Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Courthouse News – by Jack Bouboushian

(CN) – The CIA and FBI properly searched for documents related to Sharif Mobley’s abduction and interrogation in Yemen, and found them classified, the D.C. Circuit ruled.

Sharif Mobley, a U.S. citizen abducted from the streets of Yemen’s capital Sana’a and imprisoned in 2010, sued the Department of Justice under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain records detailing his capture and detention on suspicion of murder.   Continue reading “CIA, FBI Need not Divulge More to Citizen Detainee”

MassPrivateI

According to a recent DHS/FBI National Counter Terrorism bulletin terrorists are impersonating police.

“Two disrupted plots in Europe earlier this year highlight terrorists possible interest in impersonating first responders through the acquisition of authentic or fraudulent uniforms, equipment, vehicles, and other items which may be associated with government, military, law enforcement, fire, and emergency services personnel. We cannot rule out that terrorists possibly could consider using this tactic in the Homeland to conduct an attack, perform surveillance, facilitate escape, or other operational activity. These items can be acquired legally at local or online retailers, through theft, or counterfeit manufacture.” Continue reading “DHS claims terrorists could be impersonating cops”

The Daily Signal – by Melissa Quinn

For federal state and local law enforcement agencies, a little-known practice giving them the power to take Americans’ property, cash, and cars has proven to be a boon over the last decade.

According to a new report from the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm, the federal government has seen a substantial increase over the last 13 years in the amount of money deposited into forfeiture funds governed by the Departments of Justice and Treasury—the two federal agencies that typically conduct forfeitures.   Continue reading “The Government Netted $4.5 Billion in Cash, Cars, and Houses Taken From Americans Last Year”

CBS San Francisco – by Julie Watts

(KPIX 5) — This might come as a surprise to California natives in their 20s and early 30s: The state owns your DNA.

Every year about four million newborns in the U.S. get a heel prick at birth, to screen for congenital disorders, that if found early enough, can save their life.   Continue reading “DNA Data From California Newborn Blood Samples Stored, Sold To 3rd Parties”

MassPrivateI

The Berkley Police Review Commission in California admits DHS run Fusion Centers are tracking American’s social, political and religious views!

DHS’s ‘Suspicious Activity Reporting‘ (SARs) has officially become law enforcement’s new version of McCarthyism!   Continue reading “Your social, political and religious views are now deemed suspicious by police”

UPI – by Doug G. Ware

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday suspended a judge’s ruling that said the U.S. National Security Agency’s phone data collection program is unconstitutional and should be shut down immediately.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its stay Tuesday— one day after the federal district judge made his ruling.   Continue reading “Appeals court halts judge’s order against NSA’s phone surveillance program”

The Newspaper

The city council in Los Angeles, California is anxious to seize more automobiles from residents. A plan currently under consideration would give police the power to take cars from people who watch other vehicles speed.

“The city should look into ways of discouraging participation in illegal races and exhibitions of speed, such as impounding the cars of spectators,” Public Safety Committee Chairman Mitchell Englander wrote.   Continue reading “Los Angeles, California To Seize Spectator Cars”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Here’s something worth reading: the Burlington, Vermont Police Department has announced it will no longer be participating in the Dept. of Defense’s 1033 Program. This program is the well-intentioned effort to somehow make use of excess/old military inventory. Unfortunately, along with desks, computers, file cabinets and other office staples, the government also allows police departments to pick up mine-resistant vehicles, assault rifles, grenade launchers and other military gear — often at a steep discount that’s made even more inexpensive by Homeland Security grants.    Continue reading “Police Department Says It Would Rather Have A Good Relationship With The Community Than Cheap Military Gear”

Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

Washington D.C. — On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled to exonerate a Texas state trooper who, against orders from his superior, lethally fired his gun at a driver involved in a high speed chase. Though the majority opinion argued the officer acted reasonably, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing dissent against the decision.

The 2010 case involved Israel Leijas Jr., who had had been stopped by a Tulia, Texas, officer and informed he was wanted on a previously issued warrant. Leijas sped away, commencing a chase that reached speeds from 85 to over 100 miles per hour. As the chase began, the initial officer warned that Leijas might be intoxicated.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Justice Slams Police For “Shoot First, Think Later” Mentality”

USA Today – by James Bovard

Do federal agents need a license to kill in order to protect us?  Unfortunately, federal judges are giving law enforcement agents blanket immunity when they shoot Americans while the agents are on the job. It would be difficult to imagine a greater violation of equal rights under the law or a bigger mockery of due process.   Continue reading “End federal agents’ license to kill – Local police officers should not be able to claim ‘federal’ immunity from prosecution.”

Courthouse News – by NICHOLAS IOVINO

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge dismissed two lawsuits claiming the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unlawfully approved a hazardous drug for animal feeds.

Lead plaintiff Center for Food Safety sued the FDA in one of two consolidated lawsuits in November 2014, claiming its approval violated the National Environmental Policy Act and Administrative Procedure Act.   Continue reading “Judge OKs Controversial Drug in Animal Feed”

ABC News 7

CINCINNATI, OH — A 6-year-old boy is facing a three-day suspension from school because he pretended to shoot an imaginary bow and arrow during recess.

The boy’s parents, Matthew and Martha Miele, told WLWT-TV their son was pretending to be a Power Ranger. When a teacher at his school noticed him pretending to shoot a bow and arrow, she took the boy to the principal’s office.   Continue reading “6-Year-Old Boy Suspended For Playing With Imaginary Bow And Arrow”

Huffington Post – by Don Babwin and Tammy Webber

FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois police officer who staged his suicide to make it look like he was murdered had a troubled job history, ranging from numerous suspensions to sexual harassment allegations to complaints that he intimidated an emergency dispatcher with guns, according to his personnel records.

Despite a reputation as a respected youth mentor, Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz also had problems off the job, including one incident in which a sheriff’s deputy found him passed out in his truck and took him home, only to have Gliniewicz report his truck stolen the next day, according to documents in the file.   Continue reading “Records Show Numerous Complaints Against Officer Who Staged His Suicide”

Mainstream media now openly admitting that gun control advocates want mass gun confiscation by force.

The Daily Beast – by James Kirchick

Thirty thousand people are killed by firearms each year in the United States, an astronomically high figure for a developed Western country not in a state of civil war.

President Obama reminds Americans of this sad statistic with depressing regularity, and he did so again last month after a mass shooting in Oregon took the lives of nine people. “We know there are ways to prevent it,” the president said.   Continue reading “Yes, They Want to Take Your Guns Away”

WUSA 9 – by Scott Broom

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WUSA9) — Prince George’s County’s top prosecutor has sparked controversy by blaming a spike in murders on Maryland’s 2014 decriminalization of possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Now, Maryland State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks is refusing to be interviewed to explain her comments. A spokesman said her ideas on decriminalization and violence are only theories that have not yet been proven by crime statistics.   Continue reading “Marijuana decriminalization blamed for murder spike in Prince George’s Co.”