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Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States plunged America into multiple military campaigns abroad in pursuit of the attackers. It also ushered in new surveillance programs before any investigations into the causes of the 9/11 intelligence failure had even begun. The first new, secret mass electronic surveillance program authorized by then president George W. Bush, Stellar Wind, was initiated just days after the attacks and with no judicial notification, much less review, as required by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a parallel public track, the Bush administration pushed for and received even more sweeping surveillance authorities via the congressionally approved Patriot Act. By the end of the Bush presidency, the FBI had been granted vast new domestic surveillance powers, gaining authority to open investigations on individuals or groups without needing a criminal basis to do so.The Obama era was marked not by reevaluations of these programs but instead by their continuity and political normalization. The Stellar Wind program was made nominally lawful through the passage of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. And after National Security Agency contractor‐​turned‐​whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed in 2013 secret mass surveillance of Americans' phone calls under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act ostensibly to partially curtail that program. Yet subsequent oversight actions and investigations would find that neither the Stellar Wind program nor the Section 215 telephone metadata surveillance program had stopped a single attack on the United States, all the while accumulating vast reams of information on innocent Americans.Have officials in the executive branch and Congress learned anything from these mistakes and overreaches? How many other surveillance programs and authorities that potentially threaten the privacy and even constitutional rights of Americans have yet to be subjected to meaningful oversight? Our panel will explore these and related issues Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus "thank you" episode, Jen provides some updates on recent bills including the HEROES Act and the reauthorization of the USA Freedom Act followed by a promised summary of the attempted coup in Venezuela. Also in this episode is a perfect example of corporate influence in mainstream media followed by thank yous for all the producers who keep corporate influence out of Congressional Dish. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD098: USA Freedom Act: Privatization of the Patriot Act CD190: A Coup for Capitalism Recommended Podcast Episodes “THE JUNGLE” AND THE PANDEMIC: THE MEAT INDUSTRY, CORONAVIRUS, AND AN ECONOMY IN CRISIS, The Intercept, May 20 2020 430 - Jordan Goudreau vs. Venezuela, The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds Articles/Documents Article: House Leaders Strike Deal to Protect U.S. Web Browsing Data From Warrantless Surveillance By Dell Cameron, Gizmodo, May 26, 2020 Article: Untangling Operation Gedeon By Tatuy TV, Venezuelanalysis.com, May 26, 2020 Article: The “ridiculous” failed coup attempt in Venezuela, explained By Alex Ward, Vox, May 11, 2020 Article: Poorly Organized and Barely Hidden, Venezuela Invasion Was Doomed to Fail By Juan Forero and Kejal Vyas, The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2020 Article: Trump: US would send ‘army’ to overthrow Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro By Ebony Bowden, New York Post, May 8, 2020 Article: US will use ‘every tool’ to get ex-soldiers back from Venezuela: Pompeo By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon, New York Post, May 6, 2020 Article: Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela’s Maduro By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press, May 1, 2020 Document: General Services Agreement between the Venezuelan opposition and Silvercorp Provided by Jordan Goudreau, The Washington Post, October 16, 2019 Additional Resources Tweet: Factores de Poder, @FactoresdePoder, Twitter, May 3, 2020 Video: WATCH: 9 Local TV Stations Pushed the Same Amazon-Scripted Segment Tim Burke, Courier, May 27, 2020 Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

0:08 – Mondays with Mitch — Mitch Jeserich of Letters and Politics joins Cat Brooks and Brian Edwards-Tiekert to talk abut the Senate's reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act, known now as the USA Freedom Act, to expand the widespread surveillance across the U.S. and allow the FBI to access browsing history without first obtaining a warrant. We also talk about the House passage of the HEROES Act, another congressional stimulus during Covid-19 that contains money for states, and its uncertain future in the U.S. Senate. 0:34 Suzan Bateson, executive director of the Alameda County Community Food Bank, discusses food insecurity in the East Bay. Food banks have seen a surge in need during the coronavirus crisis — and the Alameda County Community Food Bank has increased its food purchases by almost three times the amount they spent last year. We're spotlighting the food bank during our spring fund drive — listeners can give a portion of their donation to KPFA to the food bank by donating here. 1:08 – CA Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his May budget revision, with deep cuts to most areas of state spending, making up for an anticipated $54 billion shortfall as a result of Covid-19. The cuts are set to take place if the federal government does not provide funding to California. Political reporter Laurel Rosenhall (@lrosenhall) of CalMatters joins us. Her latest piece is “Newsom moves to slash school, health spending — but asks feds for a rescue.” 1:20 – Michael Herald of the Western Center for Law and Poverty explains the effect of Newsom's proposed budget cuts — many which go deeper than the cuts after the 2008 recession — on poor people. Programs implemented in the last two years and designed to keep poor people out of debt are on the chopping block. 1:34 – Amber-Rose Howard of CURB, Californians United for a Responsible Budget, calls for eliminating California's “three strikes” policy and explains what Newsom's budget means for prison spending and incarcerated people. Prisoners are dying of Covid-19 behind bars in California. Newsom is now proposing closing two state prisons — but Howard says Newsom has fallen short of Jerry Brown's record on commutations and that more action is needed from the governor. “Prison is no place for a pandemic” illustration by Micah Bazant. The post Newsom's deep-cutting budget axes programs for poor people amid $54 billion shortfall; Plus, a spotlight on Alameda County Community Food Bank appeared first on KPFA.

Interview starts at 26:05   Monica Perez of The Propaganda Report joins us to chat about her show, getting kicked off of terrestrial radio, and her awakening to things in the mainstream being not quite as they seem. We chat about finding evidence that disrupts the narrative, looking for retractions, not taking down hero’s, sticky wages, bill of rights, fed bailing out states, USA Freedom Act, the metaphysics of technology, and the controlled demolition of the economy.   https://www.thepropreport.com/    In the intro we chat about Operation Mockingbird for the Project Operation segment, a little update on Alberta’s opening back up plan, and the original Bill and Melinda Gates foundation - Institute of Population Control.   See the links below for stuff we chatted about during the show and the intro:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird    https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/operation-mockingbird/    https://www.corbettreport.com/mml2020/    http://bellamyfitzpatrick.com/    Please help support the show…. Grimerica’s DoBeDoBeDo List: Grimerica is fully and solely listener supported. We adhere to the Value for Value model.  0 ads, 0 sponsorships, 0 breaks, 0 portals and links to corporate websites… just many hours of unlimited content for free. Thanks for listening!!   Get your Magic Mushrooms delivered from: https://www.champignonmagique.ca/shop   https://www.13questionspodcast.com/ Our New Podcast - 13 Questions   Join the chat / hangout with a bunch of fellow Grimerican’s  www.grimerica.ca/chats   1-403-702-6083Call and leave a voice mail or send us a text   Support the show directly http://www.grimerica.ca/support https://www.patreon.com/grimerica     GrimericaFM  https://s2.radio.co/s053ed3122/listen Check out our next trip/conference/meetup - Contact at the Cabin   Leave a review on iTunes and/or Stitcher https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-grimerica-show/id653314424?mt=2# http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-grimerica-show    Sign up for our newsletter http://www.grimerica.ca/news Leave a comment, ideas and guest/topic suggestions under any episode or blog http://www.grimerica.ca/   SPAM Graham = and send him your synchronicities, feedback, strange experiences and psychedelic trip reports!! graham@grimerica.com InstaGRAM  https://www.instagram.com/the_grimerica_show_podcast/    Tweet Darren https://twitter.com/Grimerica   Connect through other platforms: https://www.reddit.com/r/grimerica/  https://gab.ai/Grimerica    Purchase swag, with partial proceeds donated to the show www.grimerica.ca/swag Send us a postcard or letter http://www.grimerica.ca/contact/ Check out https://www.champignonmagique.ca http://www.lostbreadcomic.com/ link to Napolean Duheme's site  Felix’s Site sirfelix.bandcamp.com   Christmas Carol Video   MUSIC Grimerica Theme - Lock & Key  Quit Bitching - Broke for Free  Free Thinkers - Sir Felix Ortega II

Kevin and Bob talk about the federal government response to COVID-19, a little bit more of Andrew Cuomo's response, and whether we should be taking this serious. Is just media fear mongering or is there something to this? Plus, the world keeps moving on; FISA abuses continue with the renewal of the USA Freedom Act. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radiofreenewyork/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiofreenewyork/support

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian talks a short bit about the latest Coronavirus moves, Elizabeth Warren's crash and burn, and Rand trying to reign in the USA Freedom Act. But the real plum is Bernie Sanders defending "untried" socialism and citing Finland's healthcare system...which collapsed the government in 2019. Also: Biden pulls father ahead after this week's primary win in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's Electric Libertyland Brian talks a short bit about the latest Coronavirus moves, Elizabeth Warren's crash and burn, and Rand trying to reign in the USA Freedom Act. But the real plum is Bernie Sanders defending "untried" socialism and citing Finland's healthcare system...which collapsed the government in 2019. Also: Biden pulls father ahead after this week's primary win in Michigan.

The NSA's use of call detail records to spot cross-border terror plots has a long history. It began life in deepest secrecy, became public (and controversial) after Edward Snowden's leaks and was then reformed in the USA Freedom Act. Now it's up for renewal, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, or PCLOB, has weighed in with a deep report on how the program has functioned – and why NSA has suspended it. In this episode, I interview Travis LeBlanc, a PCLOB Member, about the report and the program. Travis is a highly effective advocate, bringing me around on several issues, including whether the program should be continued and even whether the authority to revive it would be useful. It's a superb guide to a program whose renewal is currently being debated (against a March 15 deadline!) in Congress.

