monitoring of behavior, activities, or other changing information, for the purpose of influencing, managing or directing
Senate passes renewal of key U.S. surveillance program just after midnight deadline
pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-passes-renewal-of-key-u-s-surveillance-program-just-after-midnight-deadline
Biden administration will ask court to allow extension of controversial surveillance program
thehill.com/regulation/national-security/4497028-biden-administration-fisa-section-702-extension/
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he was blurring the complete surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S ... Show more abcnews.visitlink.me/SoCoZS
Quick Glance: GOP Blurs Jan. 6 Footage to Protect Rioters
- House Republicans are intentionally blurring faces in Jan. 6 footage to avoid DOJ charges against the individuals involved.
- Johnson emphasizes the importance of the American people forming their own conclusions rather than relying on elected officials' narratives.
- Johnson is releasing the footage to counter the Jan. 6 Committee's depiction of the riot.
- A spokesman for Johnson explains that blurring faces aims to protect private citizens from retaliation by non-governmental actors.
Trump Has Now Been Indicted for Even More Crimes: And worse
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/donald-trump-indictment-jack-smith/674855/
Quick Glance: New Developments in Trump's Indictment: Documents Case
- Trump displayed a classified document during a July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey resort.
- Last month, Trump was indicted on 37 counts related to mishandling classified documents.
- The charges include retaining classified information, obstructing justice, making false statements, and other crimes.
- A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for former President Donald Trump in May next year.
Trump attorney calls him ‘the most ethical American I know’ in wake of superseding indictment
thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4127521-trump-attorney-calls-him-the-most-ethical-american-i-know-amid-superseding-charges/
Court finds FBI improperly used surveillance tool on Jan. 6 suspects, racial justice protests
apnews.com/article/justice-department-fbi-surveillance-75c466a64e838ab12eaef96f6335f3cd
Critics attack Breed’s billionaire-backed ‘dangerous police’ measure: Critics attack S.F. Mayor London Breed’s billionaire-backed ‘dangerous police’ ballot ...
sfchronicle.com/sf/article/breed-police-ballot-measure-18682557.php
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Mar-a-Lago prosecutors eye July episode with Trump surveillance cameras: Investigators believe a Mar-a-Lago employee had a conversation with an IT worker about ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/30/trump-mar-a-lago-surveillance-camera/
DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologies: Predictive policing has been a bust. The Department of Justice nurtured the ...
fastcompany.com/91025531/doj-funding-pipeline-subsidizes-questionable-big-data-surveillance-technologies
Exclusive: Mar-a-Lago pool flood raises suspicions among prosecutors in Trump classified documents case
cnn.com/2023/06/05/politics/mar-a-lago-pool-flood-suspicions-prosecutors-trump-investigation-classified-documents/
As NH expands surveillance along the Canadian border, immigration and civil liberties activists push back
nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-10-23/as-nh-expands-surveillance-along-the-canadian-border-immigration-and-civil-liberties-activists-push-back
Inside the House GOP's plan to go after FBI and DOJ: Republicans are escalating a multi-pronged fight against their two biggest political boogeymen ...
politico.com/news/2023/07/05/house-gop-escalating-doj-attacks-00104475
Quick Glance: GOP Plan to Target FBI and DOJ
- Speaker Kevin McCarthy threatens to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland.
- Conservatives want to cut the budgets of the law agencies, believing they have targeted Republicans.
- A leadership ally predicts a battle against FBI and DOJ on the House floor.
- Republicans believe using the power of the purse is the best way to send a message.
Inside Biden’s secret surveillance court: In a deal to let companies keep trading transatlantic data, the White House built an opaque new forum that could affect ...
politico.com/news/2024/01/17/inside-bidens-secret-surveillance-court-00136175
Media organizations sue Justice Dept. for Jan. 6 surveillance footage: Nine news organizations filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to compel the Justice ...
