Category: Corruption
Government approved arms sales to 20 countries on its own list of human rights abusers
The Independent The Government has approved licences for arms deals to two-thirds of the countries on its own list of human rights abusers, a campaign group has said. Boris Johnson’s Foreign Office released its annual human rightsreport on Friday including a list of 30 countries, like Bahrain, China, Saudi Arabia and Israel, it had given “priority” status in 2016. But in […]
Read MoreGovernment ‘Cyber Troops’ Manipulate Facebook, Twitter, Study Says
Bloomberg Governments around the world are enlisting “cyber troops” who manipulate Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets to steer public opinion, spread misinformation and undermine critics, according to a new report from the University of Oxford. Adding to growing evidence of government-sponsored efforts to use online tools to influence politics, researchers found 29 countries […]
Read MoreFCC has no documentation of DDoS attack that hit net neutrality comments
ARS technica The US Federal Communications Commission says it has no written analysis of DDoS attacks that hit the commission’s net neutrality comment system in May. In its response to a Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) request filed by Gizmodo, the FCC said its analysis of DDoS attacks “stemmed from real time observation and feedback by Commission IT staff […]
Read MoreExxon under Tillerson violated Russia sanctions in 2014
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday admonished Exxon Mobil Corp for “reckless disregard” of U.S. sanctions in dealings with Russia in 2014 when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the global oil company’s chief executive, and fined it $2 million. ExxonMobil said the decision was “fundamentally unfair,” and sued the U.S. government in […]
Read MoreBronx Fraud Arrest Leads to National Identity Theft Investigation
B911. Police Officer Molina and fellow 40 Precinct officers arrested a suspect for stealing a victim’s identity and repeatedly withdrawing money from his bank account. Last week, a man equipped with a stolen debit card and fraudulent identification walked into a Bronx bank and successfully withdrew $9,000. The next day, the perpetrator returned to the […]
Read MoreThis is creating a HUGE problem
Breitbart reports A bill that would reduce drug felonies to misdemeanors for first-time possessions of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other hard drugs passed through the Oregon state legislature on Thursday and is likely to be signed into law by Governor Kate Brown. House Bill 2355 which reduces convictions for first-time possessions of such illicit drugs passed […]
Read MoreCNN Host Falsely Claims President Trump Would Have Approved Hillary-Backed Uranium One Deal
Breitbart Another day, more fraudulently incorrect misinformation from CNN—the network President Donald J. Trump calls “very fake news.” Now, CNN has demonstrated its anchors are literally willing to push fraudulently untruthful information on air–and are refusing to do anything to hold the purveyors of its latest very fake news accountable. This time, anchor Alisyn Camerota […]
Read MoreRussian Lawyer Who Met with Donald Trump Jr. Worked with Democrats for Years
Breitbart Although she has been painted by Democrats as a Russian government official, numerous reports and photos show she has a long record of working with U.S. political figures, including many Democrats. For example, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group revealed on Wednesday that California Rep. Ron Dellums was a hired lobbyist for Veselnitskaya. According to a Washington […]
Read MoreWatchdog group says Donald Trump Jr.’s meet with Russian lawyer broke election laws
The Washington Post The government watchdog group Common Cause filed complaints Monday with the Justice Department and Federal Elections Commission over Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer during the presidential race. The group claimed the meeting, which was arranged by the lawyer under the pretext of providing damaging information about Hillary Clinton, violated the election law prohibiting solicitation of […]
Read MoreRacist Dallas Commissioner Refuses To Honor Murdered Dallas Cops
Freedom Daily The horrible person of the day award goes to Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price for disrespecting police across America when he refused to honor Dallas police who were murdered by a crazy Black Lives Matter enthusiast who opened fired on cops. Price basically said the cops brought it on themselves. Here are the men […]
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