The still-classified programme operates under the authority of a Reagan-era executive order and is therefore “entirely outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection,” they said. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) non-profit said: “These reports raise serious questions about what information of ours the CIA is vacuuming up in...
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UK Spy Agency Says AI Chatbots Pose a Security Threat
The cybersecurity unit of the General Communications Headquarters, the United Kingdom’s signals intelligence agency, warns that sensitive queries entered into chatbots like ChatGPT could be hacked or leaked. Source: UK spy agency says AI chatbots like ChatGPT pose a security threat
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How Aerial Surveillance Has Evolved Over the Past 200 Years
A Chinese spy balloon in the US is the latest in a long history of governments spying on each other from the sky. Aerial surveillance dates back to the French Revolution to UFO rumors to the Cuban Missile Crisis.It’s gone from hot air balloons to CIA gadgets to sophisticated live-streaming drones. Last month, the US...
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Iranians Outraged After Shah-Era Secret-Police Official Attends U.S. Rally
Tens of thousands of Iranian-Americans, including supporters of the exiled former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, held rallies in the United States* recently to show their support for the ongoing anti-regime protests in the Islamic republic.Among them was a man who has shunned the limelight for decades: Parviz Sabeti, the former deputy head of...
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Director of National Intelligence Barred From Reporting on Domestic Extremists in U.S. Armed Forces
From Lawfare blog, “Getting to Ground Truth on the Reach of Domestic Violent Extremist Groups Into the Military, Veteran, and Law Enforcement Communities,“ The only House provision that was adopted in the final NDAA was a call to screen social media usage for connections to extremist ties; however, the provision was limited to reporting on...