Tag: dhs
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DHS biometric program gets $250 million from Senate
from RT.com: A Senate subcommittee this week approved a request from the United States Department of Homeland Security for nearly a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to be used on a state-of-the-art biometric system. On Tuesday, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on DHS green-lighted more than $47 billion to go towards the agency as part of a request made…
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#Microsoft Backs Down, Fix #IE Vulnerability Even on #WindowsXP
from pcworld.com: Microsoft’s support for Windows XP is over. It really is. But because of the company’s sense of responsibility, it will fix and Internet Explorer vulnerability that affects XP — just this once. That was the message that Microsoft sent in a blog post on Thursday, when it said it would fix all versions…
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Seattle Police Deactivate Downtown Wi-Fi Spy Network
from ap.org: The Seattle Police Department has agreed to deactivate a downtown WiFi network that some worried could be used to spy on residents. The ACLU raised concerns last week about the network, which has equipment visible on utility poles. KOMO reports the wireless mesh network was installed with Homeland Security money and was intended…
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Janet Napolitano Denies Existence of ‘Orwellian State’
from Politicker.com: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano weighed in on the NSA intelligence leaks on Friday, telling NY1 that fears over government surveillance were overblown. “I think people have gotten the idea that there’s an Orwellian state out there that somehow we’re operating in. That’s far from the case,” she told Errol Louis during an…
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US Seizes Top Bitcoin Exchange As Crackdown Begins
The American government has previously made it clear that officials are watching Bitcoin, a decentralized economic currency that international regulators have not yet been able to control.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode143 – Big Brother Buses, G7 Currency War, Executive Cybersecurity
Story #1: People Talk, TriMet Buses Are Listening // Story #2: G7 Tries to Put Currency Genie Back in the Bottle // Story #3: Executive Order Aims to Facilitate Sharing of Information on Threats
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DHS Announces Cyber-9/11 Coming Soon
Kevin Barrett critiques a Reuters article by wondering how authorities know a cyber attack may be imminent?
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DHS Wants To Double US Predator Drone Fleet
It’s in your face fascism! Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to Trevor Timm at Activist Post, “…signed a contract that could be worth as much as $443 million with General Atomics for the purchase up to fourteen additional Predator drones to fly near the border of Mexico and Canada. Congress would still need to…
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DHS Starts Testing Domestic Drones
DHS domestic drones (video) are coming soon to your local skies! Domestic use of “surveillance” drones, will likely, take us further into a control matrix nightmare! Infowars.com informs DHS to begin testing drones at Fort Sill Oklahoma. The program called “Robotic Aircraft For Public Safety” will employ small drones to keep an eye on Americans…
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#Newspurge: Live The Life You’re Dreaming Of
JPM, Barclays Said Among Banks to Get Libor Subpoenas // Summer of Strategic Tension // Video: Conservative filmmaker behind ‘2016: Obama’s America’ says he ‘learned some lessons’ from Michael Moore, prepares for wide release // #CivilWar of 2016: “Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A ‘Vision’ of the Future.” // Owner of mine made famous on…
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Texas Researchers Hack DHS Drone by Invitation at White Sands
A $1,000 worth of available electronics can enable anyone with the savvy to GPS spoof a Department of Homeland Security drone and take over command. While no one suggests trying it, all the present writer can say is: “F-ing Cool!” Erik Seawright writes post at Z6Mag, “Drone Hacked With Spoofing on Approval of DHS by…
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The CBS Eye Looks Inside Plum Island’s Secret Labs
Video: Plumbing the mysteries of Plum Island from inquisitr.com: For the first time in many years, members of the press got inside the U.S. Government’s secret labs at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. CBS News reported that the island, which is controlled by the Department of Homeland Security, has labs staffed by scientists from…
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#PoliceStateUpdates: Prepare for a Noisy Morning
Government Admits Naked Body Scanners Huge Waste of Money // Geraldo Rivera was ‘manually raped’ by TSA // Pentagon prepares ‘Re-Education Camps’ for American citizens // With the stroke of a pen, Obama makes free speech a felony // Air Force Drones Allowed to Record U.S. Citizens in U.S.
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#DataDump: Macs, Hacks, Sachs and more
Spam Invades a Last Refuge, the Cellphone: Text Message Spam, Difficult to Stop, Is a Growing Menace // Widespread Virus Proves Macs No Longer Safe From Hackers // FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to Crowded Skies // Bomb Sniffing Dog Humps Bomb Defusing Robot
