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  • Iran Hacked Trump Campaign, Turned Over Stolen Materials To Biden-Harris Campaign

    09/18/2024 6:15:37 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 37 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 09-18-2024 | By Ryan Saavedra
    The Islamic Republic of Iran hacked former President Donald Trump’s campaign and turned over the stolen materials to the Biden-Harris campaign, federal officials said in a statement. Federal officials from ODNI, FBI, and CISA said in a joint statement that Iranian hackers sent the stolen materials to then-Biden-Harris campaign officials in June and July. Information that the hackers sent to the then-Biden-Harris campaign “contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails.” “This is further proof the Iranians are actively interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden...
  • 🚨BREAKING: During Trump’s 2024 campaign in Pennsylvania, a suspicious drone following Trump’s motorcade was shot down by his security detail.

    02/09/2025 12:08:18 PM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 22 replies
    Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | February 9, 2025 | Benny Johnson
    Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: During Trump’s 2024 campaign in Pennsylvania, a suspicious drone following Trump’s motorcade was shot down by his security detail.....
  • Chairman Jordan and Rep. Hageman Open Inquiry into IRS's Use of AI to Surveil Americans' Financial Information

    02/08/2025 3:43:31 AM PST · by EBH · 7 replies
    March 21, 2024 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Attorney General Merrick Garland opening an inquiry into the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) use of artificial intelligence (AI) to surveil Americans' financial information. The Committee and its Select Subcommittee have reason to believe that the IRS and Department of Justice (DOJ) are actively monitoring millions of Americans' private transactions, bank accounts, and related financial information—without any legal process—using an AI-powered system. This AI-powered warrantless financial surveillance is highly concerning and raises serious doubts...
  • Supreme Court Revives Law Meant to Fight Money Laundering

    01/23/2025 2:21:59 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Jan. 23, 2025, 2:45 p.m. ET | Adam Liptak
    The Corporate Transparency Act, which requires businesses to disclose ownership information, was blocked by a federal judge as beyond Congress’s authority.The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a federal law requiring companies to report information about their owners in an effort to combat money laundering, the drug trade and terrorism.The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications. The ruling was provisional, reinstating the law while a challenge to it moves forward.Critics say that the law, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2021, is needlessly burdensome, a threat to privacy and an unconstitutional federal...
  • Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors

    01/18/2025 5:45:23 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 37 replies
    The Daily Signal ^ | January 17, 2025 | Hans von Spakovsky
    In our modern age of camera-equipped cellphones and laptops, ubiquitous social media websites, and constant GPS tracking that everyone seems to use to go anywhere, you are not paranoid if you worry that Big Brother—the government—along with companies like Google and Facebook, are recording your every move. If the allegations made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are true, you can add automobile insurance companies and a host of third-party app developers to that list. That is according to a lawsuit filed by Paxton that brings up shades of George Orwell’s book “1984” and the constant surveillance of citizens he...
  • Two federal judges rule for small businesses, halt Corporate Transparency Act

    01/12/2025 10:46:18 AM PST · by CFW · 14 replies
    The Center Square ^ | 1/12/25 | By Bethany Blankley
    Within one month of each other, two federal judges ruled that a law passed by Congress is “likely unconstitutional” and ruled in favor of small businesses. At issue is the Corporate Transparency Act, which Congress passed in 2021, overriding a veto issued by then President Donald Trump. The law requires entities incorporated under state law to disclose the personal information of their stakeholders, including current address, identification documents, and other sensitive information, to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. After Trump’s veto was overridden, several small businesses in Texas sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, arguing the...
  • Core and Central: The Surveillance State, FISA and the Value of Liberty

    01/12/2025 5:20:05 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 21 replies
    The Conservative Tree House ^ | 11 Jan, 2025 | Sundance
    There is nothing reconcilable about American Liberty when contrast with a looming surveillance state. There is no facet of American values, the essential core of what we define as Americanism, that can exist without true liberty. While the Declaration of Independence is long regarded as the greatest written declaration of purpose, the latter created Bill of Rights, the first Ten original amendments to the U.S. Constitution, is just as important. The first declared our intent; the second defined how our founders intended to retain the intent during our collective assembly. Together they outline what set the course to make America...
  • Weaponizing Law Enforcement Against Americans

