Showing posts with label journalists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journalists. Show all posts

Friday, 7 June 2013

Eric Holder Accused Of Perjury In Congress Regarding Lying About Spying On Journalists Proving The Site Correct

 
 

An embarrassed and humiliated Attorney General, Eric Holder, is trying to backtrack on what amounts to criminal behavior, as he had illegally labeled Fox News journalist, James Rosen, a criminal spy, in order to gain court approval to spy on him. Holder was searching for anything he could find to destroy Rosen for engaging in his constitutional right to free press, via exposing government misconduct (particularly Holder’s and that of the administration). Self-interest was at play once again, as they’ve done this to a number of journalists who exposed crimes being committed by the government against the American people.

For years the Judiciary Report has stated the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) has been illegally spying on journalists and people in general with publicly outspoken views (usually for political reasons) by lying about them in official documents, labeling them criminals such as spies or terrorists. It is the only way the FBI/DOJ can legally get court clearance to spy on someone under such circumstances and it is a dirty political trick that needs to desist.

When the FBI/DOJ does such things they become the laughingstock of the intelligence community, as world governments and spy groups know they did not employ the individuals who have been defamatorily labeled spies, just so the FBI/DOJ can spy on them for political reasons. What is basically amounts to is this: you lawfully wrote something about me I didn’t like, so I’m going to waste taxpayer money and investigate you with the hope I can viciously harass you and your loved ones out of revenge, making you shut up.

The worst part is when their unconstitutional investigations into the aforementioned law abiding targets gets nasty and personal out of nothing but revenge, as it so often does at the low brow agency. The FBI then begins contacting friends and family members of the innocent target(s), approaching their loved ones and friends with outrageous, defamatory lies, in bids at turning them against them.

FBI Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General Eric Holder 

They will state it is "a matter of national security" or "life and death" requesting the target’s loved ones and friends assist the FBI in trying to demoralize, harass and abandon the target they will deceitfully make out to be the most horrible person alive, all because some big wig in Washington didn’t like a piece they wrote for a blog, website or newspaper, exposing some truth they did not want uncovered.

It's called an abuse of power and they deserve to go to prison for it. "Your tax dollars hard at work" … violating the constitution. That’s called an abuse of power and they deserve to go to prison for it.
Holder now states of his disgraceful behavior, "I'm a little concerned that things have gotten a little out of whack. I think we can do a better job than we have. We can reform those regulations, reform those guidelines to better reflect that balance. I don't like that, because it means me as official who has great respect for the press, is in essence saying a reporter doing his or her job and doing that important job is somehow branded a criminal. I'm just not comfortable with that, we're going to change that."

A number of politicians from both political parties want Holder to resign, due to the mounting scandals that have thoroughly discredited him. However, law-breaking Holder states he has no intention of resigning. It is going to come back to haunt him, as more scandals loom regarding his behavior in office that was not in line with the law.

Learn from FBI Director Robert Mueller’s downfall, after strong-arming his way into an unprecedented and unwise term extension the Judiciary Report warned against (Failed FBI Director Robert S. Mueller Slammed By Congress And Reuters Exiting His Job In Disgrace). Then, two years later, Mueller was caught on the job during the Boston Marathon bombings, as having been the negligent fool that ignored a vital tip from the Russian government that would have saved innocent lives and spared nearly 300 people terrible injury. Pardon the pun, but quit while you’re ahead, Holder.

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Monday, 3 June 2013

Orders To The IRS To Target Journalists And Conservatives Came Directly From Washington (Video)


Yesterday, IRS employees at the center of the current scandal for targeting journalists and conservatives stated their orders came right from the very top - Washington. The Judiciary Report already knew this, as when the site broke the story in 2009, my contact informed me the FBI and White House are behind the targeting, having set the agenda at the IRS (Congressional Senator Confirms The IRS Politically Targeted Conservatives Just As The Site Stated).

