The FBI is very good at stopping terror plots of its own design
The FBI is very good at stopping 'terrorist' plots of its own design. Trevor Aaronson reports for The Intercept:
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Snowden at SXSW: Be very concerned about the trickle down of NSA surveillance to local police
I just had the privilege of attending a small conversation session with Edward Snowden and a number of technology and policy leaders at SXSW. He spoke for about an hour on a range of subjects related to his disclosures, possible federal legislation—good and bad—coming down the pike, and specific issues at the intersection of technology and privacy.
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al Qaeda didn’t need Edward Snowden to tell them about NSA spying
Osama bin Laden knew full well the US government was spying on al Qaeda, long before Edward Snowden blew his whistle. In documents recently made public during a terrorism trial in the United States, bin Laden writes:
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Woman suing police over ‘undercover lover’ scandal finds tracking device on her car
Just when you think things can't get more ridiculous in the government surveillance space...
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Face recognition, license plate tracking camera disappears after journalists ask US Postal Service about it
Apparently the Post Office police maintain their own secret spy budget. Fox News' Denver affiliate reports on what happened after a customer at a Denver post office noticed a strange looking utility box, and the journalists looked into it:
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FBI plans to expand Guardian system to include ‘Top Secret’ information, link up with ‘Sentinel’ system
The FBI's network for sharing so-called 'suspicious activity' information within the Bureau and with the Department of Defense is called Guardian. FBI maintains a separate system for state and local law enforcement suspicious activity reports called eGuardian.
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DEA operates a ‘Central Tracking System’ through which “all DEA assets…and targets” are monitored
Apparently the Drug Enforcement Administration operates a 'Central Tracking System' through which "all DEA assets and investigative targets" are monitored in real time and historically.
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What we might learn in US v. Tsarnaev—and what we probably won’t
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Tsarnaev attorney: Video of accused placing bomb down “does not exist”
Bruck arguing that DesLauriers cited a video showing #Tsarnaev placing the backpack behind a child. Bruck says that video "does not exist."
