Archive for the 'COINTELPRO' Category
Federal Court Invalidates 11-Year-Old FBI Gag Order on National Security Letter Recipient Nicholas Merrill
September 15th, 2015Via Calyx Institute: A federal district court has ordered the FBI to lift an eleven-year- old gag order imposed on Nicholas Merrill forbidding him from speaking about a National Security Letter (“NSL”) that the FBI served on him in 2004. The ruling marks the first time that an NSL gag order has been lifted in […]
Facial Recognition Software Moves From Overseas Wars to Local Police
August 12th, 2015The countries that run ECHELON, the largest civilian communications surveillance program in the world, have developed unified standards for biometric identification. See how this might look in the future by looking at Iraq. That’s the beta testing phase for what’s in store for the rest of us. —Cryptogon, 2007 Via: New York Times: Facial recognition […]
Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist
July 14th, 2015Via: ABC: The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists, federal officials told ABC News today. Alexander Ciccolo, 23, of Adams, Mass., was taken into custody on gun charges after buying two pistols and two rifles […]
San Francisco Pier Shooting Suspect Francisco Sanchez Allegedly Used Federal Agent’s Gun
July 7th, 2015Claim: Weapon Stolen from BLM Ranger’s Car Via: San Jose Mercury News: A Bureau of Land Management ranger’s service pistol was stolen from a car four days before police said a Mexican national and five-time deportee used it to shoot and kill Kathryn Steinle on a San Francisco pier. But it isn’t clear how he […]
FBI Behind Mysterious Surveillance Aircraft Over U.S. Cities
June 2nd, 2015Via: AP: The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the country carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology — all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated Press has learned. The planes’ surveillance equipment is generally used without a judge’s approval, and […]
Leaked Report Profiles Military, Police Members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
May 23rd, 2015Via: First Look: Nuclear power plant technicians, senior military officers, FBI contractors and an employee of “a highly-secretive Department of Defense agency” with a Top Secret clearance. Those are just a few of the more than 100 people with sensitive military and government connections that law enforcement is tracking because they are linked to “outlaw […]
Texas: 2 Gunmen Killed Outside Muhammad Cartoon Contest
May 4th, 2015Update: Elton Simpson: Alleged Garland Shooting Suspect Was Known to FBI Fascinating. Via: Independent: Police were on Monday morning said to be searching an apartment block in Arizona linked to the men believed of launching the attack on the Texas cartoon exhibition as reports named one of the gunmen as Elton Simpson – an individual […]
Australia: Hostage Situation in Sydney
December 14th, 2014Update: Hostage-Taker Was Dropped From Watch List Via: Reuters: A gunman responsible for a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe was once on the national security agency’s watch list — but was dropped off it years ago for reasons that remain unclear, Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday. — Update: Gunbattle, Three People Confirmed Dead Including […]
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
October 28th, 2014Via: Newsweek: It was also in 1999 that Schmidt joined the board of a Washington, D.C.–based group: the New America Foundation, a merger of well-connected centrist forces (in D.C. terms). The foundation and its 100 staff serve as an influence mill, using its network of approved national security, foreign policy and technology pundits to place […]
Sydney Beheading Plot Accused Was a Small-Time TV Actor
September 18th, 2014Let me get this straight: “The Terrorists” talk about beheading people on the phone? Everyone knows about mass surveillance except, “Australia’s most senior Islamist militant,” and his TV actor minion? Mmm hmm. Via: New Zealand Herald: The 22-year-old Sydney man arrested in the nation’s largest counter-terrorism operation allegedly conspired with Australia’s most senior Islamist militant […]