Regrettably, I fell under almost all the categories for targeting in this initiative - an indie journalist/blogger, outspoken critic of the government and a conservative. So, in short, I was screwed. As a result, my mom and I were audited three years in a row. Hence me breaking the story online in 2009 out of offense and anger at what had begun, because when I get upset, I write to get it off my chest, as I don‘t believe in violence.

As stated previously, the IRS retracted all their allegations against my mom and I several months ago and said we should not have a problem in the future. However, Congress needs to go after the big dogs in Washington who did this, as it cost many people time, money, productivity and caused distress and offense. People were being discriminated against and harassed for their political and religious beliefs.

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Saturday, 1 June 2013

Mainstream Journalist Who Is An Outspoken Critic Of The Government Discovers Her Computer Is Hacked By The FBI


Sharyl Attkisson

This is a follow up to the article New Scandal Erupts Regarding The FBI And Justice Department Monitoring Calls Of AP Reporters Confirming Previous Site Claims regarding the Judiciary Report breaking the scandal on the FBI and DOJ spying on journalists.

The scandal continues, as mainstream journalist, Sharyl Attkisson, revealed this week her computer has been hacked. Attkisson spoke to the Politico website about the matter, which states, "Attkisson believes the possible infiltration of her computer began in Feb. 2011 during her reporting on Fast and Furious." The "Fast And Furious" scandal involves Attorney General, Eric Holder, who is head of the DOJ, which is the parent agency of the FBI. 

The FBI has a computer program known as CIPAV, which is a trojan they surreptitiously and secretly install on select people's computers to spy on and copy the contents of PCs and laptops. It and other FBI trojans have been installed without court permission on select people's computers.

Recently a judge declined the FBI's request to install one of their hidden computer trojans on a man's computer, to copy then contents thereof and take control of his webcam to visually spy on him in his home (Judge Tells FBI To Buzz Off Denying Request To Hack Into Person's Computer And Spy On Them Using Their Webcam). During the case, the FBI showed off that they really don't need a court order to do this anyway and have done so in the past without obtaining one.   


President Barack Obama (front), Attorney General Eric Holder (back left) and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (right) 

News also broke that the FBI and DOJ fought to keep secret the fact it began spying on Fox News journalists, via illegally hacking their emails and unlawfully obtaining their phone communications in conduct that is unconstitutional. The Judiciary Report is no fan of Rupert Murdoch or News Corp, two entities the site broke the phone hacking scandal about online.

However, under the Constitution journalists are entitled to free press and free speech. It's one of the founding principles of America and a very smart one. Therefore, to abuse the law to spy on outspoken critics is completely illegal and represents a dangerous power grab.

The granddaddy of all newsgathering agencies, the Associated Press, was not exempt from its journalists being illegally spied on by the government, which sends a chilling message. If the Associated Press is not exempt from its rights being flagrantly violated, what does that mean for the little newspapers across America struggling to get the truth out to the public.

The administration is testing some terrible legal waters the Constitution says it is not supposed to in conduct that is very unbecoming. When you've got the FBI and DOJ actively hacking journalists computers and emails and passing the contents on to the White House, crimes are being committed and the Constitution trampled. The FBI and DOJ's conduct is making Nixon era tactics against journalists look tame by comparison. 

Thursday, 30 May 2013

The War Against Journalism: The Government Targeting And Spying On Journalists Through The FBI And IRS Compromises The News


FBI Director Robert Mueller and Attorney General Eric Holder 

News broke recently that the FBI and IRS have been spying on and harassing journalists for being outspoken in their reporting, via matters that were deemed as having criticized the government. Over the past few weeks, the nation and world has witnessed as the government was exposed for using the FBI and IRS to spy on, intimidate and harass journalists from CBS, Fox and the Associated Press, among others, for engaging in one's constitutional right to free press and free speech. Newsgathering and reporting must be based in truth and integrity, free from harassment and intimidation tactics by an overly sensitive government, seeking to keep its unlawful secrets hidden.