Bio Bärí A. Williams is an attorney and startup advisor, previously served as Vice President of Legal, Policy, and Business Affairs at All Turtles, an artificial intelligence studio. Her primary practice areas include emerging technology transactions, privacy and data protection, and terms of service. She is the former Head of Business Operations Management for North America at StubHub, where she was responsible for business planning and operations to manage and oversee technical internal and external metrics, product innovation, and partnerships and drive P&L results across the company. Prior to StubHub, Bärí was a senior commercial attorney at Facebook supporting internet.org connectivity efforts, building drones, satellites, and lasers, and supporting the company's supply chain. She also successfully took on the passion project of creating and implementing Facebook’s Supplier Diversity Program, launched in October 2016. She has served as an advisor to startups in the enterprise and e-commerce space, including Blavity (and AfroTech), Bandwagon, Owl, and Telepath.    Bärí is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (BA, Mass Communications), St. Mary’s College of California (MBA), the University of California, Los Angeles (MA, African-American Studies), and the University of California, Hastings College of Law (JD). She is also a published author with bylines in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, and Fast Company. She recently gave congressional testimony on bias in AI in financial services in Feb. 2020. Her book, Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations About Identity, Privilege, and Bias, will be released on March 31.     Resources Human Interest Bärí Williams, Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations about Identity, Privilege, and Bias (2020) Bärí A. Williams News Roundup   Tech responds to coronavirus   Tech giants are responding to coronavirus fears as Amazon reported that an employee contracted the illness.   Facebook has cancelled its annual participation in SXSW. The social media giant has also pledged to give the World Health Organization as many free ads as needed to combat the virus.   And Google has canceled its annual I/O developer conference which was scheduled for May 12th and 14th. Google has also halted international travel for employees.   NYPD to remove innocents’ DNA profiles from its database   The New York City Police Department has said that it will remove DNA profiles of individuals who haven’t been convicted of any crimes. The New York Times reports that some 82,000 DNA profiles in the NYPD’s database belong to non-criminals. NYPD had detained and collected DNA evidence from kids as young as 12. The Times reports that officers once offered a 12-year-old a soda during questioning then collected the boy’s DNA from the straw. Many other individuals who were merely questioned, who weren’t convicted or in many cases not even arrested, also had their DNA collected. The database will be purged in the coming weeks and, going further, the NYPD will collect DNA from children only in cases involving felonies, sex crimes, gun charges, and hate crimes.   House seeks info from Ring on surveillance     Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy wrote Amazon VP of Public Policy Brian Huseman requesting extensive information regarding its home security subsidiary Ring’s partnerships with law enforcement to surveil communities with Ring’s footage. Back in August, Ring began disclosing the police departments it has been working with which, as of today, includes some 967 police departments nationwide. In the DC area, participating police departments include Takoma Park, Bladensburg, Seat Pleasant, Prince George’s in Maryland, and, in Virginia, Alexandria’s Police Department is working with Ring.   Judge: Instacart cannot misclassify workers as independent contractors   A San Diego judge has found that Instacart cannot misclassify workers as independent contractors. In granting a preliminary injunction against Instacart, the judge ruled to enforce the new AB5 law which seeks to ensure that gig workers are classified as employees in order to access benefits and have the right to form a union. NBC News has more.   Democrats split on cybersecurity   The Hill reports that Democrats are split on what to do about reauthorizing the USA Freedom Act, the cybersecurity bill put in place following Edward Snowden’s revelation that the National Security Agency was storing millions of Americans’ phone numbers. Adam Schiff and Jerrold Nadler are spearheading efforts to reauthorize the bill while more liberal Democrats, including Zoe Lofgren, are seeking more privacy protections. Many of Schiff’s allies during the impeachment hearing are now opposing his efforts to reauthorize the cyber bill and, interestingly, the White House has also weighed in saying the President, including Attorney General Barr, wants the full bill reauthorized without changes. The disputed changes involve the extent to which there should be more transparency in how the FISA court operates with regard to surveillance.  

Matthew Heiman, Former Attorney with the National Security Division at the U.S Department of Justice – Thoughts on the March deadline to reauthorize provisions of the USA Freedom Act to also reform the FISA court

* Deep State’s Coronavirus Plot: Inside sources tell us Pelosi and McConnell are scheming to slip renewal of the USA Freedom Act into a bill funding the efforts to ward off the Coronavirus – Ron Paul. * Hollywood Celebrity Patricia Arquette Calls For Americans To Shut Down Economy To Oust Trump. * Trump Campaign Sues NYT for Defamation – Op-ed claimed Trump had deal with Putin to defeat Clinton in 2016. * Why Didn’t Trump Help Defend James Edwards When He Had the Perfect Opportunity To Do So? * Trump Declares He’s Going to Open Up libel Laws. * How Bad Could It Get? Companies Gauge Threat. Whether the economy slides into a recession may be determined by the way businesses react to the outbreak – NYT. * Clinton to Launch Podcast, With a Surprising Influence – Politico. * Lawyers: ‘Devastating’ New Evidence in Lori Loughlin Case. Notes turned over by prosecution prove her innocence, defense team says. The government has been improperly withholding core exculpatory information, employing a ‘win at all costs’ effort rather than following their obligation to do justice,” Singer said in his notes that the FBI told him to lie. * ‘Shark’ Out $400K in Phishing Scam. Barbara Corcoran ‘won’t be getting the money back’. – Newser. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty in his sexual assault trial in New York on two charges, but acquitted on three others including some of the more serious charges of being a sexual predator. The next phase is sentencing which will happen on March 11 where he faces a possible sentence of 5-25 years. Shayna Jacobs, courts reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for the verdicts and also how it's not over just yet, Weinstein still faces charges in LA. Next, Congress is getting ready for its next fight, the clash over surveillance reforms. Lawmakers have a March 15 deadline to figure out how and whether to reauthorize provisions of the USA Freedom Act, including the controversial records program known as Section 215. Lawmakers may even want to work in changes to the FISA court. Jordain Carney, Senate reporter at The Hill, joins us for more. Finally, Target's delivery app, Shipt, is getting some pushback from its workers. Some are describing a culture of retaliation after speaking up on Facebook groups dedicated to being a helpful community for Shipt shoppers. Some have complained about the new algorithmic pay model the app uses now and are even being deactivated for speaking up. Lauren Gurley, staff writer at Vice's Motherboard, joins us for more on what it's like to work in the delivery app gig economy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 09/10/2019, including: On December 15th, 2019, Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act will once again come up for sunset. For years, the government used Section 215 to secretly collect all telephone records across the United States. The USA FREEDOM Act of 2015 restricted this practice, yet last year, under only one part of Section 215, the NSA acquired over 434 million phone records. Our panel of experts will discuss what the public knows and what policymakers need to know before Congress considers reauthorizing Section 215. Trump donors and their businesses face fresh wave of boycotts, public shaming. In one of the latest examples, a Facebook post on a page called simply “Ban Kenny Chesney from Pittsburgh” threatened to make public a list of almost 100 local businesses in the Pennsylvania city that are owned by Trump supporters. While the page has since been taken down, a new website has been promised that will include “a database of Trump supporter-owned businesses in the Pittsburgh area, as well as tips for how to get those specific businesses closed down.” 'Deepfake challenge' aims to find tools to fight manipulation. Technology firms and academics have joined together to launch a "deepfake challenge" to improve tools to detect videos and other media manipulated by artificial intelligence. The initiative announced Thursday includes $10 million from Facebook and aims to curb what is seen as a major threat to the integrity of online information. It represents a broad effort to combat the dissemination of manipulated video or audio as part of a misinformation campaign. Oxford professor Philip Torr, one of the academics participating, said new tools are "urgently needed to detect these types of manipulated media. "Manipulated media being put out on the internet, to create bogus conspiracy theories and to manipulate people for political gain, is becoming an issue of global importance, as it is a fundamental threat to democracy," Torr said in a statement.

Departing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats sent Congress a letter requesting that several features of the misnamed USA FREEDOM Act be made permanent, allowing the US government to spy in Americans in perpetuity. The Trump Administration wants to be able to intercept phone calls and text messages as well as snoop into business records and other violations of the Fourth Amendment. The FREEDOM Act was passed after Ed Snowden revealed that the NSA was illegally spying on American citizens. Falsely advertised as "reform," the replacement bill only made "legal" the illegality of the PATRIOT Act. Will Americans find the will to oppose this creeping tyranny?

Bio  Kriti Sharma (@sharma_kriti) is an Artificial Intelligence expert and a leading global voice on ethical technology and its impact on society. She built her first robot at the age of 15 in India and has been building innovative AI technologies to solve global issues, from productivity to inequality to domestic abuse, ever since. Kriti was recently named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and was included in the Recode 100 List of Key Influencers in Technology in 2017. She was invited as a Civic Leader to the Obama Foundation Summit. She is a Google Anita Borg Scholar and recently gave expert testimony on AI Policy to the UK Parliament in the House of Lords. While much of Silicon Valley worry about doomsday scenarios where AI will take over human civilization, Kriti Sharma has a different kind of concern: What happens if disadvantaged groups don’t have a say in the technology we’re creating? In 2017, she spearheaded the launch of the Sage Future Makers Lab, a forum that will equip young people around the world with hands-on learning for entering a career in Artificial Intelligence. Earlier this year, she founded AI for Good, an organization creating the next generation technology for a better, fairer world. Kriti also leads AI and Ethics at Sage. Resources AI for Good   Kriti's Ted Talk: How to Keep Human Bias out of AI    Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks   Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas   News Roundup   Amazon shareholder effort to restrict company’s facial recognition fails   Two Amazon shareholder resolutions to curb Rekognition—with a K—the company’s facial recognition platform—failed to garner shareholder approval last week. One proposal would have required the company to determine whether the technology violates civil liberties before rolling it out to law enforcement. The other resolution would have required Amazon to conduct a study of human rights violations posed by Rekognition. While Amazon is reluctant to address these issues, Google and Microsoft have pledged not to sell their facial recognition to law enforcement.   U.S. spy chief warns U.S. businesses about China   The Financial Times reports that U.S. National Security Advisor Dan Coates has been warning U.S.-based companies about doing business with China. Coates has even gone as far as sharing classified information with executives.  The classified briefings come amidst a U.S. trade war with China which includes a ban of China-based tech company Huawei from doing business in the U.S. because of a cozy relationship it allegedly had with Iran and the fact that China is alleged to be using the company’s components to spy on the U.S.  The Financial Times says the briefings have largely focused on the espionage and intellectual property threats China poses.     Senate passes anti-robocall bill   A bi-partisan bill introduced by Senators Ed Markey and John Thune, that would slap robocall offenders with a fine of $10,000 per call, passed the Senate with a vote of 97 to 1 on Thursday. The legislation also increases penalties for scammers and works to combat number blocking. The bill is called the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACE) Act and now heads to the House where Democrat Frank Pallone’s got a similar bill in the works.     Google tweaks abortion ad policy   Google has tweaked it policy for abortion ads after several misleading abortion ads showed up on the platform. Now, the company’s saying that it will certify advertisers who want to place abortion-related ads as either abortion providers or non-providers. Any advertiser that doesn’t fall into one of those categories won’t be able to run abortion ads on Google.   Events     Wed., 5/29   AT&T/Carnegie Mellon Livestream: Privacy in the World of Internet of Things 1pm-2:30pm   Fri., 5/31 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Public Forum on the USA FREEDOM Act 10:00AM-12:30PM Reagan Building 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW   Mon., 6/3   Federal Communications Commission Consumer Advisory Committee Meeting 9:00AM 445 12th St., SW

