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It lights you up like a Vegas casino, says compsci boffin Usenix Enigma Although the cops and Feds wont stop banging on and on about encryption - the spies have a different take on the use of crypto. To be brutally blunt, they love it. Why? Because using detectable encryption technology like PGP, Tor, VPNs and so on, lights you up on the intelligence agencies' dashboards. Agents and analysts don't even have to see the contents of the communications - the metadata is enough for g-men to start making your life difficult. "To be honest, the spooks love PGP," Nicholas...

Late Monday night, the woman was startled when she woke up staring at a kinkajou, which is a cross between a raccoon and monkey. The woman, who has not been named in reports, screamed in panic and the animal scurried away into the attic, according to a Cathy Moghari, a family friend who helped rescue the animal. Moghari came over to the house to try to catch the feisty 2-foot-long creature, which she recognized as a kinkajou because of her experience with exotic animals, according to CNN affilaite WPLG. "I start thinking, 'How are we going to get this animal...

Jeb Bush raised $250,000 at a Tuesday breakfast in Houston, highlighting deep donor loyalty to his presidential campaign. Bush's mother, Barbara Bush, and brother Neil headlined the fundraiser at the home of John Havens, a part-owner of the Houston Astros baseball franchise. About 70 donors attended the fundraiser and Neil Bush gave a short and emotional speech introducing his brother, a source who attended told The Hill. "Jeb spoke, and he didn't need to say much," said a donor who attended the event. "Everyone there is loyal to the family, loyal to Jeb. This is where the true loyalty shows....

After the election in November of 2008, I was interviewed by Dominic Carter of New York 1 (who has recently, as of late 2009, gone through a great deal with spousal abuse) on his program called "Inside City Hall." New York 1 is an all-news program that is popular in New York City, and Dominic has a dynamic television presence. He describes me as "a man not known for keeping his opinions to himself," and we covered some interesting topics. Dominic asked about the election and I was honest about it. McCain was in an almost impossible situation. Bush had...

Democrats are not on board with the tax hikes Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has proposed to pay for his single-payer healthcare proposal, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday. "We're not running on any platform of raising taxes," Pelosi said during a press briefing to launch the Democrats' yearly issues conference in Baltimore, Md. "We do want to have a fairer tax system, and... we hope that we can do that this year." Sanders on Monday acknowledged that his "Medicare-for-all" healthcare plan would require tax hikes on the middle class. “We will raise taxes, yes we will,” Sanders...

Mr. Trump, I knew Ronald Reagan. And you’re no Ronald Reagan! Of course, I am stealing that line — with a twist. Donald Trump shouldn’t mind. He’s been stealing my dad for his own purposes. Trump frequently invokes Ronald Reagan’s name to defend his sudden, 180-degree switch from being a life-long, pro-Clinton Democrat to a Reagan Republican. Both men did make a switch, but almost all the similarities between the two end there. Ronald Reagan’s odyssey from Hollywood liberal to conservative backer took place over almost two decades. Starting with his 1964 “Time for Choosing” speech that galvanized Americans for...

Sheriff's officials in Orange County [California] on Wednesday were searching for an AR-15 patrol rifle that went missing after a deputy placed it on the trunk of his vehicle and drove away, authorities said. The deputy, assigned to the Aliso Viejo station, was preparing his equipment before his assigned shift began about 7 p.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from the Orange County [California] Sheriff's Department. The rifle was described by officials as a black, semi-automatic, .223-caliber Colt AR-15 with a 20-inch barrel and serial No. A0091856. It was inside its black case with three loaded magazines when the deputy...

. Ted Cruz just announced in an Iowa speech (broadcast live by C-Span at 7:10 CST Wednesday) ... inviting Donald Trump to a one-on-one ("mano-amano" Ted Cruz quote) ... debate this coming Saturday night ... at Iowa Western University @ 8:00 PM-EST moderated by Donald Trump's choice of either Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin or Sean Hannity ... or all three (if Donald Trump wishes). Jim Robinson ... since this thread is based on a "live" news event, I'm unable to provide a proper internet link. .

ight Los Angeles police officers who mistakenly opened fire on Los Angeles Times newspaper delivery women thinking they were rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner in 2013 will not be criminally charged, the L.A. County district attorney’s office announced Wednesday. The officers opened fire in the predawn hours of Feb. 7, 2013, as Margie Carranza and her mother, Emma Hernandez, were slowly cruising though a Torrance neighborhood in a pickup truck delivering papers. Law enforcement officers around the region were on edge during the massive manhunt for Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer who sought vengeance against police officials he blamed for his firing....