Eric Holder and Robert Mueller

Journalists help keep governments honest by openly providing constructive criticism via thought provoking pieces, regarding policy and protocol. Journalists are also arbiters of truth, providing a public service that educates and enlightens. No thin-skinned bureaucrats sensitive to criticism and prone to covering up corruption, while being paid with taxpayer money, has the authority to strip anyone of their constitutional rights.

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Confirmed: The FBI Spying On Journalists Emails Just As The Website Previously Stated


FBI Director Robert S. Mueller (Photo Credit: New York Times) 

This week it was revealed the FBI spied in the email box of Fox journalists, James Rosen and William La Jeunesse. They are accused of no crimes nor have they been legally charged in any matter, but the FBI and its parent agency, the Department of Justice wanted to find out their  scoops and the identity of their sources before they publish articles and news reports. This misconduct on the FBI's part constitutes criminal violations of the U.S. Constitution.

This further confirms what the Judiciary Report has been stating for years (and since 2006 in sister site the Sound Off Column) regarding a story I broke first - the FBI is going to hosting companies/e-mail service providers and secretly demanding the contents of select writers/journalists/bloggers' emails: FBI To Be Called Before Congress Over Spying and The FBI And Mobile Phone Spying and Former U.S. Government Official States The FBI Is Spying On All Americans (Video) and It Has Been Confirmed The U.S. Government Is Spying On Scientists And Doctors In Violation Of The Constitution.

Journalists and bloggers all over America are angry at this development, as it tramples free press and free speech, which are guaranteed by the Constitution. However, I’ve been warning writers online for the past few years, so they can protect themselves and their sources (New Scandal Erupts Regarding The FBI And Justice Department Monitoring Calls Of AP Reporters Confirming Previous Site Claims).

The FBI is not engaging in this misconduct for national security purposes, but political ones to stifle lawful criticism of the government. They are also doing this to get tips and scoops to build investigations around, in order to break cases and look groundbreaking and ahead of the curve before Congress, when they go to the legislature to seek billions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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Report: Justice Department targeted TWO Fox News Channel reporters and a producer for talking with government sources

PUBLISHED: 17:02 EST, 20 May 2013 | UPDATED: 19:04 EST, 20 May 2013 - Inspector General report found agents read emails, tracked phone records. Reporters James Rosen and William La Jeunesse, producer Mike Levine were the subject of subpoenas but never notified by the government. Fox News says U.S. journalism 'up until now has always been a free press'

The Fox News Channel is outraged over new revelations that three of its reporting staffers were targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice in criminal investigations related to their attempts to obtain information from government sources.

James Rosen, the network's chief Washington correspondent, has become a First Amendment cause celebre over his treatment by the Obama administration. But the DOJ, Fox says, also investigated the Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter William La Jeunesse and Fox News producer Mike Levine.

Shannon Bream (R) and Megyn Kelly (L) broke the news Monday that the DOJ had targeted three of their journalist colleagues in criminal investigations for seeking classified information from willing government sources...

Friday, 17 May 2013

New Scandal Erupts Regarding The FBI And Justice Department Monitoring Calls Of AP Reporters Confirming Previous Site Claims

Journalists Outraged As It Is Confirmed The FBI/DOJ Has Been Spying On Them Just As The Site Stated All Along 


FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

First the IRS scandal, now this (IRS Says Sorry For Targeting Conservatives As Obama Denies All Knowledge Of Misconduct). Many journalists are angry today at confirmation Obama’s Department of Justice, headed up by Attorney General Eric Holder and the FBI, led (more like misled) by Robert S. Mueller, has been illegally spying on journalists, among them those at the Associated Press. This constitutes an egregious abuse of power. The Judiciary Report has been proven correct again in another scandal the site and its affiliate Sound Off Column broke first in 2006, regarding the FBI/DOJ spying on journalists:

FBI Reproved For Spying On Journalists: "According to DOJ Inspector General, Glenn A. Fine's testimony in Congress this week, the FBI, headed by psycho, Robert S. Mueller, has been spying on journalists and bloggers in America, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, as the Judiciary Report and its sister site, The Sound Off Column, have stated for years"). 