FBI, CIA, Congress, Patriot Act, USA Freedom Act, Smith-Mundt Modernization Act, etc... Listen as we connect the 4th Amendment & Due Process dots for you that should be connecting in the minds of those who tasked with the preservation of Liberties. It must start with us, or it will never begin. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-krisanne-hall-show/support

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Sputnik News analyst and producer Nicole Roussell. Maria Butina, the Russian graduate student who pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to fail to register as a foreign agent, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison. She already has served nine months in jail awaiting trial. Prosecutors had accused Butina of a wide array of crimes, in addition to using sex to collect information, none of which was true, and they had to withdraw numerous accusations against her. Still, she gets prison time when American co-conspirators will sleep in their own beds tonight. And that’s despite the fact that she cooperated with prosecutors. Sputnik News analyst Nicole Roussell, who attended today’s sentencing hearing, joins the show. Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden yesterday apologized to law professor Anita Hill for his treatment of Hill during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings that he chaired in 1991. Well, he didn’t really apologize. He said that he “regretted what she had to endure.” Hill responded that she was deeply unsatisfied with the statement and added that she was troubled by recent reports that Biden has repeatedly touched women in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. Brian and John speak with Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, the executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. Donald Trump took questions from the press today before departing to the NRA convention, giving a series of bizarre answers on a wide range of topics. Ted Rall, an award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist at www.rall.com, joins the show. NSA has is recommending the cancellation one of it’s most controversial collection program, the wholesale gathering of metadata from American citizens. The program was initially revealed by Edward Snowden and ruled illegal in 2015 unless it conformed with the USA Freedom Act. But does the NSA still retain vast spying operations targeting the public? Bill Binney, a former NSA technical director who became a legendary national security whistleblower, joins Brian and John. It’s Friday! So it’s time for the week’s worst and most misleading headlines. Brian and John speak with Steve Patt, an independent journalist whose critiques of the mainstream media have been a feature of his site Left I on the News and on twitter @leftiblog, and Sputnik producer Nicole Roussell.Friday is Loud & Clear’s weekly hour-long segment The Week in Review, about the week in politics, policy, and international affairs. Today they focus on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign announcement, efforts by the Trump white house to illegally seize the Venezuelan embassy in D.C. and efforts by US peace activists to prevent this illegal seizure, the summit between North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, The U.S. economic growth report and more. Walter Smolarek, Loud & Clear producer and Sputnik News analyst, joins the show.

Craig is on the Jim Polito show with Danny Farrantino filling in for Jim. They talked about the AI, artificial intelligence, that the government is using to track and determine would be criminals, the risks of it, and President Trump not renewing the NSA surveillance program. These and more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Related Articles: National Security Agency Halts Surveillance Program Because Trump Won’t Renew It These Cameras Can Spot Shoplifters Even Before They Steal ---  Transcript: Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors. Airing date: 03/12/2019 Risks Of Government Controlled Artificial Intelligence Craig Peterson: 0:00 Hey guys, Craig Peterson here. Hope you're having a great morning. This morning, I got to talk on the Jim Poliito show with Danny, the producer, because Jim is overseas. He's touring around Italy and France and a few other places, send it in little daily reports. But we talked this morning about the dangers of these new artificial intelligence systems being used by government and now being used by police department in California by the guys that used to be able to set bail and whether you get out on bail. And retailers to kind of save them a few bucks, in fact, billions of dollars by stopping shoplifting. So here we go with Danny. Danny Farrantino 0:49 Who knows what that music means? It means it's time to get a little techie. And National Security Agency, the NSA, it appears Craig may be stopping some of these surveillance programs they've been doing over the past few years. Craig 1:05 Yeah, this is a really interesting thing. And by the way, you know, Jim's over there. And obviously he's looking to see what are the people thinking in Italy and France? And what did they think of Americans, as you just mentioned, and I'm not sure that anyone's really thought this through. Because if somehow we're thinking that Jim is a good representation of your average American, there might be an issue there, Danny. Danny 1:36 Well, unfortunately, my producer Steve out in Western Mass, told them all he needed to know was Prego, so he texted us this morning. And everyone in Rome thinks he's pregnant. He doesn't know what's going on. Craig 1:51 Anthony. Alright sounds good. Well let's about the NSA program because this is astounding. It is not being covered in the general news out there. But it is a very, very big deal because the National Security Agency has been tracking Americans for years and years. That program was substantially increased during the Obama administration. And there were spying on every communication we had. They were collecting metadata, and they could use that to figure out where you were, basically figure out who you were, who you were talking to, they were recording calls, etc, etc. So President Trump comes into office, and all of a sudden the NSA decides what they've been doing might have been illegal. And so illegal in fact that some of these records that they knew they had collected that were way outside what the law allowed for. They deleted so they deleted like three years worth of data collection. Well, now, here we are, in 2019, this program, which was authorized under the so called USA Freedom Act, I love it, how they name some of these terrible acts like they're they're just wonderful patriotic things. But anyways. Danny 3:12  It's for the people, Craig. Craig 3:14  It is for the people. It requires reauthorization of the end of this year. And apparently what's happened is the NSA has decided that since President Trump doesn't like this program, and he doesn't like Americans being spied on illegally, that he is not going to renew this program. Now, this is this whole program that we found out because of the so called whistleblower and all of the data that he had released and very scary thing. But we found out about this and that the NSA is apparently going to dish this whole program, which they apparently have not had a single conviction because of this program. And we're talking hundreds of millions of dollars and actually, they were collecting so much data. Danny that in drove up the price of hard disks. Danny 4:12  Because they were taking them all. Wow. Craig 4:13 Yeah, because they were taking them absolutely. So we found out about this from a guy named Luke Murray. He's a national security adviser to the House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. So in other words, we found out about this program going away. We found out that President Trump didn't like it that it probably wasn't going to be reauthorized from an assistant here to the House Minority Leader it's it's fascinating all the way around. Obviously the democrats have something to do with this as well because they may not pass it through the house President Trump doesn't like it he's already had a lot of this stuff shut down. Thank goodness they are finally starting to pay attention to what we the people want which has to be free in our communications in our papers to have privacy. You know we can give it up all we want to go to Amazon and Google and Facebook but that's us given it up it isn't our government spying on us? Danny 5:15 Yeah, you know, some people making the argument well, if you're not doing anything wrong, who cares? But it's just kind of the general principle and then not only that, Craig but as you say, if they've had zero convictions with all of this data they've collected what what good has it done? Craig 5:28 Yeah, it really hasn't done any good and when it gets down to that argument of well if you have nothing to hide but take a look at what's happened with the Mueller investigation where Muller excuse me investigation was thinking Bueller right Ferris Bueller. But with a smaller investigation where they were not investigating a crime they were investigating people and that's the sort of thing that happens in socialist governments if we know fascist, communist all versions of socialist I'm where you are investigated. And as has been said, show me the person I'll show you the crime. So if they if the government has all of this information, and with the hundreds of thousands of pages of rules, regulations, laws on the federal level, my goodness, the last half of the last year of the Obama administration we're talking about 50,000 new pages of regulations. We you know, my wife was a police officer and she said in the academy, she was a state trooper, in the academy they were told before you leave your home in the morning the on average you violated two to three laws having all of this just makes it so they can strong arm anyone and convict anyone of anything and that to me, that's just very scary. Danny 6:50 Well, it brings up a point of you saying the government watching and me trying to find crimes or whatever else moving over to Japan. Now Japan trying to solve crimes before they even take place. Craig 7:01 Yeah, this is a you know, something that we were warned about. Right. It's been a theme of, of our science fiction movies for many many years, you know, pre-crime with a Tom Cruise movie and many others that are out there but this is a whole new type of technology. We know that in in socialist China that they're monitoring everybody they've got cameras everywhere. They've now got this whole social credit thing. And if you say something negative against the government if you jaywalk, they're monitoring you. They know who you are, and they're taking away your right to travel because of what you say, if you're not politically correct. In China, you can even get on an airplane over there. It's really gotten bad. We're now looking at pre-crime in the US where we have  computer programs that have been analyzing all of our violent crime patterns. And the police are are sending police officers excuse me and investigatory teams into areas where the computers are saying, there's likely to be a crime here. I have real problems with that because, again, it's a computer. But I have even more problems, Danny, when in California, they're trying to get rid of bail bondsmen and in fact, they're trying to get rid of bail entirely. And what they're doing in California is they said, well, we've got a computer program and we'll just feed in all of the data about you. We'll feed in your social network comments. We'll feed in your travel history. We'll feed in your criminal history, and then the computer is going to come up and decide whether or not we should release you. Danny 8:58 Oh, that sounds like a smart idea. Craig 9:00 Isn't that brilliant? Now, how can you challenge that? You know, the computer program was written by programmers, are you going to be able to hold them into court? Are you going to be below examine every line of code? In fact, the people that wrote the programs are saying no, you can't have access to our source code, its proprietary. So now you're going to be judged by a piece of computer software that you cannot bring into court. You know, you can challenge a traffic ticket, but you can't challenge this in California. And now what you're talking about, I think in in Japan is this cameras being tied into yet another computer program. And these cameras are deciding whether or not they think to look shifty. Whether they think that you might be a shoplifter. So there they can tie into pretty much any computer or excuse me, any security system that's out there, and this software, it's a kind of a machine learning, AI and it's, again, out of Minority Report. And what they're saying is that retailers in the US and UK are, are are losing money, right, though they're losing about $34 billion a year in lost sales because of shoplifting. It accounts for about 2% of revenue. So in an industry where the margins are quite thin, it could save them a whole bunch of money. And so they're turning to this computer program that's going to watch you and decide whether or not it thinks you might be a shoplifter. Now, right now, they're saying the right way to do it is if it's if it's identifying someone that's looking around that that seems to have some body language that might indicate that they're shoplifter, they're saying, well, just send security over and ask that person if they need any help. And almost all always just having that person realize that they're being watched is enough for them not to shoplift. But what's the next step? You know, Danny, it's one thing to have socialist countries monitoring us. As President Trump pointed out, we're not a socialist country, well, at least he has, right? And having these technologies in place just makes it easy, that easy for the government to do things that take it to the next level of private business. Again, it's one thing for them to monitor you to warn you, but this is really getting me more and more concerned. When should computers be monitoring us? And what should they be doing? I don't mind them monitoring me for symptoms of a heart attack, because I'm wearing an Apple Watch and it might save my life. But the rest of this I'm I just don't like. Danny 1:55 Especially when a lot of it is I guess, per se, at least an Apple Watch that's giving you a hard target data where something like this machine in Japan is we think maybe might be you might be guilty. Craig 12:08 Yeah, or the software they're using a New York City to pre-place the police officers are in California to decide whether or not you might be a flight risk. It's we're going that way, Danny, it's going to be happening more and more. You got to bet that the legislature right here in the Commonwealth is looking at something like this pretty seriously as a way to save money and and track people maybe stop crime. I don't know where do we draw that line? Danny 12:37 Unfortunately, you know, you want to keep people safe. But you also want to give people their own personal personal space as well. So and unfortunately, that line is very thin as you say Craig. Craig as always great stuff. Of course, we only got to about half of it. People want to hear more. What do they do? Craig 12:52 All right, everybody. I am back to working on content here delivering on this huge course on cyber security, DIY cyber security. Anyways, take care. Have a great day. Bye bye. --- Don't miss any episode from Craig. Visit http://CraigPeterson.com/itunes. Subscribe and give us a rating! Thanks, everyone, for listening and sharing our podcasts. We're really hitting it out of the park. This will be a great year!  More stories and tech updates at: www.craigpeterson.com Don't miss an episode from Craig. Subscribe and give us a rating: www.craigpeterson.com/itunes Follow me on Twitter for the latest in tech at: www.twitter.com/craigpeterson For questions, call or text: 855-385-5553

