... story.htmlSouth Carolina cops forced 71-year-old Black man to stand outside naked at 4 a.m. while they searched house without a warrant: lawsuit
By THERESA BRAINE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
DEC 23, 2020 AT 6:07 PM
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/23/ ... rack-cars/After finding glitch, Massachusetts suspends use of controversial camera system that lets police track cars
By Matt Rocheleau Globe Staff,Updated December 23, 2020, 50 minutes ago
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/23/ ... contracts/Methuen police chief placed on leave after Inspector General finds he violated his duty by orchestrating exorbitant police contracts
Report: Chief Solomon “chose his own interests” over public safety
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated December 23, 2020,
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/23/pol ... 26d8e69498POWERFUL MOBILE PHONE SURVEILLANCE TOOL OPERATES IN OBSCURITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
CellHawk helps law enforcement visualize large quantities of information collected by cellular towers and providers.
Sam Richards
December 23 2020, 9:31 a.m.
UNTIL NOW, the Bartonville, Texas, company Hawk Analytics and its product CellHawk have largely escaped public scrutiny. CellHawk has been in wide use by law enforcement; the software is helping police departments, the FBI, and private investigators around the United States convert information collected by cellular providers into maps of people’s locations, movements, and relationships. Police records obtained by The Intercept reveal a troublingly powerful surveillance tool operated in obscurity, with scant oversight.
CellHawk’s maker says it can process a year’s worth of cellphone records in 20 minutes, automating a process that used to require painstaking work by investigators, including hand-drawn paper plots. The web-based product can ingest call detail records, or CDRs, which track cellular contact between devices on behalf of mobile service providers, showing who is talking to whom. It can also handle cellular location records, created when phones connect to various towers as their owners move around.
Such data can include “tower dumps,” which list all the phones that connected to a given tower — a form of dragnet surveillance. The FBI obtained over 150,000 phone numbers from a single tower dump undertaken in 2010 to try and collect evidence against a bank robbery suspect, according to a report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU.
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Police use CellHawk to process datasets they routinely receive from cell carriers like AT&T and Verizon, typically in vast spreadsheets and often without a warrant. This is in sharp contrast to a better known phone surveillance technology, the stingray: a mobile device that spies on cellular devices by impersonating carriers’ towers, tricking phones into connecting, and then intercepting their communications. Unlike the stingray, CellHawk does not require such subterfuge or for police to position
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny ... story.htmlNYPD sergeant charged in Nassau with shooting man he found with his wife
By THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
NOV 25, 2020 AT 8:05 PM
https://anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com/202 ... -with.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus ... story.htmlAfrican-American doctor details racial treatment disparities in viral video before dying of COVID
By THERESA BRAINE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
DEC 24, 2020 AT 7:36 PM
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
How long will Americans put up with faked COVID case and death statistics?/ CBS News
There is no need for me to comment on this story. The fraud is all too obvious.--Nass
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/12/15/ ... id-deaths/"Grand County Coroner Raises Concern On Deaths Among COVID Cases
By Danielle Chavira
December 15, 2020 at 8:28 pm
KREMMLING, Colo. (CBS4) – Grand County isn’t the first to report a data discrepancy with COVID-19 deaths, but following a murder-suicide in the region the coroner is talking about the impact it may have.
“These two people had tested positive for COVID, but that’s not what killed them. The gunshot wound killed them and it’s very misleading for you to put numbers out there saying these people died from COVID when that’s not what they died from,” said Coroner Brenda Bock.
Bock said her investigation wasn’t finalized when the State of Colorado listed the two victims as dying with COVID-19.
“I realize yes, you’re trying to keep count of the numbers, but you need to do it right, and these people did not die of COVID, they died of gunshot wounds and that’s how it needs to be listed,” she said.
The state classifies COVID deaths in two ways:
· Deaths caused by COVID-19:
· The vital records death data is based on CDC coding of death certificates, and it reflects the number of deaths due to COVID-19, based on the expert judgment of health care providers and coroners.
· The number comes from death certificates where COVID-19 is listed as the cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death.
· This number is determined by the CDC and is updated daily for dates through the previous Saturday.
