1Password adds ‘travel mode’ to keep passwords safe at the (US) border

“Increasingly, people are being asked to turn over and unlock their phones at the border, and doing that can expose a huge amount of data. Add in an app like 1Password — a central repository for a ton of private data — and it’s easy to see why someone would be worried about having to hand over their phone.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/23/15681990/1password-travel-mode-feature-added-security

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A new GOP bill would make it virtually impossible to sue the police

“Republicans in the House and Senate recently introduced a bill they’re calling the Back the Blue Act of 2017. The bill would create new federal crimes, impose federal police over the will of local officials and voters and shield police officers from virtually any civil liability, even in cases of egregious misconduct.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/05/24/a-new-gop-bill-would-make-it-virtually-impossible-to-sue-the-police/

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10 More Crazy Conspiracy Theories That Became Conspiracy Facts

“Thanks to intrepid journalists, whistleblowers, hacktivists, and leakers, the human race continues to tear down the wall of lies erected by the corporatocracy.”

Read more: http://theantimedia.org/10-conspiracy-theories-2/

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The Bizarre Story Behind the FBI’s Fake Documentary About the Bundy Family

“The FBI’s decision to create a fake media company raises critical questions about the federal government’s practice of impersonating the press.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/05/16/the-bizarre-story-behind-the-fbis-fake-documentary-about-the-bundy-family/

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James Bovard: Comey firing justly knocks FBI off its pedestal

“The FBI has a long record of both deceit and incompetence. Five years ago, Americans learned that the FBI was teaching its agents that the bureau ‘has the ability to bend or suspend the law to impinge on the freedom of others.’ This has practically been the FBI’s motif since its creation.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/05/11/comey-fbi-fire-trump-russia-investigation-james-bovard-column/101506342/

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Feds searching passenger cell phones at San Francisco airport

“U.S. Customs & Border Protection is becoming more adamant about examining the cell phones of some arriving travelers – including U.S. citizens – and now the American Civil Liberties Union is challenging that practice.  The ACLU has taken up the case of a U.S. artist named Aaron Gach, who returned to the U.S. at San Francisco International from an exhibition in Europe, and was pulled aside by CBP officers and ordered to unlock his iPhone for a search of its contents. Gach resisted, but finally gave in when he was told that if he didn’t, CBP would keep his phone for an indefinite period.”

Read more: http://blog.sfgate.com/cmcginnis/2017/05/10/feds-searching-passenger-cell-phones-at-sfo/

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Driver Arrested for Silence, Then Told She Has a Right to Remain Silent

“After New Jersey state troopers arrested Rebecca Musarra for remaining silent, they informed her, ‘You have the right to remain silent.’ That should have been a clue that something was amiss with their legal justification for hauling her off to jail.”

Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/06/after-arresting-driver-for-silence-cops

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California votes to allow communists to work in government jobs

“California has voted to eliminate a Cold War-era law that allows state workers to be fired if they are found to be communists.”

Read more: https://www.rt.com/usa/387773-california-bill-communist-workers/

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Judge Orders California DA To Return Family’s Confiscated Life Savings

“The San Diego District Attorney (DA) seized all of the family’s money from their bank accounts on February 2, 2016, following a raid on James Slatic’s legal medical marijuana business. Although no one has been charged with any crime, the DA used civil forfeiture laws to seize more than $55,000 from James’ personal bank account, more than $34,000 from his wife, Annette, and more than $5,600 each from their teenage daughters Lily and Penny, who had saved the money for college.  Judge Ipema’s order requires the DA to return all $100,693.85 to the Slatics.”

Read more: http://ij.org/press-release/forfeiture-victory-judge-orders-san-diego-da-return-slatic-familys-life-savings/

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Jacob Hornberger: Duterte’s Murder Model is the U.S. Government

“Duterte is doing nothing more than copying the processes and methods of the U.S. government in its war on drugs and its war on terrorism, both of which most members of the mainstream media have long supported.”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/2017/05/09/dutertes-murder-model-u-s-government/

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