Should police have the ability to control your car? We're going to talk about automakers are talking about giving police control over your car. Pay with cash? Not in Britain. Britain and some other European countries are moving towards a cashless society. What does it mean? Remote skimming of your Credit Cards. The Secret Service is warning about High Tech Thieves using this tactic. Auto insurance and Autonomous Vehicles. We'll be talking about that and what's happening with auto insurance when it comes to these new self-driving cars. Ransomware what's happened to it, why don't we heard as much about it anymore. The National Security Agency, NSA, halted that surveillance program. We will be talking about that they had that surveillance program that Edward Snowden really got in trouble for. Cameras that watch for prospective shoplifters? Yes, cameras with AI software designed specifically to spot shoplifters even before they steal. For more tech tips, news, and updates visit - CraigPeterson.com --- Transcript: Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors. Airing date: 03/09/2019 Trump Halts NSA Surveillance Program - AI Spotting Shoplifters - Autonomous Vehicles Police And Insurance Craig Peterson: 0:00  Hey, it's that music must mean it is time for me to get going. Good morning everybody. Everyone who's tuning in on the radio, listening on the iHeart app or even listening to the podcast. It's a lot of fun. I'm honored to be here every week and I get so many great comments from people thanking me for everything I do and I do try hard as they say, right Avis - we try harder. I try hard to get you all of the information you need to know and help you out. From putting on those master classes for you and trying to do all of this stuff without the sponsorship, that personally I kind of find a little bit annoying but you know that's the price right? You have to pay for the time on the air etc., etc. So I'll Anyhow, you are tuned in for the half hour we have today. We're going to talk about automakers here giving police control over your car. What's happening with that. Britain and some other European countries are moving towards a cashless society. How about ours? What does it mean? We get another warning out from the Secret Service about high tech thieves, and how they're doing remote skimming now of your credit cards. Auto insurance. This came up this week I was chatting with someone. So, I found a really great article on Bloomberg that I shared on my website. We'll be talking about that and what's happening with auto insurance when it comes to these new self-driving cars. Yes, indeed, this is going to be a very big deal especially for those smaller insurance guys who are out there. Ransomware what's happening what's happened to it, why don't we heard as much about it anymore. The National Security Agency NSA, they have halted that surveillance program. We will be talking about that they had that surveillance program that Edward Snowden really got in trouble for. These cameras are designed to spot shoplifters even before they steal. And the whole concept of artificial intelligence came up this week as well when I was chatting with a couple of different radio stations and also a little bit on my show last week. So, let's get started with that. The NSA, we know that they threw a huge net out there, they were doing bulk data collection on U.S. domestic phone records. It was abused apparently by the feds multiple times. It looks like the Obama administration might have abused it as well. And under the so-called USA Freedom Act, which was put in place by the way to replace the act that had been in effect since 911. So, the USA Freedom Act. It requires reauthorization at the end of the year, and President Trump is saying that he doesn't want to extend it. Isn't it interesting how the tables have turned? You know, we've had the Democrats screaming about privacy, about all of these things for so many years. And now it's come out that of course, they are the party of no free speech. Just try and say something against them, see what happens to you. We just had had a case of a guy on campus out at UC Berkeley, getting just cold-cocked right in the face because of his exercise of free speech. And when it comes to free speech, of course, now the Democrats are introducing a law that would put in place an old FCC rule that they had under the Obama administration that actually hurt the development of the internet. Well, I'm sure I'll end up talking about that in a future show as well. But President Trump apparently is not looking to extend it. Not at all. That's according to Luke Murray and he's the National Security Advisor. And what's interesting too, is he's a security adviser to the Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy. Now, this didn't come out of the White House. So, who knows exactly what's going to happen. But the New York Times is reporting on this. CNN is reporting on this and if the left is reporting on it. Well, I guess they want it in place, right. They want to be able to monitor their opponents, their so-called enemies. Well, the NSA last year disclosed it had found technical problems with the program that led to the collection of records on U.S. persons didn't have the authority to collect while da they were collecting absolutely everything. Remember, they said, oh, we're just collecting phone metadata doesn't really matter. It's not a big deal. And then it turned out well, yes, metadata, in fact, can be used to figure out who you are who you're talking to. Where you were, track you around, okay. Very, very big deal to collect that metadata. Well, according to Murray, he said that the administration actually hasn't been using it for the past six months because of problems in which way the information was collected. You remember last year and reported late last year in 2018, that the NSA had destroyed volumes, just tons of the data they had been collecting under the order. Of course, the new Trump administration because you can't monitor people, right? We're supposed to be safe. We're supposed to have privacy in our papers and our persons. It's just crazy how far it's gone. He said, it possibly is collecting information on US citizens the way it was transferred from private companies to the administration after they got to FISA court approval. And we know there have been some serious issues with the FISA court approvals based on what we're starting to hear about the FISA court warrants. And you know me I've been against these all of the time I've called them star-chamber proceedings because there's there's no way to defend yourself. Now it's not quite the same as a grand jury we're obviously you can't defend yourself in a grand jury, either, right and the grand jury You know the old statement that you can indict a ham sandwich with the grand jury. Absolutely true. But when it comes to the grand jury, now it starts the whole legal process and it starts out in the open with the FISA court everything is top secret which is what? It's an absolute probability that we are going to get some abuses of the system, right? Is it that the way that always ends up going so Murray also noted that reauthorizing the program would be challenging he says I'm not actually certainly administration will want to start that the back up where they've been the last six months in other words The Trump administration came in saw the abuses that were occurring, saw the problems with the data and stopped the program. They destroyed a lot of the data that was illegally collected on US citizens, US persons. And they have not been using the data. And you remember testimony on this whole thing from the National Security director in front of Congress saying that they had not indicted a single person. Had not made a single arrest because of the data that had been collected in this program. And yet, there's so much data being collected and stored that it actually drove up the price of hard disks in the United States. Because all of this data was being collected and stored there, most of it in Utah at the point of the mountain. The whole thing is just nuts. You know, anyways, you get me going here on a Saturday morning. Let's move on to another topic here that's going to get me going when it comes to shoplifters and AI Well, you know, artificial intelligence, AI, what it's all about. There's a great article in Bloomberg, you'll find on my website. Okay. It's from Bloomberg. And it's talking about this Japanese startup called VAAK. VAAK has developed what they're calling artificial intelligence software. And this software is designed to look at people to watch the footage. And from that footage, try to hunt for potential shoplifters. We've talked before about some of the programs that are in place, a software that's being used by police departments here in the US and around the world. And the software that is trying to predict where crime is going to occur next. Frankly, pretty darn scary stuff there is no two ways about it. And now this startup is saying that they can use footage from regular security cameras. And what it does is it looks for people who are fidgeting, who are restless, and other potentially suspicious body languages. And I'll go into any detail about what that actually means. But this really does remind me of the movie Minority Report. We keep going back to that, don't we? Where we've got algorithms here instead of the three people who can see into the future. We got algorithms analyzing the security camera footage and then what it does is alert staff about potential thieves and it does it via a smartphone app. So, think about what they've been doing over in Vegas for so long where they're monitoring everybody on the floor the looking for people who are trying to game the gaming system out there. And they have the security guards running around and you do something they don't like and you're going to the very least be ejected Well, in this case, the goal is prevention. And what happens here is if the targets approached and asked if they need help. They found that it's a good chance that the theft never happens. So, they have a smartphone app that the security people are carrying around, the loss prevention people, and they see somebody is looking a little fidgety. The app automatically informs them. They go over and just say Hey, need any help. And that's about all it takes. Now we're talking about real money. Shoplifting costs the global retail industry about $34 billion in lost sales in 2017. It's crazy and that's the biggest shortage source, excuse me, of shrinkage. Of course, there's a lot of shrinkages. It goes out the back door of the store as well. But the biggest one is people who are stealing and that amounts by the way to 2% of revenue. That's a huge chunk of revenue when you get right down to it. And the whole retail industry is known for very narrow, very thin margins. So, when you're talking about 2% of revenue, it's hurting them dramatically. But the other side is if they can stop it that opportunity is absolutely huge. And they're projecting that retailers are going to invest about $200 billion in new tech this year. That's according to Gartner. And they'll probably become more open to embracing technology to meet consumer needs. Interesting stuff isn't it and you know we're being tracked as we walk around the stores our smartphones are being used to track as if you've got an iPhone a more recent iPhone they really can't track you very well, they don't know when you're re-entering the store but this company got founded and funded to the tune of about a half a million dollars and it's the middle of a series A seeking to raise $10 million or more courses all Japanese yen I'm doing quick comparisons and translations in my head, as we're going along, so, we'll see what happens there. And you can expect to be monitored by this software or something very similar to it next time you go shopping because some of this is already out there. And they're using it, the police departments to determine who might be a terrorist. They're comparing our faces to the National Crime NCIC information computer system. Where all of our data is being shared. A lot of states take our drivers licenses and share that information. I still don't have a regular driver's license that has the TSA compatible components on it. Because I don't want the state to keep my picture although that means I have to have a passport as well in order to in order to have that ability to fly. Although I try not to fly, whenever possible. So, let's talk about our cars here for a second and the police and these new autonomous vehicles. By now everybody's heard of Elon Musk, and you've heard of his cars, the Tesla's and and I remember a few years back talking about how Consumer Reports, of course, reports on cars and how they had a very high rating and how the National Transportation Safety Board, when they tested the Tesla Model S for safety, it basically broke their whole system because it performed so well. They had to revise and to change the way they measure the safety of cars because Tesla was just so good. Well, now we've got a few issues with