Kate Cox reports: The federal government gathered up visitor logs for some websites in 2019, the Office of Director of National Intelligence disclosed in letters made public this week. And the feds cited authority derived from a provision of the Patriot Act to do it. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe confirmed these actions in…
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Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
Cade Metz reports: When the Chula Vista police receive a 911 call, they can dispatch a flying drone with the press of a button. On a recent afternoon, from a launchpad on the roof of the Chula Vista Police Department, they sent a drone across the city to a crowded parking lot where a young…
ICE Is Trying To Force BuzzFeed News To Divulge Its Sources
Hamed Aleaziz reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators issued a subpoena this week demanding BuzzFeed News identify its sources — an extraordinary attempt by the government to interfere with a news outlet acting under the protections of the First Amendment, and a move that the agency’s former chief lambasted as “embarrassing.” The effort to pressure…
San Diego Wants To Use Military-Grade Drones To Catch Speeders
If everyone stays home, do we even need this? Joe Cadillic explains: The Voice of San Diego recently revealed how the city of San Diego secretly considered using military-grade drones to spy on motorists. According to the article, San Diego officials secretly kicked around the possibility of using General Atomics’ “SkyGuardian” drones to ID and track speeding vehicles. “Records obtained by…