Court Rules Warrantless Cell Tracking UnconstitutionalPosted: Print Article MIAMI (AP) – Investigators must obtain a search warrant from a judge in order to obtain cellphone tower tracking data that is widely used as evidence to show suspects were in the vicinity of a crime, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The French are right: tear up public debt – most of it is illegitimate anywayAs history has shown, France is capable of the best and the worst, and often in short periods of time. On the day following Marine Le Pen’s Front National victory in the European elections, however, France made a decisive contribution to the reinvention of a radical politics for the 21st century.
NYC pays largest Occupy-related settlement to protesters for wrongful arrestPublished time: June 10, 2014 20:04 Edited time: June 10, 2014 20:40 New York City has reached the largest Occupy Wall Street-related settlement to date with 14 protesters, agreeing to pay up almost $600,000 to resolve allegations that police illegally arrested them back in 2012.
Bilderberg 2014: War Criminals, Big Oil and “Too Big to Jail” Banksters Meet in SecrecyBilderberg 2014: War Criminals, Big Oil and “Too Big to Jail” Banksters Meet in Secrecy Selected Articles The highly secretive Bilderberg group is holding its 62nd annual conference in Denmark from May 29 to June 1 at the Copenhagen Marriott Hotel in Denmark.
DEA blackmailed doctors with ties to medical marijuana – reportsReuters / Jason Redmond The Drug Enforcement Administration allegedly threatened doctors associated with medical marijuana dispensaries in Massachusetts, telling them they would lose their federal license to dispense medications unless they severed ties with marijuana companies.
Thought better of it: NSA can get rid of evidence, judge saysReuters / NSA A federal judge who ordered the National Security Agency to retain all records of its secret telephone surveillance related to an ongoing case has reversed the order – just a day after it was issued. “In order to protect national security programs, I cannot issue a ruling at this time.
Judge demands govt halt destruction of NSA surveillance dataReuters / Paul Hackett The US government has been ordered “not to destroy” records gleaned from National Security Agency surveillance that are relevant to active lawsuits challenging the legality of spying programs, a federal judge said Thursday.
California county votes to secede from the stateImage from en.wikipedia.org Residents of a northern California county on Tuesday voted in favor of a measure that will now force local officials to consider a plan to secede from the state and form a new entity named Jefferson.
U.S. Marshals Seize Cops’ Spying Records to Keep Them From the ACLU | Threat Level | WIREDA routine request in Florida for public records regarding the use of a surveillance tool known as a stingray took an extraordinary turn recently when federal authorities seized the documents before police could release them. The surprise move by the U.S.
Fannie, Freddie Sued by Massachusetts AGThe AG of Massachusetts, Martha Coakley has sued Fannie (FNMA) and Freddie (FMCC) for violating state anti-foreclosure law.
NSA accused of destroying evidence showing it spied on ordinary AmericansScreenshot from eff.org The National Security Agency hasn’t exactly stopped spying on Americans en masse just yet, but a new court filing accuses the NSA of unlawfully destroying the evidence it collected against United States citizens for years.
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Times Reporter Over Refusal to Identify SourceWASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from James Risen, a reporter for The New York Times facing jail for refusing to identify a confidential source.
Jurors Can Say NoWashington IF you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote “not guilty” – even if you think the defendant actually smoked pot, or sold it to another consenting adult.
End Mass Incarceration NowFor more than a decade, researchers across multiple disciplines have been issuing reports on the widespread societal and economic damage caused by America’s now-40-year experiment in locking up vast numbers of its citizens. If there is any remaining disagreement about the destructiveness of this experiment, it mirrors the so-called debate over climate change.
IMF chief says banks haven’t changed since financial crisisThe head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that a persistent violation of ethics among bankers and rising inequality pose a major threat to growth and financial stability.
Supreme Court justices linked to BP lawyers in multi-billion Gulf spill settlementOil giant BP has appealed to the US Supreme Court to reinstate a halt on payments worth possibly billions of dollars related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. Now, some question whether two Supreme Court justices may be too close to the oil company.
Daniel Ellsberg: Snowden would not get a fair trial – and Kerry is wrongJohn Kerry was in my mind Wednesday morning, and not because he had called me a patriot on NBC News. I was reading the lead story in the New York Times – ” US Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2016″ – with a photo of American soldiers looking for caves.
EFF to Court: There’s No Doubt the Government Destroyed NSA Spying EvidenceSan Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told a federal court today that there was no doubt that the government has destroyed years of evidence of NSA spying – the government itself has admitted to it in recent court filings.
World Bank warns of food riots as rising food prices push world populations toward revoltFriday, May 30, 2014by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Tags: World Bank, food riots, emergency preparedness (NaturalNews) A new report issued by the World Bank (1) warns that food prices are skyrocketing globally, with wheat up 18 percent and corn up 12 percent this quarter.
Mass Fish Deaths: Millions Have Been Found Dead All Over The World In The Past Month –Millions of fish are suddenly dying all over the planet. In fact, there have been dozens of mass fish death events reported in the past month alone. So why is this happening? Why are fish dying in unprecedented numbers all over the world?