“Phil Parhamovich lived a months-long nightmare trying to get his lawfully earned life savings of $91,800 back after law enforcement seized it during a routine traffic stop that resulted in no charges or even accusations.”
Read more: http://ij.org/ll/february-2018-volume-27-issue-1/victory-ij-helps-musician-stop-highway-robbery/
“The court ruled that the $3 million in fines stolen from drivers with no due process was all obtained illegally and they must now pay it back.”
“Cities and towns are using [smart meter parking apps] like ParkMobile, StreetLine, ParkMe, Park Smarter, ParkBud, MPay2Park and SmartParking to collect all kinds of personal information. SMPA’s like StreetLine warn that they ‘reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information to others as we believe appropriate’. ParkMobile’s privacy policy also reveals how SMPA’s are all too willing to, ‘provide requested information to relevant authorities upon the request of such authorities’.”
Read more: https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2018/02/law-enforcement-uses-smart-meter.html
“Lauri Love, who has Asperger’s syndrome, is accused of involvement in a series of hacks in 2012 and 2013 into computers at agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. army, the Missile Defense Agency and the Federal Reserve. Charged with multiple offences in three U.S. indictments, he had been facing a life prison sentence in the United States if found guilty, a fate which he has said could lead him to taking his own life.”
“A motorist who was ticketed last summer for ‘provocation’ for flipping off an Indiana state trooper has filed a federal lawsuit saying the citation violates his First Amendment rights.”
Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2018/02/indiana_man_argues_he_has_cons.html
“Concerned about public confidence in the agency, the FBI didn’t want the FISA memo released. They didn’t want people to know their investigations are politically motivated. Now it’s come out that the Department of Homeland Security pressured CNN into delaying the release of a report until after the Superbowl. DHS was concerned public confidence in Superbowl security would be lost if people found out about an exercise they ran last summer.”
“The FISA court has been a fount of outrages because it is an American Star Chamber: the court meets in secret, only hears the government’s side, and approves 99 percent+ of all the search warrants requested.”
Read more: http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/372324-will-fisa-secrecy-doom-democracy
“If legal adults were treated like American teenagers, that government would be considered one of the most oppressive on Earth.”
Read more: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/teenage-dystopia-the-cycle-of-oppression-and-resistance/
“The move comes months after China formally banned investments in initial coin offerings (ICOs), deeming the blockchain use case to constitute a form of illegal financing. Authorities there also shuttered online websites for crypto-trading, with the ‘Big Three’ exchanges closing this past fall. The new reports show that China is now targeting overseas websites catering to local users. According to the translation from SCMP, the actions are begin taken because ‘after the closure of the domestic virtual currency exchanges, many people turned to overseas platforms to continue participating in virtual currency transactions.'”
Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/report-china-cutting-access-to-overseas-crypto-trading-websites/
“The next election season, already well underway here, will showcase a younger generation of Democrats that is more liberal and personally invested in standing up to President Donald Trump’s Washington than those leaving office. That means staking out the most liberal stance on issues such as single-payer health care in California, a highly expensive initiative that failed in the legislature last year. The push is in response to the uncertainty surrounding health-care revisions in Washington, but it is estimated to cost twice the state’s annual budget.”
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-Democrat-s-blueprint-for-the-election-12550853.php