Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

The Intercept – by JEREMY SCAHILL AND JOSH BEGLEY

AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe, according to top-secret documents provided to The Intercept by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The hack was perpetrated by a joint unit consisting of operatives from the NSA and its British counterpart Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ. The breach, detailed in a secret 2010 GCHQ document, gave the surveillance agencies the potential to secretly monitor a large portion of the world’s cellular communications, including both voice and data.   Continue reading “The Great Sim Heist – How Spies Stole The Keys To The Encryption Castle”

CONCORD, N.H. (Feb. 18, 2015) – A bill that would prohibit state and local officials from owning or using certain military equipment, whether provided through the Department of Defense’s 1033 program or other federal grants, was amended into a study committee by the New Hampshire state House.

The vote was 204-134.

OffNow originally reported that the bill passed the House, but the following day, an update to the New Hampshire legislature website indicated the bill was amended before passage. As amended the bill would create a study committee to further investigate the issue of police militarization further. The legislation would have no immediate effect on police militarization in New Hampshire, but would keep the door open for the state  to take further action at a later date pending the study committee’s findings.   Continue reading “N.H. House Turns Bill to Reject Federal Militarization of Local Police Into Study Committee”

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Article first appeared in lewrockwell.com.

Washington has learned to avoid dissent from its wars by using a volunteer army of men about whom no one of influence cares. The use of “drones” further reduces public interest, and today the major media, owned by corporations aligned with arms manufacturers and manned by intimidated reporters, hide the results on the battlefield. For practical purposes, today’s press is an arm of government.   Continue reading “The internet is the only free press we have”

CBS Miami – by Eliott Rodriguez

RIVIERA BEACH (CBSMiami) — A 90-year old’s home was destroyed by police conducting a raid but it appears they got the wrong house.

The elderly woman shared her story of terror and what police are doing to clean up the mess.

She’s called Riviera Beach home for 25 years, but back on December 18th around 1 p.m., the 90-year-old woman, who asked not to be identified, had some uninvited guests.   Continue reading “Police Raid 90-Year Old Woman’s Home Apparently By Accident”

Reason – by J.D. Tuccille

Shootings by police officers make the headlines, especially when they occur under questionable circumstances. People get upset when people are shot by police—especially, again, when they occur under questionable circumstances. When people get upset at police officers, they sometimes say mean things about them on Facebook and Twitter. And thatis why Arizona police officers’ names have to be kept secret after they’re involved in shootings. Because mean tweets.

Well, OK. It’s because somebody might eventually do something other than vent through social media.   Continue reading “How to Address Anger Over Shootings By Police? Hide Cops’ Names, Of Course!”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

As Republicans work to overcome a Democratic filibuster of a House-passed Department of Homeland Security bill that blocks President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is highlighting the Obama administration’s long history of dismantling immigration laws.

In a lengthy timeline released Monday, Sessions — the chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest — lists every instance of the Obama administration ignoring, rewriting, delaying and breaking the nation’s immigration laws.   Continue reading “Sen. Sessions Releases Lengthy Timeline of Obama Administration’s Dismantling of Immigration Law”

Mankato Free Press – by Dan Nienaber

MANKATO — A Mankato man who sat in jail for weeks awaiting trial for possessing a large amount of powder amphetamine was released recently after the charges were dismissed.

It turns out his story about the powder actually being vitamins was true.

Joseph Ray Burrell, 31, said he isn’t happy that it took as long as it did for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension crime lab’s findings to be processed. He said evidence records show about a month passed before prosecutors sent the powder in to be tested and more than a month passed after that before the results were returned.   Continue reading “Minnesota Man Released after Months in Jail for Possession of Vitamins”

News 10 ABC – by Rebecca Sapakie

BOCA RATON, Florida (MEDIA GENERAL) – A criminal defense attorney is gaining national attention after his message about DUI checkpoints went viral.

Warren Redlich is a criminal defense attorney based in Boca Raton, Florida. In 2013, he published a book called “Fair DUI” and launched a web site of the same name (fairdui.org).

Redlich’s message is that when drivers approach a DUI checkpoint, they are not required to roll down their windows and talk to police. He says by doing so, drivers open themselves up to problems.   Continue reading “Lawyer’s signs raise questions about DUI checkpoints”

Carl Bernstein

In 1953, Joseph Alsop, then one of America’s leading syndicated columnists, went to the Philippines to cover an election. He did not go because he was asked to do so by his syndicate. He did not go because he was asked to do so by the newspapers that printed his column. He went at the request of the CIA.   Continue reading “The CIA and the Media”

LA Times – by Matt Hamilton

A 4-year-old boy’s leg was amputated at the ankle after he was mauled last weekend by a police dog under the care of his father, a Rialto officer, authorities said Thursday.

The boy remains hospitalized in Loma Linda. He’s expected to walk again with the help of a prosthetic leg, said Rialto Police Department Capt. Randy De Anda.

The attack occurred about 3 p.m. Sunday at the home of Officer Michael Mastaler near Concord Court and Nantucket Street in Hesperia, De Anda said.   Continue reading “Son of Rialto officer has leg amputated at ankle after attack by police dog”

“All Cops Are Bastards”

CBS Los Angeles

HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — A giant anti-police message spray-painted above one of the Southland’s busiest freeways has prompted outrage from drivers and officers alike.

The stenciled and shaded graffiti was put up above the southbound lanes of the 101 Freeway near Vine Street in Hollywood.   Continue reading “Massive Anti-Police Message Spray-Painted Above 101 Freeway In Hollywood”

Union Leader – by KIMBERLY HOUGHTON

MERRIMACK — The local police department, fed up with the continuous snowstorms this winter, has issued an arrest warrant for Punxsutawney Phil.

On Tuesday, the Merrimack Police Department posted a photograph of the suspect, a famous rodent that lives in a Pennsylvania burrow and recently predicted another six weeks of winter. In an effort to make light of the countless inches of snow that have fallen in New Hampshire in the past two weeks, area police are attempting to make a few Facebook followers smile despite the hibernating cold.   Continue reading “Arrest warrant issued for Punxsutawney Phil”

KRQE 13 News – by Lysee Mitri

ESPANOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – A middle school principal said a student was misbehaving with his friends and took things too far. The student threw an American flag out a second-story classroom window. Now the principal says the 14-year-old needs to be held accountable, but some parents say the punishment is too harsh.

“I guess I can’t believe they’re going to take such extreme measures,” said Curtis Schattschneider.   Continue reading “Principal to contact FBI after student throws U.S. flag”

AlterNet – by Phillip Smith

At any given time, we face a limitless array of threats and possible harms. For instance, right now, we could worry about terrorism, climate change, gun violence, unemployment, immigration, food security or any number of other concerns. Yet public concern over these issues is neither constant nor necessarily linked with the actual level of threat.

What turns a potential threat or harm into a full-blown social problem? How does what the foreign-born work force is smoking become a national crisis, worthy of repressive action, as it has here repeatedly? And how does a few hundred thousand people smoking crack in the 1980s translate into a solid majority of Americans saying drugs were the number one problem in the country in the fall of 1989?   Continue reading “Four of the Major Fear Campaigns That Helped Create America’s Insane War on Drugs”