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Mysterious, Unidentified Spying Cell Towers All Across Washington, D.C.

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September 19, 2014
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Washington, DC is littered with surveillance devices designed to trick surrounding mobile phones into logging onto signal-lifting networks, thereby allowing for tracking or call-monitoring purposes. While traveling around the capital...

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BREAKING NEWS: US Senate gives Obama authority to arm ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels

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September 18, 2014
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The Senate has passed a bill authorizing President Barack Obama to begin arming “moderate” rebels in Syria as part of a plan to step up the US military campaign against...

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Pentagon increasing surveillance to prevent another Snowden-style leak

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September 18, 2014
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On the heels of two of the largest intelligence breaches in American history, the Pentagon reportedly plans to roll out new rules requiring military contractors to more stringently monitor the...

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Reading, Writing, M16s, and MRAPS: US education getting schooled over militarization

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September 18, 2014
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Just one month after the shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, which brought military-grade vehicles and weapons onto the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, in...

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US will have ‘many more’ 9/11s if it fails to act against Islamic State

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September 17, 2014
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If the US fails to attack Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria, the country could face the prospect of “many” terrorist attacks similar to September 11, a top-ranking...

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US Department of Justice launches new intel-gathering program to ‘counter extremism’

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September 16, 2014
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The US Department of Justice said it is launching a national pilot program in a number of cities to try and detect American extremists interested in joining terrorist organizations and...

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FBI’s facial recognition program hits ‘full operational capability’

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September 15, 2014
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Next Generation Identification System, a biometric database reliant on tens of millions of facial-recognition records, is now fully operational, the agency announced Monday. The NGI...

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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: ‘Drones will create Orwellian future’

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September 15, 2014
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has voiced concerns that, without sufficient protections, the age of unmanned drones and ubiquitous surveillance will usher in an “Orwellian world.” Sotomayor told faculty...

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FBI: Entirety of US gov’t has been hacked, leading to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration with industry

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September 11, 2014
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Every sector of the United States government has likely been hacked at some point, according to the FBI, which has lent to “unprecedented” partnerships with private industry to protect financial...

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Police agencies that use military weapons at riots may be forced to repay federal grants

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September 10, 2014
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A representative of the DHS, one of three federal agencies responsible for allocating military equipment to local police forces, indicated during the first congressional hearing devoted to the last month’s...

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Armed citizen militias build up along US-Mexico border

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September 10, 2014
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Armed militias continue to patrol the United States-Mexico border seeking to repel any migration north, but critics warn that these self-styled ‘freedom defenders’ lingering on private land represent a powder...

SPIES OFF-LINE: New gadget to thwart unwanted wireless snooping

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September 10, 2014
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A new surveillance device has been developed that has the potential to stop drones and Google Glass wearers from hacking into one’s Wi-Fi network. Cyborg Unplug works by sending de-authentication...

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REPORT: Congress won’t address NSA reform until after mid-term elections, may delay until 2015

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September 8, 2014
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As the November midterm elections inch closer, the chances of Congress taking up a widely supported bill that would reform the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance program are gradually shrinking....

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[VIDEO] US State Department attempts to fight ISIS online with gruesome videos, resulting in backlash

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September 8, 2014
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The US State Department recently released a propaganda video in English to counter gains made by the Internet-savvy militant group Islamic State. Yet the use of the extremist’s own violent...

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[VIDEO] U.S. launches new airstrikes in western Iraq against ISIS

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September 7, 2014
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The U.S. has launched fresh airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in an effort to keep the Haditha Dam in western Iraq from being captured by Islamic State militants....

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NYPD officers to begin testing body cameras this fall

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September 6, 2014
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The New York Police Department announced it will start outfitting dozens of officers with body cameras this fall – an effort that could potentially see the entire agency embrace the...

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SHERIFF: ‘We don’t want militias down here patrolling the border’

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September 6, 2014
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Heavily armed members of an American militia patrolling the southwestern US border confronted a group of people in Arizona on Friday, believing them to be drug smugglers or illegal immigrants....

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LIBERAL ROT: Detroit firefighters forced to use empty cans for emergency alerts

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September 6, 2014
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Anyone doubting the scale of Detroit’s bankruptcy woes may be surprised to discover the city’s firefighters have set up intricate, makeshift contraptions involving empty cans just to ensure emergency alerts...

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[WATCH] Man refuses to let cops search house without warrant, films police despite protests

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September 5, 2014
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A video recently uploaded to Facebook shows a man demanding a search warrant of police officers at his door who claimed the man could be harboring a criminal. Police in...

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Riot erupts after prison break from Nashville juvenile jail

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September 4, 2014
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Two dozen teens broke out of a common area at a Nashville juvenile detention center late Wednesday, wandering around the yard inside the facility’s fencing with wooden sticks and fire...

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US scientists working on mind-controlled drones for military use

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September 3, 2014
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University researchers in Texas say they are designing a new type of drone – one that could be controlled simply and only with a soldier’s mind. If successful, the project...