Tesla, first of all, Consumer Reports has put all models of Tesla on their lower, do not buy lists from their top list, which is kind of a shocker. And that's due to the long term effects of owning a Tesla, the longevity. Where part start to fail how expensive they are, if you bought a Tesla you probably notice how crazy expensive the insurance is. Because it's expensive to repair a Tesla. Which I guess makes sense there aren't a lot of them and there aren't dealers everywhere. There's no competitive market for Tesla parts. Now we've got Elon Musk, making a statement that truly got some people concerned. And he's kind of backtracked that statement a little bit. But Elon Musk was talking about how our Tesla's within a year or so, is going to be completely autonomous. They are going to be completely self-driving, even on side roads. And there's debate as to whether or not that's even possible at this point in time that Tesla doesn't have the same sorts of sensors that the other fully autonomous vehicles that are currently on the road being tested. It doesn't have the same types of sensors with LIDAR and other things. So, can they actually do it? And, and that's where he kind of backtracked a little bit. Well, when we have these autonomous vehicles, there are so many questions that come up, and we're going to talk about two of them right now. One of them is should police have the ability to control your self-driving car? Bloomberg published a story last Wednesday about how our autonomous vehicle should interact with law enforcement. Because there was a story that came out back in December 2018 about a driver who fell asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla with his autopilot engaged. And apparently, the driver was drunk I guess is what was going on. But at any rate, he fell asleep. So, that Tesla is driving down the highway and the police are trying to pull it over and they cannot pull it over. So, they're trying to figure out what what-what do we do here, the drivers intoxicated, he's falling asleep behind the wheel, the cars driving down the highway at whatever speed was driving at the time. This is a problem that autonomous vehicle manufacturers are going to have to address. And it's also something Law enforcement going to have to try and figure out as well. Now it's one thing if it's a completely autonomous vehicle, you look at some of those stuff like Mercedes has, there's no steering wheel, there's no driver you get in where you are "fall on the floor" drunk or you are wide awake, working on business stuff, you have no responsibility to control the car. The car can be pre-programmed to take you somewhere which would happen in the case of like a like an almost a taxi service saying, pick me up here. Drop me off there and off it goes. Right. That's what Uber is aiming for. We have also privately owned vehicles and we can do this thing like Take me home. And so the car just takes you home, right? And life hopefully is good. Well, should the car be monitoring you? If you're vomiting? Should the car redirect itself to the hospital should it be monitoring your pulse and respiration, to know that, hey, you just had a heart attack, I need to take you to the hospital. You know, how far does the responsibility of the autonomous vehicle and it's manufacturer and software developer, how far does that responsibility actually extend. Very, very good questions here and man, we are going to have some fun as time goes forward as we try and answer these. So, going back to December 2018, you got a drunk driver in a Tesla sound asleep. Normally what would happen that car would be involved in a wreck. Someone else might be terribly injured. A whole family might be killed. Heaven knows that It's happened before. Now that cars just driving down the road all by itself and the police officer notices the guys asleep. So what they did is the police went and blocked the car in. So they got in front of the car. They got behind the car. They got beside the car on both sides. And they just slowed down. And the Tesla sensors said okay, was nothing I can do here. I have to slow down I can't change lanes. And so the Tesla ended up stopping which makes sense, right. But should that Tesla notice those flashing lights? Should that Tesla have had the ability for the police officers to say, stop and pull over, Right? How far should have been able to go? and if that car has the smarts to stop for flashing light, what's to stop a bad guy from just using the strobe in their car to have, you know the car in front of them pull over. So, that they can molest someone or what whatever it is the bad guy wants to do. And even if it's not based on the flashing lights, which it would kind of have to be, initially. Because we're not going to have the control systems in the police vehicles, but if the police vehicles now do have those control systems and they can pull the car over with just a remote command. Wants to say that again, the bad guys aren't going to try and hack those. So, very murky legal territory. If you own that car, should the police have the ability and the right to control that car and how far should that go? Particularly, if that vehicle and or the driver of the vehicle is not doing anything illegal? So? you're just driving down the road everything's wonderful. You are being all the speed limits all of the traffic signs, you are not being erratic, you're not zooming past people. Should the police be able to pull you over at that point? Kind of goes back to, I guess, the checkpoint things, right? Should you have to stop at a sobriety checkpoint even though you know that you are sober. and I don't like those personally either, because even though I never drink and drive, and I've never been drunk, even though that that has never happened to me, I still resent these things because it is truly an invasion of privacy. Very interesting questions, Isn't it? Very interesting. We already have police departments that have these remote controlled little race car type things that they can launch from underneath their car. And what happens is they drive it underneath the car in front of them. So, it's this little, think of this little RC cars, you know that you had remote control cars, that you're driving out there. Well, they have in the middle do 80 miles an hour. So, it goes right up under your car and then it sets off an electromagnetic pulse, which of course shut off your engine if you're driving a modern car. And now your engine shut off and you have to stop because there's no engine anymore, right? Should they be allowed to do that? Well, they're already doing that in some jurisdictions. Now we got another point here when we're talking about self-driving cars and I think friends of mine that are in the insurance business and I start getting really kind of worried. A Tesla Model X in Southern California. If you were to buy that, the insurance premium at least this is a few years ago, was about $10,000 a year. Now, I mentioned already why Tesla's are so expensive? Because they're very expensive to fix. You can get into a five mile an hour accident, a fender bender basically in the Tesla and it can cost you five to 10 grand to get that fixed. Okay. It's a very big deal, but there's also the limited self-driving, what they call autopilot mode on the autonomous vehicles. Now, there are more and more sensors that are getting built into these things, but the underwriters and the actuaries are trying to figure out, how do they handle this new type of risk before it was you, you were in control, and either your equipment failed. And you know, your brakes didn't work, you couldn't steer your tire blew out, whatever it might be, and they know what those numbers look like because they've got a century-plus worth of data. Simple enough, right? Well, how about you as a driver? Well, they've got information on you as well and nowadays are using credit checks and everything else, which I think is nuts in order to come up with your insurance rate. But they've got all of this data and there's very few Model X's on the road. So, how do they figure that out? And then the bigger question when we start looking at this, it was addressed. This is really great, Deloitte, you probably familiar with that company, in 2019 insurance outlook report, they said the rise of connectivity has generated a massive amount of real-time data and turned the insurer's relationship with policyholders from static and transactional to dynamic and interactive. So, what this means is basically everything has changed. We're now transitioning that transitions is just starting now. If your autonomous vehicle is in an accident, who's responsible? Do you even need to have insurance anymore? No, you might have medical insurance, you might have some sort of collision insurance kind of a gap insurance sort of thing for you. For your medical expenses or for the medical expenses of other people in your vehicle. But even then, who should be responsible for the medical expenses, because the tables we have right now that the insurance companies are using to figure out our liability and how much they should be charging us, those are based on more than 90% of accidents are caused by human error. So, if you take the driver out of the equation when it comes to the accident itself. We're talking about big changes for insurers because 90% of that whole market transaction is changing. So, this is absolutely huge. They're forecasting trouble for insurers as automation becomes more widespread. Premiums could drop, they're saying maybe 12% or so by 2035. I think they should probably drop more than that. But who carries the insurance is the person who owns the vehicle? Is it the person who's in the vehicle operating it? quote unquote, even though they may not even have a steering wheel. Is it the manufacturer of the car, that should be liable? Is it the people who wrote the software? Is the company that was contracted to write the software? And remember, there isn't just one piece of software, there are dozens of computers and I mean, dozens and dozens and dozens of computers in a modern car, each one of them could fail. Is that the manufacturer of the CANBUS or whatever the buses all of these computers are using to talk to each other? Who has the liability? So, as automation levels in these cars reach level.s four and five, where you have complete fully autonomous, no human involvement. Insurance is going to change dramatically. So, what about the local guy that's been selling new insurance for your vehicle, forever? Isn't that interesting? You're still going to have some insurance I'm sure that's never going to go away but in this case, the driver won't be the risky part. The liability is really going to migrate to the manufacturer. The licensees of the software. It's just going to change. Nationwide is one insurance company that's starting to think about the problem and I'm sure, frankly, all of them are but Nationwide's come up with some interesting stuff. So, check out online Craig Peterson dot com, you are going to find an article here that you've got to read. This is from QZ dot com. Britain is moving to a cashless society. So, what happens to poor people who don't have bank accounts, credit cards. Who doesn't have access to that? Sweden already is a great example of how not to get rid of cash. Most of the banks in the country of Sweden don't accept paper money or coins. Same things true of a lot of restaurants and stores, even public toilets. How about the elderly. The poor, people with handicaps. Okay, what's going to happen Unknown 27:00 of them in cash isn't available. Got to think about all of this stuff. The government likes the idea because it's easier for them to track and make sure people aren't cheating. But on the other hand, I'm not sure that this is such a great idea. And you know me, right. I am a cash kinda guy. Anyhow, have a great day we will be back next week and tune in every day if you're not already on my podcast. Have a look for it you'll find me Craig Peterson dot com slash iTunes you can go to Craig Peterson comm slash almost anything Facebook or Twitter or I think SoundCloud TUNE IN JUST Craig Peterson dot com slash iTunes and let me know what you think. Leave a message say hello and have a great week. Make sure you check this morning's email you should have gotten my newsletter which is at Craig Peterson dot com slash subscribe comes out every week. Have a great day. Take care. Bye-bye. ---  Related articles: National Security Agency Halts Surveillance Program Because Trump Won’t Renew It These Cameras Can Spot Shoplifters Even Before They Steal Where Has All The Ransomware Gone? 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The USA Freedom Act, which allows the lovely men and women of the NSA to harvest Americans call data, will be expiring at the end of 2019. Does this mean there are no alternatives although the NSA claims they haven't utilized the system in 6 months -- I wouldn't believe it. Read more here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/05/nsa-mass-phone-surveillance-program-end/ || Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend!