· Deaths among people who died with COVID-19:
· The epidemiological death data reflects people who died with COVID-19, but COVID-19 may not have been the cause of death listed on the death certificate. It comes from two sources:
· From health care providers and laboratories that report cases to the state using a national case definition.
· From state-reviewed death certificates where COVID-19 is listed as the cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. These death certificates may not yet have been coded by the CDC.
· This information is required by the CDC and is crucial for public health surveillance, as it provides more information about disease transmission and can help identify risk factors among all deaths across populations.
The state’s website states, “The number of deaths due to COVID-19 are not necessarily included in the number of deaths among people with COVID-19. After review, at either the state or national level, some deaths may not be counted as COVID-19 deaths. This is rare, and the expectation is that in the end the numbers will closely align.” [sic]
The state will often collect data before the death certificates are signed, because that process can take weeks. This gives epidemiologists a faster and better picture of how serious the spread is and how it’s impacting the general population.
“Today, Colorado’s reporting 4,156 COVID deaths, these are actually deaths among cases. Then they show 3,230 deaths due to COVID, and so they’re differentiating that, but I think it can maybe go a little further and I think the policy could be changed,” said Richard Cimino, Grand County Commissioner for District 1.
Cimino says while the state is doing a decent job at making a discrepancy, he agrees with Bock. It could be done better, and while the death count won’t impact where Grand County sits on the states dial, for a rural community, just one death from COVID impacts public perception.
“If they could let the coroners weigh in and take a little bit of time and make that determination early on you won’t have those big swings in numbers that might really alarm our population.”
Currently, the state has five deaths from COVID-19 listed in Grand County, while the Grand County website shows one.
Bock says she reached out to other coroners across the state with questions, “And I got replies back from 80% of the coroners in the state all stating the same thing. They’ve all had the same problems, and these are in small counties, so it’s easy for us to keep track of our numbers.”
She said she reached out to the state asking for the recent deaths to be discounted from the COVID-19 death toll, but hasn’t heard back. She hopes other counties speak up and help influence change in the way deaths are counted.
“I can’t do it alone they need to step up to the plate, too, they need to back me on this; they need to fix the way that they’re reporting the numbers,” she said.
CBS4 reached out to the CDPHE for comment, and was directed to classification information on its website. More information can be found here: cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/covid-19.htm#understanding-the-numbers."
Posted by Meryl Nass, M.D. at 11:11 PM
https://www.rt.com/usa/510743-texas-pol ... er-arrest/Texas father sues police after being pepper-sprayed & arrested while filming son being stopped by officers (VIDEO)
25 Dec, 2020 12:
https://abc13.com/fbi-agent-shooting-ul ... n/9006872/Mother of kidnapping victim slain by FBI agent seeks justice
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 4:43PM
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/12/23 ... ul-cassellUtah professor says former Trump campaign aide should be deemed a victim in case against ex-FBI lawyer
University of Utah law professor argues in court brief that Carter Page is a victim
By Dennis Romboy@dennisromboy Dec 23, 2020, 5:16pm MST
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comic-b ... tion-1964/FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover on the cover of Hillman Publications People Today, August 27, 1952.
J. Edgar Hoover and the Comic Book Publisher
Following a successful career as a comic book writer and editor, Abner Sundell became an editor for Pageant Magazine, during the 1960s. Pageant Magazine was launched in 1944 by comic book, magazine, and book publisher Alex Hillman. The magazine was composed of w
Thursday, December 24
Pardon Edward Snowden
Chip Gibbons, Jacobin
The Border Patrol Is Cracking Down on Humanitarian Aid
Jessica Suriano, The Nation
'Our Carceral System Laid Bare': Trump Pardons Cronies Stone and Manafort as DOJ Proceeds With Lame-Duck Execution Spree
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
Flint Has Clean Water Now. Why Won’t People Drink It?
