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DNI Declassifies FISA Judge James Boasberg 2018 Ruling – FBI Conducted “Tens of Thousands” of Unauthorized NSA Database Queries… Posted on October 8, 2019 by sundance There is a lot to unpack in a decision today by the Director of National Intelligence to declassify (with redactions) a 2018 FISA court ruling about ongoing unauthorized database search queries by FBI agents/”contractors” in the period covering 2017/2018.BACKGROUND: In April 2017 the DNI released a FISA report written by Presiding Judge Rosemary Collery that showed massive abuse, via unauthorized searches of the NSA database, in the period of November 2015 through May 2016. Judge Collyer’s report specifically identified search query increases...

Internet giant takes UN lead to do away with the description ‘Palestinian Territories’ Occupied Jerusalem: Israel on Friday questioned internet giant Google’s decision to replace the term ‘Palestinian Territories’ with ‘Palestine’ on the Palestinian www.google.ps page, after last year’s United Nations decision to award Palestine observer status. “This change raises questions about the reasons behind this surprising involvement of what is basically a private internet company in international politics — and on the controversial side,” Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told AFP. The change went into effect from May 1, Google spokesperson Nathan Tyler said in a statement. “We’re...

When Mike Huckabee became lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 1993, he complained of being burdened by college tuition bills for his son, the expenses of two residences — one in Texarkana and the other in Little Rock — and the cost of commuting between the two. With an annual salary of $25,452, he said he was falling short in covering the bills. “It was costing me money to be lieutenant governor,” Mr. Huckabee recalled in a 1997 newspaper interview. To bridge the gap between his income and his expenses, Mr. Huckabee and a few close political advisers came up with...

SEATTLE - Amazon.com Inc. said Monday it had modified the way its search engine handles queries for the term "abortion" after receiving an e-mail complaint that the results appeared biased. Until the recent change, a user who visited the Seattle Internet retailer and typed in the word "abortion" received a prompt asking, "Did you mean adoption?" followed by search results for "abortion." Spokeswoman Patty Smith said the automated prompt was purely based on technology, and that no human had made the decision to show the question. "Adoption and abortion are the same except for two keystrokes," Smith said. "They also,...