Thousands of Americans’ Electronics Illegally Searched at Border

“Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.  Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country.  Imagine the helplessness of having your phone taken by an Agent, and searched without your consent. No suspicion of any crime. No probable cause. Just some thug using brute force to violate your privacy.  In these settings, travelers are powerless. You just want to get home or continue to your destination, but the American police state shakes you down.  Hundreds of traveler complaints about such oppression have now surfaced thanks to a Freedom of Information Request.

Read more: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/police-state-thousands-of-americans-electronics-illegally-searched-at-border/

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Renewal of FISA Section 702 with ‘abouts’ collection slated for Thursday

“The powers in question allow the government to target foreigners overseas, collecting their communications. But Americans’ communications — even those in the U.S. — can be snared if they are part of conversations that the targets are having.  The bill allows ‘abouts’ collection, which is when the government scoops up communications that mention a target, even if he or she isn’t the sender or receiver.”

Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/6/lawmakers-vote-thursday-renew-foreign-intelligence/

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Pakistan ditches dollar for yuan in trade with China after Trump tweet

“A day after the U.S. leader slammed Islamabad for harboring terrorists in a New Year’s Day tweet, Pakistan’s central bank announced that it will be replacing the dollar with the yuan for bilateral trade and investment with Beijing.  With a steady stream of Chinese capital under its belt, Pakistan may no longer be receptive to American threats, the most recent of which involves Washington cutting off security assistance.”

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/03/pakistan-china-ties-strengthen-after-president-donald-trumps-rant.html

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An Ex-Cop Talks About Police Shootings

“The graphic video from the killing of Daniel Shiver was released after the jury decided to acquit ex-Mesa police officer Philip Brailsford of second-degree murder and reckless manslaughter. The Mesa police department and Mesa police union both supported Brailsford, but it’s important to receive feedback from police sources who don’t have a vested interest in the case.”

Read more: https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/12/29/an-ex-cop-talks-about-police-shootings/

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IRS Tyranny Against Swiss Bankers Halted By Federal Juries

“Stefan Buck isn’t the only Swiss banker who has been acquitted of this newly created crime by Swiss bankers of conspiracy to deprive the IRS of money. Federal juries also acquitted two other Swiss bankers, which undoubtedly has shaken the IRS and federal prosecutors who have dozens more prosecutions pending.”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/01/08/irs-tyranny-swiss-bankers/

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Republicans to Jeff Sessions: Get Your Hands Off Our Weed (Taxes)

“Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pulled off something that would have been unthinkable just a few years back: he managed to rally Republican lawmakers behind weed.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-to-jeff-sessions-get-your-hands-off-our-weed

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Happy New Year 2018 from Liberland

“The Free Republic of Liberland wishes you a happy new year.”

Read more: http://liberlandpress.com/2017/12/happy-new-year-2018-liberland/

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Cliven Bundy-FBI debacle: Another example of why Feds need to be leashed

“Judge Navarro slammed the FBI for withholding key evidence.  Unfortunately, this seems to be standard procedure for the FBI — including in their investigations of both the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns as well as the Las Vegas shooter who slaughtered concert goers last October. FBI officials have also been caught routinely twisting the truth to burnish prosecutions. False FBI trial testimony may have helped sentence 32 innocent people to death, as the Washington Post reported in 2015. How many other innocent people have been put behind bars because of federal misconduct?”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/05/bundy-fbi-misconduct-another-example-why-feds-need-leashed-james-bovard-column/1001603001/

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Homeland Security suffers data leak on 240,000 employees

“The information in the file also included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, positions, grades and duty stations. The agency said it ‘did not include any information about employees’ spouses, children, family members and/or close associates.’  The agency confirmed that the incident was not due to an external cyber-attack from unknown sources but stemmed from a leak inside the DHS itself. The breach was eventually categorized as a ‘privacy incident.'”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/dhs-confirms-data-breach/

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Will ABC really tell us what happened at Waco in 1993?

“If there was a way to characterize the government’s actions against the Davidians as something other than mass murder that has been covered-up with rigged political inquiries, government biased experts, lackey judges, official lies and the intimidation of question askers, we, the producers of WTRE could not find it.”

Read more: https://patch.com/california/brentwood/will-abc-really-tell-us-what-happened-waco-1993

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