“A mother and daughter were detained at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by U.S. Customs officers Sunday because they did not share the same last name, the mother alleges.”
“The stated purpose of the bill was ‘to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes.'”
Read more: https://thepointsguy.com/news/irs-blocking-americans-from-getting-passports/
“According to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, TSA officials have sovereign immunity while working in their official functions as screeners and security agents under the Federal Tort Claims Act.”
“RDP administrators have been slow to adopt techniques like two-factor authentication and rate-limiting, which could prevent attacks like this one.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/11/17559510/airport-security-login-rdp-attack-dark-web
“The hacker told Recorded Future that he frequently ‘entertains’ himself by watching live streams of sensitive footage from airplanes and border surveillance cameras.”
“Following backlash over officials pocketing thousands of dollars in excess funds for their own personal use, Ivey withdrew the policy of ‘paying prisoner food service allowances directly to sheriffs in their personal capacities’ in a memo to the state comptroller, The Associated Press reported.”
“An East Pittsburgh police officer who killed an unarmed 17-year-old while he tried to run away during a traffic stop was only sworn into duty around 90 minutes before the shooting, according to reports.”
“A pilot program will arrive at select venues later this season. In 2019, MLB and CLEAR plan to roll out biometric ticketing to ballparks that utilize CLEAR and Tickets.com technology.”
“We finally have enough evidence to establish a theory about why so many law enforcement departments rolled over so easily. They recognized that body cameras were valuable assets when prosecutors needed evidence and malfunctioning junk when law enforcers might be shown in a bad light.”
Read more: https://blog.christopherburg.com/2018/07/11/body-cameras-are-for-the-benefit-of-prosecutors-not-you/
“The ‘lesson’ Finley learned here is pretty clear. Power usually wins.”