    01/12/2025 7:48:02 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 22 replies
    The American Mind ^ | 10 Jan, 2025 | Kenin M. Spivak
    House investigations reveal that the Deep State and the Biden-Harris Administration are engaged in a massive repression of American freedoms. Reports released by two House committees in December shine a harsh light on the deceptions and oppressive tactics utilized by numerous federal agencies, the Intelligence Community, and leaders of the Democratic Party. During the last year of the first Trump Administration, agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), State Department, and Justice Department (DOJ) initiated improper contacts with media in an effort to censor conservative views. These agencies also took steps to interfere in the 2020 election to benefit...
  • UK security officials monitor Elon Musk's posts

    01/10/2025 3:34:02 AM PST · by rottweiller_inc · 29 replies
    BBC ^ | 1-10-25 | Jennifer McKiernan
    UK officials are monitoring social media posts by Elon Musk and others as a possible security risk. The monitoring is being carried out by a team in the Home Office's Homeland Security group, which is responsible for reducing national security risks and, according to a government website, "focuses on the highest harm risks to the homeland".
  • Pay Attention to Any New Surveillance Cameras While Driving – Breakthrough Technology Could Be Targeting You

    01/04/2025 9:11:03 AM PST · by bitt · 54 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 1//4/2025 | C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal
    Traffic cameras have been the bane of Britons for many a year now — but our neighbors across the pond have recently upped the battle, and the technology is coming over to America, as well. According to a Dec. 21 report from NBC News, police departments in the United States have become the latest to use an AI-powered traffic camera system made by an Australian company named Acusensus. The system, called “Heads Up,” doesn’t just check speed or running traffic lights like in other locales. Instead, they look for violations, like failure to wear a seat belt or texting while...
  • Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior'

    01/03/2025 3:10:16 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 139 replies
    AOL.com ^ | September 15, 2024 at 9:06 AM | Kenneth Niemeyer
    Larry Ellison says AI will enable a vast surveillance system that can monitor citizens.Ellison, the billionaire cofounder of Oracle, shared his thoughts on AI during a recent meeting.Oracle, a software company, is aggressively pursuing AI projects.Walking down a suburban neighborhood street already feels like a Ring doorbell panopticon.But this is only the start of our surveillance dystopia, according to Larry Ellison, the billionaire cofounder of Oracle. He said AI will usher in a new era of surveillance that he gleefully said will ensure "citizens will be on their best behavior."Ellison made the comments as he spoke to investors earlier this...
  • Videos of Zersetzung Operations Which Reveal The Hidden Global Secret Police In Every Western Nation

    01/03/2025 4:31:07 AM PST · by AnonymousConservative · 36 replies
    American Stasi ^ | 01/02/2024 | Michael Trust
    The East German Stasi used a technique known as "Zersetzung," which translated to "decomposition," referring to the effect it was supposed to have on the mind and spirit of a target.In Zersetzung operations, the Stasi mobilized all of its civilian informants to follow targets obviously, with the goal of harassing them and making them feel under siege all the time.We maintain that today, the elites of the West have recreated the East German Stasi in all Western nations, hidden from most of the public, and one indictor of this is the existence of "gang stalking," which is really just the...
  • New AI cameras which can tell if a driver is DRUNK are rolled out on UK roads – find out if they’re popping up near you

    01/02/2025 11:35:39 AM PST · by Callahan · 32 replies
    The Sun ^ | 1/2/2024 | Maleeha Kabib
    NEW AI cameras that can catch drunk drivers in the act have been rolled out, with footage revealing the exact moment they were installed. The state-of-the-art tech, developed by Acusensus, works by scanning passing cars for tell tale signs of impaired driving. ...The AI doesn’t just hand out instant penalties. Instead, it mimics the instincts of experienced officers, flagging behaviour that raises red flags. Police then pull the vehicle over for further checks, which could include on-the-spot drug and alcohol tests. Geoff Collins, Acusensus’ UK boss, said the cameras are designed to save lives.
  • Unfortunately, The Trump Cabinet Will Likely Expand the Surveillance State

    12/25/2024 5:20:14 PM PST · by Bratch · 46 replies
    The Last Refuge ^ | December 25, 2024 | sundance
    Unfortunately, The Trump Cabinet Will Likely Expand the Surveillance StateDecember 25, 2024 | SundanceThe surveillance state is an outcropping of the Fourth Branch of Government, which is, essentially, the unelected intelligence community in control of our government.The surveillance state comes from the creation of the Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) which is an entirely inward-looking agency. Prior to the Patriot Act, the surveillance sweep searching for terror threats focused outward, looking outside the U.S borders. The Patriot Act took the surveillance sweep a full 360 degrees and looked inside the Homeland for terror threats. Hence, DHS was created.The office of...
  • Report reveals that FBI spied on its likely new director, Kash Patel

