The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters
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A growing number of firearm and firearm-related companies have stated they will no longer sell items to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens’ rights to own them.
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Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services alleging that S&P engaged in a scheme to defraud investors in structured financial products known as Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs).
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“So there were very important reasons why we were there, not just the State Department, but other government agencies.”
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French security researcher firm Vupen claim to have already developed a reliable windows 8 exploit, just days after the launch of latest edition of Microsoft’s flagship operating system
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Whatever the cover-up may be, the UANI is definitely pursuing the objectives put forward by the US government. Mark Wallace, who is heading this NGO, is a close associate of Senator John McCain
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Conflicts of interest in four EU agencies authorising food, medicines, chemicals and aviation security standards might be putting people’s safety at risk, an audit has shown.
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The microelectronics allegedly exported to Russia since 2008 by main defendant Alexander Fishenko, 46, and his Houston-based company Arc Electronics could potentially use for military purposes, including “radar and surveillance systems, weapons guidance systems and detonation triggers,” authorities said.
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The ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests on July 30 with the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Transportation to try to find out how much officials use the technology and how much it is paying to expand the program. Agencies are required by law to respond to FOIA requests within 20 working days, but more than a month later, only one DOJ office and a few DOT agencies have responded, according to the ACLU.
So the advocacy group is asking a federal court in Massachusetts to compel the DHS and other DOJ offices (FBI, Marshals Service, Drug enforcement Agency, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) to comply. The group is administratively appealing the DOT’s response, which the ACLU said was insufficient.
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Department of Homeland Security agrees to track motorists using a database built by the insurance industry.
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