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/media-sues-justice-fbi-january6-footage/
Denmark cracks down on gang crime with extensive new agreement: A majority in the Danish parliament has backed a new set of measures aimed at cracking down on ...
thelocal.dk/20231109/denmark-cracks-down-on-gang-crime-with-extensive-new-agreement
Expect new IRS crypto surveillance to come with a surge in confiscation: The Justice Department is claiming that it's "critical" for it to have the power to ...
cointelegraph.com/news/expect-new-irs-crypto-surveillance-come-with-surge-confiscation
Parliament has called for comment on its new bill to amend RICA, South Africa’s communications surveillance law. Register for this discussion to learn more ... Show more app.session.com/dailymaverick/Room-for-Growth-How-breastfeeding-can-stem-malnutrition-and-childhood-stunting
Memphis releases videos showing fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols : The graphic footage shows five police officers beating the 29-year-old man as he pleads ...
politico.com/news/2023/01/27/doj-warn-protests-tyre-nichols-00079904
Kansas college accused of forcing out Black students must reform after DOJ probe: U.S. Department of Justice reached an agreement with Highland Community College ...
kansascity.com/news/article278703549.html
Trump ordered records moved after subpoena, Mar-a-Lago staffer said – reports: FBI has surveillance footage confirming testimony of employee who spoke to ...
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/12/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-documents
In Trump case, Justice Dept. unseals previously blacked-out portions from search warrant application
english.elpais.com/usa/2023-07-06/in-trump-case-justice-dept-unseals-previously-blacked-out-portions-from-search-warrant-application.html
Robbins: Security tapes spell trouble for ‘the boss,’ will voters care?: The only thing worse than a conspiracy to obstruct justice is a conspiracy to obstruct ...
bostonherald.com/2023/08/01/robbins-security-tapes-spell-trouble-for-the-boss-will-voters-care/
Trump Employee Charged in Classified Docs Case: The Justice Department has charged a third man in connection with their investigation into former President ...
rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-carlos-de-oliveira-mar-a-lago-classified-docs-1234796376/
Eric Trump Says He Will Reveal FBI Raid Surveillance Tape: The former president's son has suggested the surveillance tapes captured improper behavior by the FBI ...
newsweek.com/eric-trump-fbi-raid-surveillance-tape-mar-lago-1733965
Quick Glance: New Trump Mar-a-Lago information emerges: What we know (and don't know) about these top-secret documents
- 11 sets of sensitive documents were confiscated by the FBI.
- The search warrant, which was unsealed by a federal judge on Friday at the request of the Justice Department, reveals that FBI investigators collected dozens of boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago, among other materials.
- Trump was holding documents at a Mar-a-Lago storage facility.
- The search warrant authorized agents to search the "45 Office," storage rooms, and other locations where Trump and his staff could have placed boxes or documents, but spaces frequented by third parties, including guests, were barred.
EXCLUSIVE: Feds sought surveillance video from State Farm Arena in Trump probe: Justice Department prosecutors led by special counsel Jack Smith requested ...
ajc.com/politics/exclusive-feds-sought-surveillance-video-from-state-farm-arena/TWLKTY4KGFB25DUPSPZXUEDFL4/
Mar-a-Lago Surveillance Footage Shows Trump Aide Moving Boxes Days Before DOJ Visit
wsj.com/articles/mar-a-lago-surveillance-footage-shows-trump-aide-moving-boxes-days-before-fbi-search-ee2e935a
Senator calls for probe of mass surveillance tool used by U.S. law enforcement: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden on Wednesday called for the Justice Department inspector ...
reuters.com/world/us/senator-calls-probe-mass-surveillance-tool-used-by-us-law-enforcement-2023-01-18/
Trump considering releasing surveillance footage of FBI Mar-a-Lago search: Some allies of former President Donald Trump are urging him to publicly release ...
cnn.com/2022/08/17/politics/trump-release-surveillance-footage-fbi-mar-a-lago/
Trump Lawyer Says He Watched Search On Camera, Muddling Claim That FBI Planted Evidence
huffpost.com/entry/christina-bobb-trump-watch-fbi-search-mar-a-lago-surveillance-cameras_n_62f6d26be4b0da517ef8a87f
The FBI And DOJ Are Investigating ByteDance’s Use Of TikTok To Spy On Journalists
forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2023/03/16/fbi-doj-investigating-bytedance-tiktok-surveillance-journalists/
DOJ Probes Leak of Pentagon Documents About Ukraine War, U.S. Surveillance on Allies
democracynow.org/2023/4/10/headlines/doj_probes_leak_of_pentagon_documents_about_ukraine_war_us_surveillance_on_allies
Quick Glance: DOJ Investigates Leak of Pentagon Documents Regarding Ukraine War, US Surveillance of Allies
- The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into an apparent leak of Pentagon documents revealing details about the United States' role in the Ukraine war, as well as Russian operations in Ukraine and elsewhere.