FBI To Be Called Before Congress Over Spying: As I accurately told my readers in December 2006 which was confirmed in March 2007, the FBI has been spying on Americans and US residents, via abusing the Patriot Act to unlawfully read emails, scan bank accounts, check people's credit and wiretap citizens' phones – actions inherently illegal in the United States. Even more recently, I wrote again on July 24, 2008, that President George Bush "Spied on American citizens and residents whenever he felt like, via illegal wiretapping, email snooping and scanning bank accounts (FBI)." 

It was revealed this week, the FBI and its parent agency, the Department of Justice, have been wiretapping and obtaining the phone records of Associated Press reporters, in conduct that has shocked the newsgathering agency into outrage. They are looking for tips, scoops and advanced warnings of potentially incendiary political stories/scandals, with the hope of cutting them off at the pass (so much for free press). As stated above, for years the Judiciary Report has repeatedly written on the site that the FBI/DOJ are unconstitutionally spying on journalists.

I found this out the hard way. The problem began when I was interviewed by the FBI in November 2005, after sending in a formal complaint about illegal wiretapping, phone hacking, hacking and criminal copyright infringement regarding Madonna and her associates in Hollywood (and she has a long history of stealing people's copyrights). I had to go to the FBI, as Congress mandates incidents of copyright infringement, especially criminal copyright infringement, must be investigated by the FBI. Under the law, they are the agency that has jurisdiction in said matters.

During the interview, I gave them tips about Madonna and Kabbalah's private investigator, Anthony Pellicano, which were used verbatim when he was arrested four months later and indicted, then convicted for wiretapping, hacking, racketeering and identity theft, on behalf of Hollywood stars who paid him to do their dirty work.

However, I'm not an FBI tipster or informant, never been paid by the agency, as all I revealed to them was said due to my repulsion at being victimized by the aforementioned people in Hollywood. I was promised the standard report on their investigation into the aforementioned criminal misconduct by Madonna, but headquarters in Washington kiboshed the report Miami FBI promised, due to the head of the agency, Robert S. Mueller, having accepted a large bribe from Madonna, according to one of my credible sources (since the time I posted said news, two other FBI employees were caught taking bribes to derail justice in cases FBI Agent Arrested For Accepting A $200,000 Bribe To Derail A Criminal Case The FBI Was Supposed To Be Investigating and FBI Agent Indicted For Helping Anthony Pellicano).

While I certainly do not work as a mainstream journalist, my websites have broken a number of scandals, based on accurate information I either experienced firsthand or received from one of my credible sources. This led the FBI to illegally wiretap my phones and contacting the hosting company for my websites, to give them copies of all my emails.

The reason I found out about the FBI spying on journalists is right after I was interviewed by the agency, I discovered they illegally wiretapped my phones and contacted the hosting company for my websites, ordering them to regularly give the FBI copies of all my emails.

The FBI has been using me as an informant against my will via illegal wiretapping, hacking and email box snooping and scraping (the contents), as I complained to a federal judge in writing in 2009‘s Aisha v. FBI.

Just because someone is connected and breaks stories online, does not give one the right to unconstitutionally spy into their life for tips for your own investigations. The FBI tried to turn me into a government snitch/informant against my will, via mining all my communications for information.

Astute and credible tips I received that I placed in articles to be published on my sites, particularly the Judiciary Report, were accessed by the FBI, then used before they were published on my sites. I also speak to people over the telephone who are well-connected in political and business circles. I began to notice items from my telephone calls with said people (and time stamped emails) were also being used by the FBI shortly after. They latched on and refuse to let go.

For example, a few years ago I opened an ETrade brokerage account. I wanted to see how their system worked, as I have an interest in the stock market. Along the way I noticed a few issues/problems. One problem I spoke about over the phone with an ETrade representative. Shortly after, the FBI raided ETrade in a criminal case running along the same lines of what I complained about over the phone.

