One of the few positive things in the ill-named USA FREEDOM Act, enacted in 2015 after the Snowden revelations on NSA domestic spying, is that it required the Director of National Intelligence to regularly report on its domestic surveillance activities. On Friday, the latest report was released on just how much our own government is Read More…
Constitutional Rights
NSA Spied On 534 Million US Calls In 2017, Up Sharply From 2016
The NSA collected “call detail records” from over 500 million Americans’ phone calls in 2017, over three times the number gathered in 2016 according to a new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). This marks the second year of reporting following the passage of the 2015 USA FREEDOM Act – which requires that the Read More…
Federal Court Proves Government Loyalty To Big Pharma, Rules CBD Has No Medical Value
A federal appeals court ruled against the thousands of people who have experienced the life-saving effects of CBD oil by upholding the decision that the substance is a Schedule 1 drug. Washington, D.C. – (TFTP) The United States hemp industry was dealt a major blow on Monday after the federal U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Read More…
4 Ways The Crime Lab Can Frame You
So you’ve heard about the AI systems that can detect if you’re lying in the courtroom, right? Or the new security cameras that will be able to automatically spot suspicious behavior? Or the Department of Homeland Security’s “Future Attribute Screening Technology” that will supposedly help law enforcement discover whether someone is going to commit a crime before the Read More…
UN Debunks Israeli Lies, US Violates Iran Deal, US Citizen On ‘Kill List’ & Trump’s Nobel Nomination
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/3/18). More than ever I feel that the groups to which the mainstream media are preaching, are a very small faction of Americans, still clinging to the false hope Read More…
Journalists File Court Cases To Challenge Their Inclusion On A US Drone ‘Kill List’
Two journalists have today filed federal court cases in the United States to challenge their inclusion on a classified US “Kill List”, Reprieve said in a statement. Bilal Abdul Kareem, an American citizen and journalist working in Syria, escaped being killed by drone strike on five occasions, including two strikes on cars he was traveling in. Two Read More…