- The materials also reveal US intelligence gathering on allies such as Ukraine, South Korea, and Israel, as well as information about China.
- The documents date from late February to early March, but they first surfaced on social media last Friday.
Surveillance law allows US to gather information about Russian atrocities in Ukraine – US Justice official
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/20/7398624/
Trump lawyer blows up his “planted” evidence claims: Trump watched “the whole thing” on CCTV
salon.com/2022/08/12/lawyer-blows-up-his-planted-evidence-claims-watched-the-whole-thing-on-cctv/
The US Can Stop Twitter From Releasing Details in Spy Report: The US can stop Twitter Inc. from releasing details about the government’s demands for user ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-06/twitter-loses-appeal-over-release-of-us-surveillance-details
Tiktok: FBI investigating surveillance on behalf of China: Tiktok has been criticized for its extreme thirst for data. In the USA, the authorities are now ...
stern.de/digital/smartphones/tiktok--fbi-ermittelt-wegen-ueberwachung-im-auftrag-chinas-33293944.html
US Probes TikTok Chinese Owner for Possible Spying on Reporters: The Justice Department is investigating whether the Chinese owner of TikTok has been conducting ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-17/tiktok-chinese-owner-probed-by-us-for-possible-spying-on-reporters
ByteDance is reportedly under investigation for surveillance of US journalists: The FBI and the Department of Justice are reportedly investigating an incident in ...
engadget.com/bytedance-is-reportedly-under-investigation-for-surveillance-of-us-journalists-224223010.html
FBI agents monitor social media. As domestic threats rise, the question is who they're watching
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/01/fbi-social-media-surveillance/7947126001/
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The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat: A review of the FBI’s access to foreign intelligence reveals troubling misuse of powerful ...
wired.com/story/fbi-section-702/
DOJ urges Congress to re-up controversial surveillance program largely as it is: That request is unlikely to fly under divided government, with House Republicans ...
politico.com/news/2023/02/28/doj-congress-section-702-00084725
The Monkees' Micky Dolenz sues the FBI over their surveillance file on the band
ew.com/music/the-monkees-micky-dolenz-sues-the-fbi-over-surveillance-file/
Your Deleted TikTok Content Can Still Be Used Against You By The FBI: Social media companies in general aren’t clear on how long they keep information users ...
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/06/15/your-deleted-tiktok-content-can-still-be-used-against-you-by-the-fbi/
Hot on the Trail of a Mass-School-Shooting Hoaxer: For months, an anonymous caller has terrorized communities around the US by reporting false shooting threats ...
wired.com/story/school-swatting-textnow-ethiopia/
Quick Glance: The Oscars Could Be Doomed, According to a Former Academy Executive
- Following 2014, the last of the lush years, Academy Awards viewing totals began to fall.
- The most essential reason for the Academy Awards' declining viewership is that the Academy has been harming itself by doing its job: honoring the best films each year.
- However, there has been a growing disparity between the lists of the year's top grossers and the Academy's Best Picture candidates for the last twenty-five years or more.
- In recent years, the Academy has increasingly filled its Best Picture slots with well-made pictures that are serious, issue-oriented, and occasionally a little depressing.
Aretha Franklin’s recently released FBI file reflects an era when the agency spied not only on civil rights leaders and political organizers ... Show more https://nyti.ms/3ExxFfq
EU Commission proposal: justice minister Bushman is "very skeptical" about messenger surveillance
spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/chatkontrolle-justizminister-buschmann-ist-bei-messenger-ueberwachung-sehr-skeptisch-a-b0f24c8f-4986-44fb-9e59-1a1c72de4ecf
Saudis in U.S. targeted as kingdom cracks down on dissent: Over the last five years, Saudi surveillance, intimidation and pursuit of Saudis on U.S ...
ctvnews.ca/world/saudis-in-u-s-targeted-as-kingdom-cracks-down-on-dissent-1.6135294
A small Nebraska company is helping law enforcement around the world spy on users of Google, Facebook and other tech giants ... Show more
Meet The Secretive Surveillance Wizards Helping The FBI And ICE Wiretap Facebook And Google Users
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/23/meet-the-secretive-surveillance-wizards-helping-the-fbi-and-ice-wiretap-facebook-and-google-users/
Private Poll Surveillance Poses Bigger Threat Than Election Fraud: DOJ: The Department of Justice is seeking restrictions on poll watchers that wouldn't infringe ...
newsweek.com/private-poll-surveillance-poses-bigger-threat-election-fraud-doj-1755910
Your Deleted TikTok Content Can Still Be Used Against You By The FBI: Social media companies in general aren’t clear on how long they keep information users ...