In our 224th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Duncan Hollis regarding his and Matthew Waxman’s paper, “Promoting International Cybersecurity Cooperation: Lessons from the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).” Stewart and Duncan are joined by Maury Shenk, Christopher Conte, Jamil Jaffer (@jamil_n_jaffer), and Laura Hillsman to discuss: California’s new privacy law; SEC charges a second Equifax manager with insider training; White House draws a line in the sand over ZTE in statement of administration policy – but not veto threat, and the president decides only to beat up Chinese investments once; serious problems in the USA Freedom Act record system; facing reality, Reality pleads; kind of a sad showing for Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act’s information-sharing provisions; The Intercept continues to pioneer relevance-free journalism; trust in social media is collapsing, especially among Republicans, who (remarkably) also think tech companies need more regulation. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm. 

00:00 - Intro 01:06 - I got a GTX1060 & New Power Supply 02:33 - Twitter Alternative to Cable? 05:45 - Hulu TV Beta is Live 08:00 - Change to YouTubes Desktop Layout 09:50 - New YouTube Shows & Pushing out Controversial Content Creators 12:45 - Facebook Rewards 15:20 - Game of Thrones Actors Required to Use 2 Factor Authentication 16:45 - NSA Ignored the USA Freedom Act 19:25 - FBI Pushing for Access to Encrypted Devices (https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/03/fbi-director-comey-backs-new-feinstein-push-for-decrypt-bill/?ncid=rss) 24:53 - Danny Devito & Jeff Goldblum Comedy Show! 25:35 - A Great Drum Sampler Plugin 28:04 - Ask Bandrew 32:08 - Outro On episode 67 of the podcast, the only personal thing I talk about is my experience installing a new graphics card and power supply in my computer. In news, I talk about a bunch Twitter Live streaming news, and how this may be something that helps people who want to become cord cutters. I also talk about Hulu TV, and what you should expect out of that service. In Youtube news, I talk about the new desktop layout and some of the new features that come with the new design. I also talk about YouTube's plans to roll out new series that they are paying hundreds of millions to develop, and I offer some advice to YouTube Execs. In other news, I talk about facebook rewards, actors being forced to use 2 factor authentication, the NSA ignoring the USA Freedom Act, and the FBI pushing for access to encrypted devices. Submit your questions to be answered on a future episode to AskBandrew@gmail.com The Bandrew Says Podcast is available on: ►iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bandrew-says-podcast-audio/id1046423132?mt=2 ►Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ieua25h7tadlb2ti4p5nclqhjuu?t=The_Bandrew_Says_Podcast_Audio_Video__Tech ►RSS Feed: http://bandrewsays.libsyn.com Follow us on: ► Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bandrewsayspodcast ► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bandrewsays ► Website: http://www.geeksrising.com

Did the US government really just give away the Internet? Is the USA Freedom Act worse than the Patriot Act? All that and so much more as we discuss ICANN, the UN and so much more in this week's episode. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-remso-martinez-experience/support

Despite the success of last year’s surveillance reform legislation (the “USA FREEDOM Act”), the U.S. retains the ability to collect millions of Americans’ phone calls and e-mails without a warrant—and without any oversight by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court—under Executive Order 12333 (EO 12333). The order underlies the intelligence community’s most expansive surveillance authorities. It generally governs the interception of electronic communications overseas, but as a Brennan Center report shows, its broad scope has significant implications for Americans.   Just Security, the Brennan Center for Justice, and a panel of leading experts discussed a range of issues about the questions surrounding EO 12333 surveillance.  Panelists included Neema Singh Guliani Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union; Deborah Pearlman, Associate Professor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Rebecca Richards, Director, Office of Civil Liberties and Privacy, National Security Agency; Ames Toh, Legal Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression; former Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice; and Harlan Yu, Principal, Upturn.      

Welcome to the new format! This is show started as the Fallacy Friday Podcast and now you get MORE show. It is now Logical Anarchy Today and it is a Monday through Friday half hour show tackling the fallacies in the news.One today's show, Jon tackles Turkey shooting down a Russian plane as well as the end of bulk data collection at the NSA due to the "USA Freedom Act".News Mentioned:Turkey will not apologise for shooting down a Russian jet.Turkey caught smuggling 800 shotguns into Belgium.Would Turkey Act without US permission?The US Government created ISIS by supporting "Salafists" in Syria.McCain met with ISIS and didn't know it.NSA Must stop Collecting Data - Reason Article.Yahoo Article.Justin Riamondo's Opinion on the USA Freedom Act.Support the show by entering Amazon through our link HERE!Support the show on Patreon HERE!Use this address to add the Logical Anarchy Today show to your podcatcher or subscribe on iTunes!http://shoutengine.com/LogicalAnarchyToday.xml

Case Western Reserve University School of Law Arthur W. Fiske Lecture Series Institute for Global Security Law & Policy Speaker: Catherine Lotrionte Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and Foreign Service Director of the Institute for Law, Science and Global Security Georgetown University Summary: After a heated battle that played out on Capitol Hill, the US Congress, on June 2, 2015, passed the USA Freedom Act, extending three surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act which had expired and amending, arguably the most controversial provision of that statute, section 215, which allowed bulk collection of US phone records by the National Security Agency. According to the new provisions on bulk collection, the NSA will no longer maintain the database of US phone records. Rather the NSA will have to request such records from the phone companies holding the records pursuant to an order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Both the roving wiretap and lone-wolf provisions of the USA Patriot will go back into effect under the USA Freedom Act. The new law also requires the declassification of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions containing significant legal decisions. While the new law has been described as a win for privacy, the security-versus-privacy debate is far from over. Certainly, the law has been a significant post 9-11 surveillance reform measure but the ultimate ramifications for security and privacy based on what was changed and what was not changed by the law needs further public discussion. The fact that there still remain numerous legal authorities that the federal government can rely on to conduct surveillance both domestically and internationally along with the continued concern voiced by intelligence officials about the threats facing this nation call for a much closer look at the effectiveness of the reform measures with both privacy and security in mind. This talk will outline the legal changes under the USA Freedom Act and what they mean for intelligence collection. It will also identify additional existing legal authorities for intelligence collection outside the USA Freedom Act, raising questions of whether further reform may be in the future. Lastly, it will identify some of the challenges the new law will pose for those responsible for protecting the nation from threats.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide?Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy, each posing difficult policy questions. Should encryption technologies be engineered to include back doors for government, as some law enforcement officials have proposed? How should companies respond to ever-growing demands for user data on a borderless Internet — and what consequences will the answer hold for America’s technology sector and global freedom? What tools can individuals rely on to protect themselves from intrusive states and malicious hackers? Does cybersecurity require sharing ever more information with government? Are new laws required to regulate the increasing use of cell phone location tracking by police?The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference will explore these questions and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A little over a month after the events of September 11th, 2001, an Act of Congress called the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by then President George W. Bush. Despite its controversial expansion of government power pertaining to domestic surveillance, law enforcement, and border security, President Obama signed an extension of what were key provisions in 2001. That extension expired this past summer, but parts of the extension were renewed for another four years under a new name, the USA Freedom Act. Arguments for the continuation of the Patriot Act typically pivot on the belief that citizens who aren't committing crimes have nothing to fear, but the role and impact of national government surveillance is more complex. With the USA Freedom Act in its first year, I invited The Verge's Colin Lecher to explain the original law, how it has evolved, and in what ways it could effect the average person, like you and me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our seventy-sixth episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Jason Weinstein, and Alan Cohn discuss: USA Freedom Act aftermath: DC Circuit received supplemental briefs on section 215; ACLU leads charge against the 215 program; Hacking Team doxxing draws attention to the risk involved in hiring hackers; FERC proposes to revise CIP rules with a focus on supply chain practices; Boston Hospital HIPAA settlement; Russia’s right to be forgotten is signed; this week in Prurient Cybersecurity: Hackers broke into Ashley Madison; and Listener Feedback: Maybe TLS isn’t just privacy theater; as attribution gets better, false flag operations do too. In our second half we have an interview with Annie Antón and Peter Swire, cybersecurity and privacy power couple and professors at Georgia Institute of Technology. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In Part 1 of this Overt Action podcast, we talk about the 2015 USA Freedom Act, how it reforms US intelligence, and whether it gives Americans more privacy

In Part 2, we look at the politics behind the passage of the 2015 USA Freedom Act and argue that despite a few (serious) hiccups, this bill represents the better parts of our democracy--and that our government can come together and compromise.