In another incident, someone I know in Miami was crossing the street and was hit by a car. A lawyer whom she'd never heard of before, sent her a solicitation letter, telling her about the accident and requesting she retain him as a legal representative with the intent to sue. She forwarded the letter to my mom and I and we thought it strange that a lawyer did this out of nowhere. We also discussed the matter over the phone (albeit, the phone wiretapped by the FBI and separately, Madonna's private investigator).

At the time of my friend's injury, I was regularly going to Jackson Memorial Hospital, while recovering from an aneurysm I had in 2008. The next thing I knew, the FBI raided the aforementioned lawyer's office and Jackson Memorial Hospital, arresting people stating he was soliciting clients illegally and using information he obtained via bribing someone at Jackson Memorial Hospital. This lawyer had been doing this for a while, yet it wasn't until my family discussed it over the phone that the FBI opened a case and raided the lawyer and hospital.

In another incident, I began complaining about Gibson Guitars to my dad over the phone. I'd called Gibson about a potential deal and they stated they have a program for new artists, know who I am (which surprised me at the time) and I am eligible for said program, which would include a spot on their website and opening for Lenny Kravitz as apart of a showcase they were putting together.

Madonna got wind of it and began harassing them into dropping me. Shortly after, they dropped me, when Gibson and I had agreed via email to me using their guitars in a music video and over the phone on the Kravitz promo tour (Kravitz is one of Madonna's friends and many years ago she broke up his marriage to Lisa Bonet, via a brazen case of adultery).

Not long after the Gibson incident, the FBI, who was watching the whole thing, monitoring my calls and emails, raided Gibson, who became royally ticked off at it and lashed out online. The FBI complained about Gibson's guitars and illegal, protected materials the company was secretly using to make them.

In another incident, regarding a man one of my sources mentioned to me over the phone, denouncing his seriously bad behavior the individual was secretly engaging in, not long after, the U.S.  federal government, FBI included, arrested and convicted him on whopping charges (drugs and violence). I'd never heard of the man prior to the phone call, as his name was not in the public domain in terms of news sites and blogs.

There are a number of other examples regarding me either calling or emailing a company or speaking to a source about someone and then shortly after, the FBI investigating then raiding them out of nowhere. When something happens over a dozen times, it is not a coincidence. These incidents and others will be outlined in my forthcoming film "Justice And Truth."

As mentioned on the site previously, at times I've done what is known as a "poor man's copyright" via emailing an item to my email box, to create an automatic time stamp and date of authorship. I sometimes do this before actually sending a copyright to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. for registration.

On several occasions, the FBI took items from my preexisting, emailed, time stamped "poor man's copyrights" apart of film scripts and their accompanying synopses and used them without permission for stories on www.FBI.gov as imagined/fictional examples of scenarios where the FBI's skills are needed in America for national security and criminal investigation. All time stamped instances of this misconduct, showing the emails and dates, then the FBI's articles and subsequent date, are included in great comparative detail in the film "Justice And Truth."

Then there's the FBI's habit of chronically following me around and at times approaching me in public with questions, like I work for them, when I don't. Things got to a point that I began using public payphones for privacy, due to the wiretap on my home and mobile phones (how ironic and oxymoronic that one can pay DSL internet and mobile phone fees to have no privacy). A phone tech I paid to check my phone line informed me that the wiretap on my phone line is from "Washington" as in the FBI and that's not something he can remove.

In one incident, I went to a payphone near my former home in Miami Shores to make a call in private and a tall, hulking federal agent wearing a suit and driving a black SUV with a badge in it, drove up and stood feet away from me, smiling and staring at me whilst trying to listen to my phone conversation. The way he rushed up behind me was unreal.

I was speaking to an adviser at a Christian church for guidance on a spiritual matter that I did not want recorded on the unconstitutionally placed wiretap, but so determined is the FBI about mining my emails and calls for scoops and tips, they followed me to the payphone.