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/06/15/your-deleted-tiktok-content-can-still-be-used-against-you-by-the-fbi/
A small Nebraska company is helping law enforcement around the world spy on users of Google, Facebook and other tech giants ... Show more
Meet The Secretive Surveillance Wizards Helping The FBI And ICE Wiretap Facebook And Google Users
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/23/meet-the-secretive-surveillance-wizards-helping-the-fbi-and-ice-wiretap-facebook-and-google-users/
Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit: A federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a ...
sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-trump-mar-a-lago-affidavit-20220913-marpqttnzfdxhfvfmnewxutrgu-story.html
Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Justice Department confirms one Trump nominee for Mar-a-Lago arbitrator
- Both Justice Department nominees were challenged by Trump's staff earlier Monday.
- The document highlights substantial factual and legal conflicts between Trump's lawyers and the US government as the Justice Department moves forward with its criminal investigation into the retention of national security material at Mar-a-Lago.
- According to the Justice Department, Trump had no right to keep the presidential materials.
- Furthermore, the criminal statutes on which the department has based its investigation, including one that criminalizes the deliberate retention of national defense information, do not require that the documents be classified.
FBI spent 40 years watching Aretha Franklin: The FBI had a 270-page file on the late Aretha Franklin after spying on her for 40 years.
torontosun.com/entertainment/music/fbi-spent-40-years-watching-aretha-franklin
Oakland residents are heavily surveilled. It hasn’t made them any safer: Law enforcement agencies are eager to rapidly embrace the latest surveillance tech...
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/justinphillips/article/Oakland-surveillance-safety-17521104.php
DOJ Releases Affidavit Used to Justify FBI Search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago: The Justice Department has released a redacted version of the affidavit the FBI used to ...
democracynow.org/2022/8/29/headlines/doj_releases_affidavit_used_to_justify_fbi_search_of_trumps_mar_a_lago
Quick Glance: Mar-a-Lago: Files would "just disappear" if Trump was elected, according to Grisham.
- Former Trump White House press secretary Stephenie Grisham stated official paperwork would "just disappear" when Trump was around.
- Grisham, who worked for Trump from July 2019 to April 2020, claimed Trump often took official paperwork from the White House's working spaces to his private presidential house.
- According to her, "Any documents that made it to the White House residence were these boxes Trump carried around with him."
- "They would get handed off to the residence and just disappear."
Dark Wire: Jason Bateman announced as the director of Netflix's FBI surveillance thriller
joblo.com/dark-wire-jason-bateman/
DOJ demands lobbyists for Chinese surveillance firm Hikvision register as foreign agents
axios.com/2022/10/17/hikvision-foreign-lobbyists-doj-fara
Angela Davis reacts to FBI’s Aretha Franklin surveillance: ‘I was shocked’: Aretha Franklin famously offered to pay the bail of jailed activist Angela Davis ...
freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2022/10/16/aretha-franklin-fbi-angela-davis/69565588007/
Aretha Franklin Was Tracked by the FBI for 40 Years: The agency tried — and failed — for decades to tie the Queen of Soul to "extremists"
rollingstone.com/music/music-features/aretha-franklin-fbi-file-surveillance-1234602217/
Judge unseals new portions of redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit: "On July 6, 2022, in response to this subpoena, representatives of the Trump Organization ...
axios.com/2022/09/14/judge-unseals-portions-mar-a-lago-search-warrant
9/11 Made It Easier For The Government To Target Black Activists: The surveillance state is nothing new in America. But September 11th gave the U.S ...
essence.com/news/9-11-counterterrorism/
3 suspects arrested in $5 million Beverly Hills jewelry heist: Police and FBI investigators used surveillance footage to track down three of the suspects.
pressdemocrat.com/article/news/3-suspects-arrested-in-5-million-beverly-hills-jewelry-heist/
FBI: Autistic Ohio teen missing 6 days in Atlanta found safe: A 17-year-old girl with autism from Ohio, who had been missing since landing in Atlanta for a ...
ajc.com/news/crime/breaking-fbi-searching-for-autistic-ohio-teen-who-left-atlanta-airport-with-unknown-man/AMC7EUVINRHNFPUDALQ5XFCRFU/
A small Nebraska company is helping law enforcement around the world spy on users of Google, Facebook and other tech giants.
