RT

Chemical terrorism is now a reality, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov believes, as extremists from Islamic State and other terrorist groups now possess the technical capabilities to produce ‘proper chemical war agents.’

The threat of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of non-government groups is widely recognized, the Russian Foreign Minister said.   Continue reading “Chemical terrorism now a reality, extremists getting real warfare agents – Lavrov”

RT

Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly lost custody of his teenage children over allegations of domestic abuse by his ex-wife.

The New York Appellate Division unanimously ruled that O’Reilly’s 13- and 17-year-old children should live full time with their mother, Maureen McPhilmy, who was married to the conservative commentator for 15 years.   Continue reading “Fox host Bill O’Reilly loses custody of children amid abuse allegations”

ABC News

A neighborhood in turmoil after the death of a man who police say was wanted on a drug charge is awaiting answers about what led an officer to fatally shoot him as authorities continue investigating.

Eyewitnesses have offered descriptions of what happened to the man after an officer chased him into a backyard, and one woman said she ran down a side street after hearing gunshots. The only thing Raleigh police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown would say is that a gun was found near the man’s body, but did not say whether it was his.   Continue reading “Community Awaits Answers After Officer Shoots Man in Chase”

Reuters

Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Monday it bears “some responsibility” after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month.

The crash may be the first case of one of its autonomous cars hitting another vehicle and the fault of the self-driving car. The Mountain View, California-based Internet search leader said it made changes to its software after the crash to avoid future incidents.   Continue reading “Google says it bears ‘some responsibility’ after self-driving car hit bus”

CopBlock

The parents of a baby injured by a flash-bang grenade during a no-knock multi-agency task force raid in Georgia, will be awarded $3.6 million after a federal judge’s decision on Friday.

19-month-old Bounkham Phonesavah (Baby Bou Bou) spent weeks in a burn unit after deputies with a Cornelia Police Department SWAT team threw a flash bang grenade directly into his crib, which exploded in his face, leaving him permanently disfigured.   Continue reading “$3.6 Million Awarded In Flash-Bang Grenade Maiming Of Baby Bou Bou”

National Security Archive – by John Prados and Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi

Washington, DC, February 29, 2016 – The Gerald Ford White House significantly altered the final report of the supposedly independent 1975 Rockefeller Commission investigating CIA domestic activities, over the objections of senior Commission staff, according to internal White House and Commission documents posted today by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University (www.nsarchive.org). The changes included removal of an entire 86-page section on CIA assassination plots and numerous edits to the report by then-deputy White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney.    Continue reading “Gerald Ford White House Altered Rockefeller Commission Report in 1975; Removed Section on CIA Assassination Plots”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Surprise, surprise! The NYPD is less enthusiastic about telling its officers to restrain themselvesthan it is about letting them off their leashes.

The NYPD has lightened up on its use of stop-and-frisk, but unconstitutional stops persist because cops don’t know about reforms, according to a federal monitor’s report released Tuesday.
Continue reading “Court Monitor Finds NYPD Still Performing Unconstitutional Stops”

Courthouse News Service – by Nick Divito

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (NY) – A former Long Island police chief pleaded guilty Friday to beating up the man suspected of breaking into the chief’s car, stealing a duffel bag full of porn and bullets.

James Burke, 51, had been the police chief of Long Island’s Suffolk County in December 2012 when someone broke into his cruiser and liberated a duffel bag full of pornography, the officer’s gun belt, magazines of ammunition, a box of cigars, a humidor, toiletries and clothing.   Continue reading “Long Island Police Chief Cops to Beating Suspect”

Las Vegas Sun – by Scott Sonner

SPARKS — Hundreds of union construction workers walked off the job at Tesla Motors’ battery manufacturing plant in northern Nevada on Monday to protest what union organizers say is the increased hiring of out-of-state workers for less pay.

Approximately 350 plumbers, carpenters, electricians, painters and others walked away from the construction site Monday along U.S. Interstate 80 about 25 miles east of Reno, said Russell James, District 16 business development specialist for the Building and Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada.   Continue reading “Construction workers walk off Tesla job site in labor dispute”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Justice Scalia is just the latest of targeted and politically motivated deaths that have taken place during the Obama Administration, and virtually everyone is raising questions about the suspicious details surrounding his death, including the lack of autopsy or official investigation into the possible causes of death.

The motive is simple: subversion of the laws and rights of this country. Obama is likely enough to get a third Supreme Court appointment, in spite of the opposition. If he doesn’t, Hillary might.   Continue reading “The “Dead List”: Who The Secret Government Plans to Target Next”

Off the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings

Politicians nationwide have discovered a sneaky new way to discourage gun ownership: mandatory insurance.

Laws that would force gun owners to purchase liability insurance have been proposed in three states and the city of Los Angeles, Insurance Business America reported.   Continue reading “Here Comes Mandatory Gun Insurance (And A $10,000 Fine If You Don’t Buy It)”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Rochester, NY — Brendan Carter was on his way to see his sick uncle last week when he was detained by multiple security officers in the public RTS bus station in Rochester, subsequently assaulted by police and arrested — all over his dancing.

According to Carter, he was waiting for the bus to visit his uncle who is in the hospital. Apparently overcome by emotion, Carter said he put his headphones in and started dancing to avoid crying. This dancing got the attention of DHS employees and security officers at the station.   Continue reading “Video Shows How Dancing in Public in the Police State is Hazardous to Your Health”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

Well, Publius Huldah is no stranger to these parts. She has done the prerequisite work in pointing back to how the framers of the Constitution understood the term natural born citizen and has written on the subject. The following video is specifically on that subject. Unfortunately, I have been sitting on this video for a couple of weeks, but in God’s Providence, it seems it is time just ahead of Super Tuesday to unveil it to the people of Freedom Outpost. This is one you will want to share with your friends over the next couple of days for sure.   Continue reading “Explained: Natural Born Citizen & Naturalized Citizen”

New York Times Books – by JOHN EARL HAYNES and HARVEY KLEHR

VENONA AND THE COLD WAR

The Venona Project began because Carter Clarke did not trust Joseph Stalin. Colonel Clarke was chief of the U.S. Army’s Special Branch, part of the War Department’s Military Intelligence Division, and in 1943 its officers heard vague rumors of secret German-Soviet peace negotiations. With the vivid example of the August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact in mind, Clarke feared that a separate peace between Moscow and Berlin would allow Nazi Germany to concentrate its formidable war machine against the United States and Great Britain. Clarke thought he had a way to find out whether such negotiations were under way.   Continue reading “Venona – Decoding Soviet Espionage in America”

The Stranger – by Alex Garland

A ginormous container ship, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, made its way to Terminal 18 at the Port of Seattle early this morning.

Cranes soon began lifting containers off the ship, possibly carrying recent Amazon purchases. In a press conference this morning, Stephanie Bowman, a Seattle Port commissioner, reminded the audience they were in a “unique position” to “get a close, personal look at the future of our region.” Bowman also stressed the importance of a working waterfront, stating, “We want to see our working water front filled more with working cranes rather than more ferris wheels.” Continue reading “A Massive Container Ship They’re Calling “the Future of Our Region” Just Floated Into the Port of Seattle”