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'Sneak & peek' warrants allow police to secretly enter homes without notice

policestateusa.com

June 27, 2014

Covert tactics have become legally accepted and increasingly popular.

A little-known police tactic allows cops to covertly enter private residences, perform searches, seize property, and then leave quietly without notifying the homeowner. These searches, affectionately known as "sneak and peek" warrants, have been performed at a rapidly rising rate since 9/11. "Sneak and Peek" warrants in actuality a more extreme version of the over-used "no-knock" raids that we cover so often. After seeking out a judge's authorization, police are allowed to secretly break into private property without first announcing themselves or presenting the subject of the search with a signed warrant. Using this variety of warrant, officers intentionally wait until the subject is not present. The operations are performed covertly, and with the intention of masking the fact that any police activity took place.

Can I Go to Jail for Jury Nullification?

flexyourrights.org

June 18, 2014

The short answer is no. This principle comes from Bushell's Case, a 1670 English ruling. Edward Bushell was a juror in a case against William Penn and William Mead. The two were charged with holding a "tumultuous assembly."

The jury, which included Bushell, refused to convict Penn and Mead. This infuriated the panel of judges, who locked up the jury without food or water until they arrived at a "correct" verdict. The jury refused to change their verdict, resulting in Penn and Mead's acquittal. The justices were not satisfied. They fined the jurors and sent them to prison until the fine was paid. Bushell was one of the jurors who refused to pay the fine, and remained in prison as a result. He appealed his case, where a higher court overruled his punishment. The judge's ruling established the enduring principle that jurors cannot be punished for their verdicts.

IRS required by law to print out emails for record-keeping

dailycaller.com

June 17, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service is required by federal law to keep records of all agency emails and to print out hard copies of the emails to make sure they get saved in the event of a computer glitch.

The IRS recently claimed that it lost 24,000 of 67,000 emails that ex-official Lois Lerner sent between 2009 and 2011, due to a computer crash. The IRS, which agreed to turn over all of Lerner's emails to the House Committee on Ways and Means, specifically lost emails Lerner sent to other Obama administration agencies and the White House. Lerner is a major figure in the targeting scandal that has hit the IRS. "The [Federal Records Act] requires agencies to make and preserve records of agency decisions, policies, and essential transactions, and to take steps to safeguard against the loss of agency records," said House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, who subpoenaed IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Monday.

Governor wants Olympic torch relay in Fukushima

usatoday.com

June 17, 2014

The governor of Fukushima said Tuesday he wants the Olympic torch relay to come to the prefecture ahead of the 2020 Tokyo games so the world can see how far the region recovered from the nuclear crisis.

Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato made the proposal when he met with Yoshiro Mori, the former prime minister who heads the Tokyo organizing committee. Mori was in Fukushima as part of his tour of northern Japan devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Judge Nap on Lost Lerner Emails: Looks Like IRS Has Willfully Destroyed Evidence

foxnewsinsider.com

June 16, 2014

Judge Andrew Napolitano was on "The Kelly File" tonight to discuss two years of Lois Lerner's emails, which the IRS says it has lost.

Napolitano said the FBI can recover almost anything, and there needs to be a way for it to look for the emails. "The American public is entitled to confidence in the government," he said. To the average American, Napolitano said it "looks like the IRS has willfully destroyed evidence [...] in order to avoid revealing embarrassing violations of the law."

17 Things That Kill More Often Than Shootings by 'Far Right Extremists' in a Single Chart

ijreview.com

June 14, 2014

According to the START consortium at the University of Maryland, here is the threat from "far right" extremism in America.

Even if we factor in the Oklahoma City bombing we are talking about 16 fatalities a year. In a nation of over 300 million people. Let's contextualize by showing the odds of being killed by other things in America that are not "far right" extremists with this Economist chart. If the odds of dying in a given year for an American is about 20,000,000:1, then you are more likely to be killed by the following things than by "right-wing extremists"...

IRS Computer Crashed And Erased All Of Lois Lerner's Emails

dailycaller.com

June 13, 2014

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) claimed Friday that it cannot produce Lois Lerner's emails to and from the White House and other administration departments due to a supposed computer crash.

The IRS previously agreed to hand over all of the ex-IRS official's emails from 2009 to 2011 to the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Rep. Dave Camp. But the IRS claimed Friday that it has Lerner's emails to and from other IRS officials but it cannot produce emails to and from the Treasury and Justice Departments, the Federal Election Commission, or Democratic offices. The IRS' computer crash may go down in history next to the eighteen and a half minute gap in the Watergate tapes, which was supposedly caused by a mistake by Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods.

Citizen vs US Commerce Agent in Orwellian Stand-off: 'There is nothing private sir'

thefreethoughtproject.com

June 12, 2014

"You're being hostile towards me." A blood boiling interchange between a US Department of Commerce agent and an individual was captured on video.

Ronald Reagan once said that the 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." He had no idea how much more relevant those words would become. The basic function of the US Census was included in Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution in order to apportion the amount of representatives a certain geographical region would retain in the Congress. It states: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States ... according to their respective Numbers ... . The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years." This was solely to count the number of people, that is it.

Conan O'Brien May Not Know How Damaging His Parody Video of Hillary Clinton Is - But It's Hilarious

ijreview.com

June 11, 2014

Would Conan O'Brien do this to a male politician?!

Conan O'Brien had what surely may be called a "sexist" video aimed at Hillary Clinton (because everything making fun of Hillary is "sexist," right?), who batted away suggestions she might have suffered brain damage from her concussion that overcame her before she presented her Benghazi testimony. Try not to laugh, or you're a "sexist."

Cyberbullying law would let Canada cops 'remotely hack computers, mobile devices, cars'

thefreethoughtproject.com

June 11, 2014

New cyberbullying legislation introduced by the Canadian government is set to let police gain access to computers and remotely track cellphone users' movements and activities, privacy experts fear.

Bill C-13 Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act, known as the cyberbullying bill, is currently being studied by a parliamentary committee. In fact, the term 'cyberbullying' may be a bit misleading: there are no mentions of 'cyber' or 'bully' in the document, despite the fact that the bill originated following several children committing suicide as a result of online bullying. Despite the bill introducing responsibility for sending nude photos, for instance, what the law mainly does is greatly expand police authority, giving officers powers to remotely hack into computers, mobile devices or cars in order to track location or record metadata, director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Cara Zwibel told Members of Parliament. She added that those changes were "inappropriate."

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