In another incident, I was in my front yard gardening and a federal agent in a suit walked right up to me (also known as trespassing) and began questioning me about what my future plans are. It was during the time I began discussing with my dad the option of moving due to the criminal harassment and invasion of privacy from Madonna’s Kabbalah cult. The wiretap picked it up and the next thing I knew, a federal agent was on my lawn questioning me about my future and my thoughts on the future of politics in the country.

Now they keep harassing my friends, to ask me the same question, "What are your future plans?" as the FBI panicked when I went to London last year, thinking I wasn't coming back, because I bought an open ticket online with no return date (wasn't sure how long the purpose of my business trip would be - why buy a plane ticket, pick a date that is too soon to return, then get hit with a $100 - $150 change fee).

As stated previously on the site, when I went to London, England in April of 2012 for months, leaving from Washington, D.C., the FBI's sister agency, Homeland Security surprised me with what they asked. Several other people were in front of me in the line, who were U.S. citizens and were not asked the same thing.

The other U.S. citizens in the line were asked simple question like do they need to check any bags. When it was my turn, the man looked at me like he knew me and said in a strange way, "Ah, Miss Goodison, but the question is when are you coming back." By right, British passport control should have asked me about the duration of my stay, not U.S. Homeland Security, as I'm a U.S. citizen.

When I was in London last year, I was approached by an FBI rep once again, but that time asking when I was coming back to America. I'm not a criminal. I have no criminal record and have kept my hands clean, as I am a Christian. The FBI have no right to be doing this looking for scoops and investigative tips to build cases around. It is unconstitutional and unethical. I'm tired of the lack of privacy.

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Associated Press: Feds Secretly Obtained Reporter Phone Logs

May 13, 2013 6:35 PM - The Associated Press news agency says that the Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records on 20 lines used by its reporters and editors...

"There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters," he said in the letter. "These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP's newsgathering operations, and disclose information about AP's activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know." The Justice Department reportedly obtained calls for 20 phone lines, including the House of Representatives press gallery.

Thursday, 16 May 2013

President Obama Fires The Head Of The IRS For Targeting Conservatives (Video)

Oh, This Just Got Serious!


U.S. President Barack Obama has fired the head of the IRS, Steven Miller, over the current controversy, regarding the agency targeting conservatives based on political leanings. Obama fired IRS Acting Commissioner Steven Miller, regarding an upsetting scandal the Judiciary Report broke first, after being targeted by the agency, in conjunction with the FBI (The FBI And Ethics). The president branded the misconduct by select IRS employees "inexcusable." Congress is conducting its own review of the matter.

Due to items I wrote on the Judiciary Report, criticizing the government, my mother and I were audited three years in a row and sent a defamatory letter last year that brought the issue to a head, resulting in me informing the agency of my intent to sue to rectify the problem. Once again, the matter has since been resolved, the IRS retracted their claims and without litigation.

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IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says

At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency’s inspector general.

The documents, obtained by The Washington Post from a congressional aide with knowledge of the findings, show that on June 29, 2011, IRS staffers held a briefing with senior agency official Lois G. Lerner in which they described giving special attention to instances where "statements in the case file criticize how the country is being run." Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups for the agency, raised objections and the agency revised its criteria a week later.

Monday, 29 April 2013

Judge Tells FBI To Buzz Off Denying Request To Hack Into Person's Computer And Spy On Them Using Their Webcam


FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

A Texas judge told the FBI to kick rocks when the agency requested clearance to hack into the computer of an alleged suspect to copy the person's files and take control of their webcam to watch them in their home. I've been warning you for years in this column the FBI has been watching select people in their homes via audio and visual means and in most cases without justification.

Secretly watching people in their homes is perverted and sick beyond redemption. It is an abomination and the worst, most depraved privacy violation in history. Only extremely sick people do nastiness like that. It is not justified under any circumstances.