    12/13/2024 5:07:36 PM PST · by thegagline · 17 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 12/13/2024 | Paul Sperry
    It’s going to be awkward at FBI headquarters next month when President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the bureau likely takes over. *** Patel has promised to “clean house” at the Hoover Building, and hold all those who “abused their power” during the Russiagate “witch hunt” accountable. He might start with the officials and agents who secretly vacuumed up his phone records and emails starting in late 2017, when he led a House Intelligence Committee investigation into the FBI’s reliance on Hillary Clinton’s false opposition research to surveil a Trump campaign official as a supposed “Russian agent.” According to a...
  • HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE BANK SECRECY ACT TO SPY ON AMERICANS

    12/13/2024 8:49:21 AM PST · by delta7 · 17 replies
    Armstrong Economics ^ | 13 Dec 24 | Martin Armstrong
    HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE BANK SECRECY ACT TO SPY ON AMERICANS Posted Dec 13, 2024 By Martin Armstrong | SPREAD THE LOVE https://twitter.com/i/status/1865108551611396247 A Congressional investigation committee released an extremely concerning report this week entitled: “FINANCIAL SURVEILLANCE IN THE UNITED STATES: HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WEAPONIZED THE BANK SECRECY ACT TO SPY ON AMERICANS” that details how the US government has been monitoring American citizens through bank transactions, with an emphasis on citizens who have expressed conservative viewpoints. “Financial data can tell a person’s story, including one’s “religion, ideology, opinions, and interests” as well as one’s “political leanings,...
  • Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement And De-Banking

    12/12/2024 5:41:42 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 8 replies
    Manhattan Contrarian ^ | 9 Dec, 2024 | Francis Menton
    In a government full of nasty, obnoxious and extra-legal regulatory initiatives to harass the people, the effort to regulate “money laundering” out of existence has to rank at the top. The basic idea is for the government to require all banks to become involuntary deputies of law enforcement to spy on their customers behind their backs, so that the bureaucrats can gain access to detailed information on what every single person is doing all the time. And thus will all criminality be stomped out! In the real world, what anti-money laundering (AML) regulation means is that the government gains vast...
  • Judiciary Committee: FBI Using Banks to Surveil Bank Accounts Without Warrants

    12/11/2024 8:08:49 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 19 replies
    Legal Insurrection ^ | Dec 10, 2024 | Mary Chastain
    “…as a condition of participating in the modern economy, Americans are forced to disclose details of their private lives to a financial industry that has been too eager to pass this information along to federal law enforcement.”A report from the House Judiciary Committee and Government Weaponization Subcommittee exposed the FBI for abusing the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to spy on Americans’ bank accounts without a warrant. “Documents show that federal law enforcement increasingly works hand-in-glove with financial institutions, obtaining virtually unchecked access to private financial data and testing out new methods and new technology to continue the financial surveillance of...
  • Chinese national arrested after ‘drone flown over US air base’

    12/11/2024 7:26:45 AM PST · by The_Media_never_lie · 17 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | December 10, 2024 | Tony Diver
    A Chinese national has been arrested on suspicion of flying a drone to take photographs over a US Space Force base. Federal police arrested Yinpiao Zhou on Monday after he was allegedly caught flying a drone over the Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. In a criminal complaint, the US Attorney’s Office said Mr Zhou flew a drone over the base and took photographs on Nov 30 – the same day it launched a rocket on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office.
  • House Judiciary Chair Jordan says FBI, others are weaponized to spy on Americans' bank accounts

    12/10/2024 9:20:06 PM PST · by CFW · 8 replies
    Just the News ^ | 12/10/24 | Charlotte Hazard
    House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Tuesday that the federal government has been weaponized to spy on Americans' bank accounts and financial transactions. "We know in 2023 [that] 14,000 different individuals in the government [about] three million times in one year......14,000 individuals did over three million searches of this database of information on Americans banking habits," Jordan said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. Last week the House Judiciary Committee issued a report that detailed how the federal government had unchecked access to private financial data of everyday Americans. "The FBI has manipulated the Suspicious Activity...