Derek Robertson, Politico
Wednesday, December 23
Powerful Mobile Phone Surveillance Tool Operates In Obscurity Across The Country
Sam Richards, The Intercept
Leaving Out Assange, Who Exposed US War Crimes, Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Jailed for Massacring Iraqi Civilians
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
Invoking Martial Law to Reverse the 2020 Election Could be Criminal Sedition
Claire O. Finkelstein & Richard Painter, Just Security
2020 Exposed the Myth of American “Security”
Sarah Lazare, In These TImes
Tuesday, December 22
Detroit Is Suing Black Lives Matter Protesters For “Civil Conspiracy”
Chris Gelardi, The Intercept
The National Guard Is Using Force on Prisoners After Little Training
Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project
What the 2020 debate over free speech missed
Sean Illing, Vox
Civil rights groups demand CBP stops facial recognition expansion at airports
Kris Holt, Engadget
Monday, December 21
I Am Guilty of Violating the Espionage Act
Laura Poitras, The New York Times
• Related: Tell Congress Whistleblowers and Journalists Aren’t Spies!
What All the Secession Talk Really Means
Casey Michel, Politico
U.S. whistleblower was pressed to exaggerate leftist role in urban protests, lawyer says
Mark Hosenball, Reuters
The CIA's Afghan Death Squads
Andrew Quilty, The Intercep
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/23 ... assengers/DECEMBER 23, 2020
FBI’s Newest Prerogative: Shooting Subway Passengers
BY JAMES BOVARD
Was the torrent of media editorials and exposes denouncing police violence earlier this year all a sham?
Thirty-six years ago, Bernie Goetz pulled a pistol and shot four youths who were shaking him down on the New York subway. This was front-page news for weeks and spurred a deluge of anti-gun denunciations as well as condemnations of routine subway violence. Goetz was later acquitted by a jury on criminal assault and attempted murder charges.
Last Tuesday, an FBI agent pulled out his gun and repeatedly shot a passenger on the Washington subway. At the bottom of B6 in Saturday’s Washington Post – buried past an article headlined, “Despite the upcoming solstice, winter has already arrived” is a short piece headlined: “Police:‘Verbal exchange’ preceded Metro shooting.” There were zero news reports or disclosures for the two days after the shooting – except for a brief FBI note that there had been an “officer-involved shooting” on the subway.
What did the passenger say that provoked the shooting? It’s a secret – at least for the time being.
Did the FBI agent “go postal” after being taunted about J. Edgar Hoover wearing dresses?
Did the guy who was shot say “Black Lives Matter” or, even more recklessly, “All Lives Matter?”
Did the FBI agent lose control because someone violated Metro rules by eating an Egg McMuffin on the train?
Did the victim forget to say “Thank you for your service” to the FBI agent?
The Washington Post blocked all comments on the article, an unusual step that occurs when readers are prone to expose the cravenness or servility of Post articles that merely recycle government talking points on potentially explosive subjects.
If someone had shot an FBI agent without provocation on the subway five days ago, we would already know all about the shooter’s life – how many cat videos he liked on Twitter, how many crude jokes he told in h
https://billypenn.com/2020/12/23/secret ... migration/SECRET PHILLY
Secret Philly: The story of Rosa Photo, that FBI fingerprinting truck at 16th and Callowhill
Started by a lawyer from the Dominican Republic, the business became a staple in the Philly immigrant community
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-p ... an-2020-12Trump pardoned a former K-9 police officer who was convicted of releasing her dog on an unarmed homeless man
Ashley Collman Dec 24, 2020, 5:57 AM
https://news.yahoo.com/report-chicago-c ... 30649.htmlReport: Chicago cops in botched raid had prior complaints
Fri, December 25, 2020, 2:03 PM EST
CHICAGO (AP) — One of 12 officers placed on desk duty in the botched 2019 police raid on the home of a Black woman was accused in an earlier mistaken raid, while another of the officers was involved months later in a fatal shooting, according to a newspaper report.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/1 ... rules.htmlDisgraced former Springfield cop allowed to work as lawyer with conditions, Oregon Supreme Court rules
Updated Dec 24, 4:43 PM; Posted Dec 24, 4:31 PM
https://wvva.com/2020/12/24/greenbrier- ... p-program/Greenbrier County community shows law enforcement support with the “Adopt a Cop” program
Cop Resigns After Rape Allegation
by PAUL BASS | Dec 23, 2020 12:35 pm
A Fair Haven cop has resigned amid allegations that he coerced a sex worker to have intercourse with