The judge in Texas stated, "The FBI provided 'little more than vague assurances' to protect privacy" of the alleged suspect. If the FBI was looking for corrupt judicial rubber-stamping maybe they should have tried one of the Miami judges on their payroll (you know, like Jose E. Martinez, Marcia Cooke or Cecilia Altonaga). However, this was a jurisdictional issue, as their target in this case resides in Texas.

The sad part about it is the FBI has been known to abuse its authority granted by Congress to request court orders to get into the computers of law-abiding journalists and bloggers, who write exposés on the agency and select politicians, revealing they are breaking the law. The FBI labels it a "national security" matter, but it is actually a national cover your butt matter, when they are outed for breaking the law. The FBI has even gone so far to state they, "Might arguably not be required to obtain a warrant to remotely install spyware" on people's computers to watch them in their homes and copy their files.

The FBI has also misused their authority to get into the computers and emails of select financial executives, so certain people in the Federal Bureau of Investigation can make quick money on the stock market. While they do that, terrorists plot attacks against America and are allowed to roam around free in the country (see: Boston Marathon Bombers).

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Judge denies FBI request to hijack suspect's PC using spyware

By Joshua Kopstein on April 26, 2013 09:45 am 20Comments - A rare public court opinion ruled the request was too vague, and the privacy risks too great. For a long time, the FBI has been refining its ability to get inside your computer whenever it thinks you might be breaking the law. But this week a Texas judge put his foot down, denying the agency a search and seizure warrant that would have allowed them to break into an unknown suspect’s computer system and secretly install malware that steals data and monitors activities.

It’s a rare but not unprecedented situation that casts law enforcement in a light strikingly similar to the hackers it’s normally hell-bent on pursuing. After deploying the payload, the FBI would be able to record keystrokes, read emails, and even take pictures from an attached webcam for a period of 30 days — the last part being somewhat ironic, considering that the FBI has warned about the possibility of criminals using the same tactic. "FBI provided "little more than vague assurances" to protect privacy"

In the Wall Street Journal, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries reports the "offensive" cybersecurity measures were being requested to pursue a case of fraud and identity theft that seemed to originate from a Texas bank account. The computer, according to the court documents, was targeted because it used an email address similar to the one on the account.

But Federal Magistrate judge Steven Smith said the FBI didn’t give any information on exactly how they’d be deploying the spyware, and provided "little more than vague assurances" that it would be able to minimize the amount of data collected from innocent people in the process. And since the identity of the suspect and the location of the computer are both unknown, there also existed the possibility that the FBI might be hacking an innocent stranger whose computer has already been compromised by the culprit.

Law enforcement's use of such tools is not without precedent. First discovered in 2001, a spyware package called Magic Lantern has been used by the FBI for remote monitoring, reportedly delivered as an email attachment. And in Germany, a flawed piece of spyware engineered by the German government that opened remote backdoor access was famously reverse-engineered and exposed in 2011 by the renowned hacker group Chaos Computer Club...

"FBI emails mention that "one might arguably not be required" to obtain a warrant to remotely install spyware"...

Saturday, 6 April 2013

Obama Apologizes For Referring To Kamala Harris As Hot (Video)

Mrs. Obama Kicked His Butt (LOL)


After coming under fire for complimenting pretty California Attorney General, Kamala Harris, referring to her as the best looking one in America, U.S. President Barack Obama, via his rep, Jay Carney, has apologized. Feminists on blogs and social networking platforms let rip when Obama paid Harris the innocent compliment. She is a long time friend of President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. 


Kamala and Obama "sitting in a tree..." (just kidding). You know, I can see why these two are good friends. In a freaky way they remind me of each other and people are often fascinated by those remarkably similar to themselves. Their names are even similar. Both lawyers. Both mixed race. Both will get their butts kicked by Mrs. Obama if they even think about taking it there. Yes, I know, I'm wrong for that (LOL). 

Carney stated, "The president did speak with Attorney General [Kamala] Harris last night after he came back from his trip. He called her to apologize for the distraction created by his comments. He fully recognizes the challenges women continue to face in the workplace."


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