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Google ordered to hand over customer data to FBI WITHOUT warrants

Google ordered to hand over customer data to FBI WITHOUT warrants

Google ordered to hand over customer data to FBI WITHOUT warrants, citing counter-terrorism initiative A federal judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company’s argument that the practice of issuing so-called national security letters was unconstitutional and unnecessary. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia Mayo/AP A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company’s argument that the government’s practice of issuing so-called national security letters to telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, banks and others was unconstitutional and unnecessary. 

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Aaron Swartz files reveal how FBI tracked internet activist

Aaron Swartz. The FBI also collected information from his Facebook and Linkedin profiles. Photograph: Noah Berger/Reuters A blogger has published once-classified FBI files that show how the agency tracked and collected information on internet activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz, who killed himself in January aged 26, had previously requested his files and posted them on his blog, but some new documents and redactions are included in the files published by Firedoglake blogger Daniel Wright. Wright was given 21 of 23 declassified documents, thanks to a rule that declassifies FBI files on the deceased. Wright said that he was told the other…

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Privacy hawks fret as FBI upgrades biometrics capacities

Privacy hawks fret as FBI upgrades biometrics capacities

by Charles Cooper The computer revolution arrived late at the FBI, which was still collec ting and matching fingerprints in 1999 in much the same way that it did when the agency first began collecting the images in 1924. But that's been changing lately and privacy hawks are watching closely. As the millennium neared, the agency finally traded in its manual system for one in which a database of fingerprints and associated criminal histories could be searched and updated. Now, the next step. The FBI is going ahead with an advanced biometric identification service that it has been testing and…

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FBI computer virus sweeping across nation

New nasty demands $200 payment to 'unlock' PC How to Remove DNS Changer Virus. FBI DNS Changer Removal Instruction www.spywareremove.comThere’s a nasty computer virus going around that shocks users by putting on the screen a claim that the FBI and the federal government has taken control of the computer because it has been linked to illegal activity. Further, it controls the computer’s Web camera and makes it look like an image of the user is being streamed to the government. www.US-Mattress.com“It is scary. The first time we saw it we jumped back and said, ‘Hey, what is going on?’” Alex…

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FBI agent: I saw angels at 9/11 crash site

FBI agent: I saw angels at 9/11 crash site

'They were dressed as if they were in warrior garb' by Joe Kovacs LeonardiA former police officer and FBI official who retired due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder claims she saw angels when she first responded to the Pennsylvania crash of hijacked Flight 93 during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “The angels started appearing on the perimeter of the crash site,” Lillie Leonardi said in an interview with Pittsburgh television station WTAE. they were in warrior garb like a Roman centurion, and there were so many of them, you couldn’t see their faces.”

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Is the FBI using carrier IQ for domestic surveillance?

Is the FBI using carrier IQ for domestic surveillance?

Remember that software installed on 140 million smartphones that tracks every keystroke you make? Smartphone users were told that Carrier IQ was only being used for diagnostic information but what exactly does this mean? And if it’s only being used for diagnostic information, why is the FBI denying a FOIA request for records of how that agency has used data from the software for law enforcement purposes? Most importantly, if data from our smartphones is being used by the FBI without our knowledge, is this just the next frontier in domestic spying programs? Jon Brodkin has the scoop: “An enterprising…

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Justice warns of ‘Big Brother society’ as Supreme Court decides if police can use GPS to track you without a warrant

Justice warns of ‘Big Brother society’ as Supreme Court decides if police can use GPS to track you without a warrant

By Daily Mail Reporter Warning: Justice Stephen Breyer said the government could be able to watch citizens 24 hours a day A Supreme Court justice has warned there could be a strict Big Brother society if the police are allowed to use GPS devices to track suspected criminals without advance approval. Justice Stephen Breyer said there could be around-the-clock surveillance reminiscent of the totalitarian world of the George Orwell novel 1984. His comments come as the Obama administration appeals a ruling that threw out a drug conspiracy conviction when the FBI and police installed a GPS device on the suspect's…

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Congress Grills FBI Chief About Anti-Islam Training

Congress Grills FBI Chief About Anti-Islam Training

By Spencer Ackerman At a congressional hearing on Thursday, FBI Director Robert Mueller said the Bureau was through with training sessions that equated “mainstream” Muslims with terrorists — and besides, briefings like those were mere “isolated incidents.” But Mueller’s description of the extent of the training doesn’t square with a large body of evidence that Danger Room has reported. “This was an unusual, very unusual occasion,” Mueller told Rep. Jan Schakowsky during a hearing of the House intelligence committee. “In this particular instance, the individual gave the training. Reports of what had been in that training came up from the…

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Homeland Security warns of small plane attack

Homeland Security warns of small plane attack

The FBI and Homeland Security have issued a nationwide warning about al-Qaida threats to small airplanes, just days before the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. There is no specific or credible terrorist threat for the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, authorities said. But they have stepped up national security as a precaution. Al-Qaida was considering ways to attack airplanes, as recently as earlier this year, according to a five-page law enforcement bulletin issued Friday. The alert, issued ahead of the summer's last busy travel weekend, said terrorists have considered renting private…

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FBI is requiring surplus stores to spy on customers

FBI is requiring surplus stores to spy on customers

FBI Handout Lists Purchase of Preparedness Items as “Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities” Oath Keepers Exclusive: An FBI Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force handout being distributed to Colorado military surplus store owners lists the purchase of popular preparedness items and firearms accessories as “suspicious” and “potential indicators of terrorist activities,” instructing store owners to keep records on and report people who: “Make bulk purchase of items to include: Weatherproofed ammunition or match containers Meals Ready to Eat Night Vision Devices; night flashlights; gas masks High capacity magazines Bi-pods or tri-pods for rifles” The FBI handout, entitled “Communities Against Terrorism: Potential…

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