Meet The Secretive Surveillance Wizards Helping The FBI And ICE Wiretap Facebook And Google Users
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/23/meet-the-secretive-surveillance-wizards-helping-the-fbi-and-ice-wiretap-facebook-and-google-users/
Judge unseals additional portions of Mar-a-Lago affidavit: A federal judge unsealed more of an FBI affidavit showing that agents earlier obtained a hard drive ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/14/judge-unseals-additional-portions-mar-lago-affidavit/10378763002/
Notorious mob boss 'killed by vengeful inmates' on his first day at new prison: Whitey Bulger was once on the FBI's most wanted list but met a grim end ...
mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/notorious-mob-boss-killed-vengeful-27820446
A small Nebraska company is helping law enforcement around the world spy on users of Google, Facebook and other tech giants ... Show more
Meet The Secretive Surveillance Wizards Helping The FBI And ICE Wiretap Facebook And Google Users
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/02/23/meet-the-secretive-surveillance-wizards-helping-the-fbi-and-ice-wiretap-facebook-and-google-users/
FBI agents monitor social media. As domestic threats rise, the question is who they're watching
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/01/fbi-social-media-surveillance/7947126001/
Paid articlePaid Missing Kiely Rodni: Officials release image of teen in Truckee: The FBI has added Kiely Rodni to its most wanted missing persons list and released its...
sfchronicle.com/california/article/Kiely-Rodni-disappearance-Officials-release-17364439.php
Eric Trump Claims Two People Tried to Buy Him ‘Apology’ Dinner’ for Raid: The former president’s son also claims he has surveillance footage from the FBI raid at ...
thedailybeast.com/eric-trump-claims-two-people-tried-to-buy-him-apology-dinner-for-raid
Feds charge duo from Sinaloa, Mexico, on fentanyl dealing charges after Beachwood arrest
cleveland.com/court-justice/2022/08/feds-charge-duo-from-sinaloa-mexico-on-fentanyl-dealing-charges-after-beachwood-arrest.html
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Canada’s former privacy watchdog ‘surprised’ by RCMP spyware program: Daniel Therrien, a former national security official and privacy commissioner ...
globalnews.ca/news/9047721/former-privacy-watchdog-surprised-rcmp-spyware-program/
Surveillance: a new secret service for Keller-Sutter: A new authority is to be given access to the data of all airline passengers. The justice minister wants to ...
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Your Deleted TikTok Content Can Still Be Used Against You By The FBI: Social media companies in general aren’t clear on how long they keep information users ...
forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/06/15/your-deleted-tiktok-content-can-still-be-used-against-you-by-the-fbi/
Opinion | The FBI Is Still Targeting Black People for Entrapment: The COINTELPRO era never ended, as Black people bear the brunt of FBI surveillance ...
commondreams.org/views/2022/07/17/fbi-still-targeting-black-people-entrapment
Retired miner to plead guilty after FBI finds homemade pipe bombs near Michigan stores
detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/07/06/retired-miner-john-allen-plead-guilty-after-fbi-finds-pipe-bombs/7819248001/
The F.B.I. Deployed Surveillance Teams Inside Portland Protests: Federal agents infiltrated Portland’s unruly racial justice protests, dressing to blend in and ...
nytimes.com/2021/12/22/us/portland-protests-fbi-surveillance.html
DWS pays record salaries despite green washing allegations: Chef Wöhrmann earned around seven million euros in 2021. The fund subsidiary of Deutsche Bank has not ...
handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banken-versicherungen/banken/geschaeftsbericht-dws-zahlt-trotz-greenwashing-vorwuerfen-rekordgehaelter/28154244.html
NSO offered ‘bags of cash’ for access to U.S. cell networks, whistleblower claims
washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/01/nso-pegasus-bags-of-cash-fbi/
US authorities extend surveillance of Deutsche Bank: Last year, the Deutsche Bank fund subsidiary DWS was accused of "greenwashing" - that alerted the US ...
faz.net/aktuell/finanzen/warum-us-behoerden-die-ueberwachung-der-deutschen-bank-ausweiten-17872039.html
DOJ tapped Facebook data to investigate 2020 Kenosha shooting protests: Investigators demanded names, addresses, phone numbers, location information, likes ...
businessinsider.com/doj-tapped-private-facebook-data-to-investigate-kenosha-shooting-protests-2022-2
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