--{ "An Evil Genius in Control - Moriarty? Reps Ignore Voters; Vote with the Party" © Alan Watt }-- Founding Mythologies - Conditioning, Slogans - Bertrand Russell - Academia - Waking Up versus Reacting - Private Corporations Run the World - Club of Rome, Man-Made Global Warming - Governance, NGOs, Think-Tanks - System Run by Psychopaths - Masses Go Along with Simplistic Reasons - Democracy Sham - Carroll Quigley - Trade Blocs, Abolition of National Sovereignty - Facts don't Matter - Australian MPs can't Reveal Details of TPP Agreement - Austerity - Deal Benefits Big Corporations - 2015 United Nations Climate Change - Important People within Academia - Jeffrey Sachs, Economist (Technocrat) - Russian Mafia - Shock Therapy, Large-Scale Privatization - Sachs Advocates Sustainability, Debt Cancellation, Adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon - Millennium Development Goals, Agenda 21 - USA Freedom Act 2015 - Orwell, Techniques of Keeping You Stupid - Canada, Fast-Track of Trans-Pacific Partnership - Sherpas - Technocrats Spend Years on Details of Agreements - What's the Point of Voting? *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - June 7, 2015 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)

PNN News Director Rick Spisak is joined by his special co-host Luis Cuevas of Progressive Push who will discuss the growing challenges to the corporatist Dems and Whither Goes the Democratic Party is 2016? Our regular Political Commentator Ms. Brook Hines will share her political analysis on the State of the Democratic Party and the powerful impact of Progressive thought on the old business as usual mentality, with Brook on the case, guaranteed sparks will fly. Professor Wendy Lynn Lee Philosopher and Activist will discuss the end of Section 215 Spying and the implications of the newly passed USA Freedom Act. Alan Maki - Union Organizer from the Minnesota will give us his take on the state of working men and women in one of our purplest of states. TUNE IN - Live Sunday at 7pm ... or anytime Solidarity & Peace  

Journalist Marcy Wheeler joins the show to discuss the surveillance state now that the USA Freedom Act is law. She breaks down what the law does and what it does not do. She highlights how the NSA is targeting "malicious cyber activity" with the warrantless wiretapping program. She also highlights the FBI as one of the government agencies most in need of attention from activists because of its role in mass surveillance.During the discussion portion of the show, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola highlight how the US government declassified some of the torture memories of a former CIA detainee, Majid Khan. Gosztola talks about journalist Jason Leopold and how he was told to never file another FOIA request with a Pentagon in-house think tank. Khalek discusses a Texas law allowing people to carry firearms on school campuses and how President Barack Obama is trying to get an anti-slavery provision taken down out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 

LISTEN- You won't believe what they did to that poor bunny...In Episode 58, Congress Passes the USA Freedom Act and Right-Wingnut Rand Paul and Left-Wingnut Bernie Sanders aren't happy.  Meanwhile the NSA is looking at our grocery lists.Next we take a look at FIFA, Sepp Blatter, Vladimir Putin, and wonder how a sport no REAL American cares about can bring the world to the brink of war.  Cabbage Patch Geoff has a front row seat and sings us song about the latest gathering of Republican Presidential hopefuls..it's called "Clown Car".  In other, non-political events, we learn the results of a British Experiment ...it has monkeys in it, so you know it's fun.  And then, we take note of the Animals who dominated the news- from a Pig in Michigan to a Rabbit in Denmark.  We don't make it up...it comes to us in the news, and we bring it straight to you.It's a good ride, so buckle up and have fun!

This week on CounterSpin: Proponents say the USA Freedom Act, while not perfect, at least means the end of NSA collection of US citizens' phone records. Is that really true? Could the law's shortcomings outweigh its merits? We'll hear from Sue Udry, executive director of the Defending Dissent Foundation and acting director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee. Also on the show: Murder charges will be brought against the Bangladeshi factory owners and government officials responsible for the 2013 collapse at Rana Plaza, the garment industry disaster that killed more than 1,100 people. Barbara Briggs is associate director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights. We'll talk with her about what's being done to prevent such nightmares going forward. The post CounterSpin – June 5, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.

On this week's podcast, we get excited about some sporting updates, get the lowdown on newly passed USA Freedom Act and discuss why Senator Elizabeth Warren isn't happy with SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the show, special guest Nancy Youssef of the Daily Beast joins Ben and Shane to discuss the Senate's passage of the USA Freedom Act. Also, why do Americans hate government surveillance but tolerate big corporate data aggregators? And there's anthrax in the Pentagon! Later, in our Object Lesson, we mourn the passing a screen icon (of sorts) and celebrate a new day in national security publishing. 

Show discussing news/politics/law/culture from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Hosted by Amy Peikoff The "USA Freedom Act" passed this week, over the objection of some notable pro-privacy, pro-freedom politicians (Rand Paul and Justin Amash among others). Are their concerns well-founded? This and more on tonight's show.  

Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about tiny frogs, suicide bombers, climate change, FIFA, Charlie Charlie Challenge, the USA FREEDOM Act, the FBI Air Force, Enrique Iglesias, the gaokao, algal blooms, The Combover Kid and female viagra.

This week, Chris and Andrew host the show without Joey, who failed to arrive at the studio for as yet unknown reasons. Despite Joey's absence, the guys discuss the media's coverage of the Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair cover and contrast it with the lack of coverage of other stories like Akon's Lighting Africa Initiative, the passage of the USA Freedom Act this week and some disturbing American polling data on NSA surveillance programs, an irritating CNN segment featuring S.E. Cupp and her “Outrage Of The Week”, and a documentary Andy watched about Maricopa County's Tent City Jail. All that, and more, so check it out! Thanks! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ManSamp ... twitter.com/A_Lozzi ... twitter.com/JoeyFromJerzey ... twitter.com/StandUpNYLabs Watch live on DailyMotion, Thursdays at 4:00pm: dailymotion.com/video/x2hj1sj_s…y-labs-live_fun Please rate and subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/manda…id932147356?mt=2 Go to StandUpNYLabs.com to listen to all of the other great podcasts on the network.

En un mundo en el que cada día los sistemas operativos de escritorio causan menos y menos conmoción, la gente de Microsoft acaban de anunciar que su nuevo sistema operativo Windows 10 saldrá al mercado el 29 de julio del 2015.  Y encima de eso la lista de bondades nuevas que trae es tan corta que no vale la pena ni mencionarla. Por su parte AT&T anunció que se unirá a las compañías que han eliminado los subsidios y los contratos a la hora de comprar un teléfono celular inteligente.  Entérate de lo que eso va a representar a la hora de comprar tu próximo teléfono. Y el senado de los Estados Unidos acaba de aprobar el nuevo USA Freedom Act que reemplazará el Patriot Act aprobado durante la administración del presidente George W. Bush, y que dio lugar a la intercepción y grabación de llamadas telefónicas por parte de la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad (NSA). Y tengo que admitir que de primera intención me equivoqué.  Los Apple Watch se están vendiendo como pan caliente.  Por lo menos por ahora.  El reloj se ha colocado como el producto de más venta de la Compañía al momento de su lanzamiento.  A largo plazo, ya veremos. Y Amazon le dispara por encima de la proa a Ebay con su nuevo servicio de envío gratuito en productos económicos y pequeños.  Entérate de todo lo que vas a poder comprar sin pagar franqueo. ENLACES: Windows 10 estará disponible a partir del próximo 29 de julio Apple, Best Buy y otros detallistas dejarán de ofrecer subsidios en teléfonos de AT&T Enrique Iglesias recibe lesiones menores en su mano derecha al intentar agarrar un drone en pleno vuelo. No te pierdas el video. /* Senado federal aprueba el USA Freedom Act cuyas provisiones eliminan la capacidad del NSA de intervenir indiscriminadamente las llamadas telefónicas Escucha la opinión del senador Ron Paul sobre el USA Freedom Act /* Apple Watch rompe todos los récords de venta de esa compañía durante un periodo de lanzamiento Amazon ofrece franqueo gratuito en artículos pequeños y livianos [sc:FirmaOrlandoMergal21015 ] [sc:EnlaceDeAfiliado ]