The is the first time when a study has shown a link between sea floor and the microbial processes in the upper ocean and provided a deep insight into how natural gas is interacting with microbes. While that amount is still a lot of oil, it is spread out in time over an entire year, so is much less devastating to marine life than oil from a huge spill. Scientists will continue to research the interactions between marine life and oil, and will look deeper into which types of phytoplankton benefit the most from this situation. "This is the beginning...

Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he would not be participating in Thursday night’s Fox News debate, citing differences with the network. But one news outlet claims the source of the antagonism has to do with the candidate’s stance on immigration. As reported by Western Journalism, Trump was critical earlier this week of Megyn Kelly’s inclusion as a debate moderator, “I think she is not a professional,” Trump said of the Fox News personality. “I don’t think she’s a very talented person. I don’t think she is a good reporter. I think they could do a lot better than that.” A...

Ammon Bundy, through his attorney Wednesday, asked the remaining armed occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to stand down and go home.... "I'm asking the federal government to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted," Bundy said through his attorney Mike Arnold, who stood outside court to read Bundy's statement. "To those remaining at the refuge, I love you. Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. This fight is ours for now in the courts. Please go home."...

I'm sorry, Trump is totally unstable. He's whining about Megyn Kelly treats him bad, blah, blah, blah and how great his rally tomorrow is going to be and so on and so on. Yes, get used to it Donald. If you are elected you will be treated unfairly by 95% of the media. Quit whining, come to the debate and stand up to Megyn Kelly. If you can't face her, you can't face all the despots in the world you will have to deal with. I'm convinced the man is totally nuts.

Tuesday, the White House unveiled a plan to overhaul retirement savings that is eerily similar to ObamaCare in at least three fundamental ways. Introduced as a “Fact Sheet” on WhiteHouse.gov, Pres. Obama’s plan to revamp retirement savings mimics his controversial healthcare law: Individual participation is required, not optional, There’s an employer mandate, State-run marketplaces are created The employer mandate would require employers to “automatically enroll their workers in an IRA” – with, or without, their consent – making employee participation compulsory:

Law enforcement officers in Polk County, Florida have arrested 11 people for using stolen Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. The arrests were made as the result of a year-long investigation.

... This suggestion -- that Trump thinks his supporters are so committed they'd willingly overlook a murder and vote for him -- earned the predictable condemnation from the predictable places. (And Trump told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview, "of course I was joking.") Yes, it was a shocking thing to say. Yes, it was an insult to his voters. But it's probably also true -- or close to it ... How, for example, do self-professed conservatives and patriots stand for their candidate questioning the heroism of a war prisoner? How do self-described evangelicals accept a candidate who is scripturally...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush became the latest Republican presidential candidate to criticize Donald Trump's decision to skip Thursday night's Fox News debate, saying the move will "hurt him" in Iowa. Bush also took on his rivals for the nomination for not directly attacking Trump in previous debates. In an interview with CNN's Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger, Bush deemed Trump's boycott "kind of weird" and claimed that "it'll hurt him that he's not showing up in the Iowa debate, four days before the Iowa caucuses."

One of the recurring fantasies of many in the media is that Republicans are going to wake up and finally acknowledge that Marco Rubio is their nominee. Politico (again) has one of these types of stories today. The thinking behind this is as goes: * Marco Rubio will do well, somewhere * He has the highest favorable ratings of any Republican * He's also the most "electable" * Everyone else will come to their senses, drop out, and endorse him * Republicans will then finally realize Rubio is the one and he'll defeat Donald Trump and Ted Cruz and be...

South Carolina's lieutenant governor endorsed Donald Trump during the GOP front-runner's rally here Wednesday night. Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, who was elected in November 2014, previously served as the state's attorney general and chairman of the South Carolina GOP. He is the highest-ranking South Carolina official to endorse Trump.

A group of pro-life women leaders have a message for pro-life voters ahead of the first presidential primary and caucus votes next month: Don’t vote for Donald Trump, he can’t be trusted on abortion. In a letter provided to LifeNews, the group of pro-life women leaders claim Trump is not trustworthy on the abortion issue because offhanded comments he’s made make it appear he supports pro-abortion judges on the Supreme Court or a pro-abortion vice-presidential running mate. The group includes heavy hitters like Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List and Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America and...