It's law! The USA Freedom Act, which reauthorizes and privatizes portions of the Patriot Act, is being called a victory for privacy... but it's not. In this episode, find out all the details of the bill that was signed into law just hours after this episode was recorded, including how it continues bulk data collection and lets the most powerful men in the United States get away with breaking the law. Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! H.R. 2048: USA Freedom Act of 2015 Title I: FISA business records reforms The government will need to provide "a specific selection term to be used for the basis" for the data being collected The term can't be the name of a telecom, unless that telecom is under investigation The term can't be a "broad geographic region, including the United States, a city, a county, a State, a zip code, or an area code" The term must be something that "specifically identifies an individual, account, or personal device." The government will have 180 days to comply after the bill is signed into law Limits ongoing phone call record collection to 180 days unless extended Orders the telecoms to keep secret the order from the government to turn over call records The Attorney General can require records be turned over in "emergencies" if he/she informs a judge and applies for the warrant within 7 days. If the warrant is denied, nothing collected under the Attorney General's emergency power will be admissible in court, "except with the approval of the Attorney General if the information indicates a threat of death or serious bodily harm to any person." The Attorney General will be in charge of determining if the standards above are met. Eliminates a clause that lets a judge immediately dismiss a protest from a company fighting a FISA order Gives immunity to any company that hands over information under a FISA order or an emergency order from the Attorney General Companies will be paid for "expenses incurred" producing the information or assisting the government with FISA or emergency orders "Call detail record" will not include the contents of the call, the person's name, address or financial information, or the cell phone's GPS location. The bill expressly says that nothing in the USA Freedom Act will limit the government's authority to get orders from the secret FISA court, as authorized in by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Title II: FISA pen register and trap and trace device reform The Attorney General will get to determine the privacy procedures for the use of tracing devices installed to track phone numbers dialed in monitor Internet communications. Title III: FISA acquisitions targeting person outside the United States reforms "Limits on use of unlawfully obtained information" can be waived if the government fixes whatever illegal thing they were doing, which would allow information they collected before the fix to be used in court. Within 180 days after enactment, FISA court judges will pick at least five people to serve as amicus curiae - "friends of the court" - to argue on behalf of privacy and civil liberties. FISA court judges will write the rules for the amicus curiae participation. The FISA court gets to decide if the amicus curiae's participation is appropriate The Director of National Intelligence must make publicly available "to the greatest extent practicable" any FISA court decision that includes "a significant construction or interpretation of any provision of law" The decision, order, or opinion can be released to the public in redacted form The Director of National Intelligence can waive the requirement to make FISA decisions, orders, and opinions public as long as they say it's "necessary to protect the national security of the United States or properly classified intelligence sources or methods". Title V: National Security Letter reform National Security Letter (NSL): Letters served by the FBI to telecoms that allow the FBI to secretly demand data. There is a gag order on anyone who receives these letters, guaranteeing that the public is not told and that there is no judicial review. Allows NSLs to be issued for telephone, financial, and consumer records if the order "specifically identifies a person, entity, telephone number, or account as the basis for a request". There will be a gag order, preventing companies from telling anyone that the FBI is requesting the information, as long as the order also has a notification of the telecoms right to judicial review and if the FBI says disclosure could result in: "A danger to the national security of the United States" "Interference with a criminal, counterterrorism or counterintelligence investigation" "Interference with diplomatic relations" (new) "Danger to the life or physical safety of any person" Title VI: FISA transparency and reporting requirements Orders the government to submit a bunch of new reports to Congress Allows companies served with National Security Letters to publicly report approximately how many NSLs they've received They can only report the number of FISA orders and NSLs subject to a gag order to the nearest thousand They can only report the number of FISA orders and NSLs not subject to a gag order to the nearest 500. They can report twice a year on the total number of orders, directives, and NSLs served to the nearest 250 These reports are only allowed to cover NSLs for the previous 180 days Once a year, they can report on the total number of orders, directives, and NSLs they were required to comply with to the nearest 100 The FISA court, if their ruling "includes significant construction or interpretation of any provision of law or results in a change of application of any provision of this Act", will have to submit their decision or denial of disclosure petition to Congress within 45 days Title VII: Enhanced national security provisions Emergency monitoring of a person outside the United States is limited to 72 hours without a warrant Extends PATRIOT Act and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 provisions until December 15, 2019. Title VIII: Safety of Maritime Navigation and Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation Allows civil forfeiture of property of people suspected of trying to harm a United States ship Gives a fine of up to $2,000,000 and possible life in prison to a person who possesses radioactive material or a device with intent to damage people or property or someone who threatens to do so. Sound Clip Sources Hearing: House Judiciary Committee Markup of H.R. 2048 from April 28, 2015 Senate Floor Proceeding: May 20, 2015 Senate Floor Proceeding: May 31, 2015, Part 1 Senate Floor Proceeding: May 31, 2015, Part 2 Speech: President George W. Bush speaks at Kansas State University, January 23, 2006. Television Appearance: President Barack Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, August 6, 2013. Hearing: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lies to Congress, March 12, 2013. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: HBO, October 5, 2014 Information Presented in This Episode USA Freedom Act Article: White House backs bill that would end NSA bulk collection of phone records by Ellen Nakashima and Mike DeBonis, Washington Post, May 11, 2015. Article: House Votes to End NSA’s Bulk Phone Data Collection by Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, May 13, 2015. Article: House reaches deal on bill to end NSA phone collection by Associated Press, April 30, 2015. Article: House Says No To NSA Bulk Data Collection As Fight To End Mass Surveillance Gathers Momentum by Thomas Fox-Brewster, Forbes, May 14, 2015. Article: US Congress to vote on bill banning NSA from bulk-collecting phone calls by Spencer Ackerman and Sabrina Siddiqui, The Guardian, May 13, 2015. Patriot Act Expiring Provisions Legal Summary: Section 206 - Roving Surveillance Authority under FISA by Mary DeRosa, American Bar Association. Legal Summary: Lone Wolf by Mary DeRosa, American Bar Association. Legal Summary: Section 215 - Access to Business Records under FISA ("Libraries Provision") and Section 214 - Pen Register and Trap and Trace Authority under FISA by Mary DeRosa, American Bar Association. NSA Surveillance System Article: Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, December 16, 2005. Article: The NSA is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) by James Bamford, Wired, March 15, 2012. Article: The NSA's New Spy Facilities are 7 Times Bigger Than the Pentagon by Aliya Sternstein, Defense One, July 25, 2013. Article: In NSA-intercepted Data, Those Not Targeted Far Outnumber The Foreigners Who Are by Barton Gellman, Julie Tate, and Ashkan Soltani, Washington Post, July 5, 2014. Editorial: Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan Rule That Lets the NSA Spy on American by John Napier Tye, Washington Post, July 18, 2014. Podcast Appearance ProfitCast Episode #48: Effective NON-Marketing Ways to Grow Your Podcast - Interview with Jen Briney Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio) Bill of Rights Song by Rhythm, Rhyme, and Results Let Their Heads Roll by Jack Erdie (found on Music Alley by mevio)

JustN is back giving you a quick update on the news making headlines for the week of 6-1-15. Such as : Animal Control Officer Confuses Stuffed Tiger For Real ThingEquifax Credit Agency Settles Lawsuit With Man Named GodSpanish Police Seize Hundreds Of Pounds Of Cocaine Hidden In PineapplesBaltimore seeks more federal aid in face of murder surgeThe NSA is temporarily restarting bulk collection of call records, thanks to the USA Freedom Act 82-year-old arrested for slashing tires over bingo

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Michael Salamone chats current events with Rev. Quincy Worthington, the USA Freedom Act, the Fourth Amendment, Presidential Polls, Religion and more. Rev. Quincy Worthington is a pretty big deal in the world of theology, a good friend of Michael's and comes to us from outside of Chicago. Michael Salamone is a musician and writer in Denver, CO who always wanted to have a talk show. This is that show.  

Eric invites you into his closet and verbally shows you the place where all the magic happens. It really is in his closet, with boxes that were packed years ago and have never been unpacked. Don't judge - you have them too! Then he gets down to the business of the day. Will the Tesla Power wall replace all other forms of energy in the home? If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we (fill in the blank)? That single cliche is destroying our ability to think or understand the magnitude of problems and the solutions that are required. The USA Freedom Act is a good bill. Eric breaks down why he thinks so...

Earlier this week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the USA Freedom Act, which was designed to prevent the NSA surveillance program from collecting American's phone records. This bill was passed after a federal appeals court ruled that the NSA's call records spying program is unlawful. This bill also comes just weeks before the Patriot Act is set to expire. On Sunday, we will discuss the new bill as well as the debate over government surveillance vs. civil liberties and privacy with: Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Senior Counsel to the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security Program

5-15-15 Show; Government Regulations cost businesses $1.88 trillion dollars in 2014. Is it time for businesses to just stop obeying the laws and regulations? Also Congress passed the USA Freedom Act which is supposed to reign in the NSA mass collection of phone data. Does it really do that though? Photo credit: Getty Images

Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about Jerusalem, ISIS, FARC, Okinawa, cannabis, Patti Smith, The USA FREEDOM Act, dirtboxes, Trappy Pirker, immigration, the Keystone XL oil pipeline, synesthesia, and tuition.

Abby Martin remarks on the start of US airstrikes in Syria despite restrictions against such actions under international law. Former NSA officer and whistleblower Bill Binney goes over why the USA Freedom Act being argued in Congress doesn’t resolve issues with the existing surveillance framework in the US. Finally, journalist and author Chris Hedges reveals where the recent mass climate change demonstrations in New York fall short, as well as why he believes revolt is the only solution to restoring a functioning American democracy.   Click Here to watch the latest Breaking the Set ==>  Breaking The Set 9-23-2014 Get Breaking The Set Notifications Delivered Straight To Your EmailEnter your email address:Delivered by FeedBurnerLIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSetFOLLOW Manuel Rapalo @ http://twitter.com/Manuel_RapaloFOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin

Nathan, Mike, and Mahler talk about the Siberia to China pipeline, the Greenland Ice Sheet,Thailand, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Narendra Modi, titanosaur, The USA Freedom Act, High Assurance Cyber Military Systems GM, Mitch McConnell, AT&T, and FBI cannabis.

Edition #818 Burn it to the ground   Today we attempt to watch the watchers and see if there's anything to be done about them.   Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith  Ch. 2: Act 1: Drones, metadata, and Dirty Wars - @allinwithchris Hayes - Air Date: 02-10-14 Ch. 3: Song 1: Little Talks - Of monsters and men Ch. 4: Act 2: Is It Time for a New Church Committee? - @Thom_Hartmann - Air Date: 02-26-14 Ch. 5: Song 2: Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel Ch. 6: Act 3: No Escaping Dragnet Nation (Part 1) - @BillMoyersHQ - Air Date 3-14-14 Ch. 7: Song 3: Hide the truth - Chronicle Ch. 8: Act 4: Significant NSA Change Proposed By Obama - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 03-26-14 Ch. 9: Song 4: Heroic fanfare - United States Army Band and Chorus Ch. 10: Act 5: USA Freedom Act via @ACLU - Best of the Left Activism Ch. 11: Song 5: Activism - Shihan Ch. 12: Act 6: Senate vs. CIA - @majorityfm - Air Date: 03-12-14 Ch. 13: Song 6: Gone Too Far (feat. Jack Bruce;2012 - Remaster) - Robin Trower Ch. 14: Act 7: NSA Out Of Control - @dccommonsense - Air Date 3-23-14   Voicemails: Ch. 15: Latest trans episode was truly enlightening - Jim from Kentucky Ch. 16: Realizing how badly he'd misrepresented himself originally - Matt in Negaunee, Mi Ch. 17: "Queer" shouldn't be reclaimed by the LGBT community - Tory from Altlanta, GA Ch. 28: Thoughts on respectability politics - Prof. Rambo from Georgia   Leave a message at 202-999-3991   Voicemail Music:  Loud Pipes - Ratatat   Ch. 19: Final comments on respectability politics   Closing Music: Here We Are - Patrick Park   ACTIVISM: USA Freedom Act via ACLU USA Freedom Act via EFF   Sources/further reading: Text of the USA Freedom Act via Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) "Lawmakers Need to Get Behind the USA Freedom Act” via FreePress.net "Obama: US must 'win back the trust of ordinary citizens' over data collection” via The Guardian "NSA critics express 'deep concern' over route change for House reform bill” via The Guardian "What You Don't Know About The NSA Spying Program” Moment of Clarity video from Lee Camp   Written by BOTL social media/activism director Katie Klabusich   Produced by: Jay! Tomlinson   Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunes!

In this episode, the Politics Guys talk about security vs. privacy in the wake of the USA Freedom Act's passage. Mike and Jay are split on the issue, but not nearly as much as Kentucky's Senators are. They also check in on the massive 2016 presidential field, separating the contenders – Bush, Walker, Rubio, and … Continue reading "PG16: Privacy, Security, a Presidential Cast of Thousands, and Lying Graduate Students" Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy