Domestic Surveillance

Capitol Insurrection Investigative Committee Seeks Records That Could Implicate President Trump and Other Republicans in Planning the Assault

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is quietly signaling that former President Donald Trump and other Republicans involved in inciting the seditious assault may not escape scrutiny. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, the Democrat from Mississippi, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, the Republican from Wyoming,…

Biden Administration Extends REAL ID Enforcement Deadline

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Staff Report – The Biden administration is further extending the deadline for citizens to go through the process of verifying their identity through the Real ID program due to circumstances resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The enforcement date will now be pushed back by by 19 months, from October 1, 2021 to May 3,…

South Carolina Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach

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Staff Report – A right-wing Trump supporter from South Carolina was arrested and charged last week for assaulting police officers and destroying government property during the Capitol insurrection on January 6, according to a press release just out from the U.S. Department of Justice. The department unsealed a complaint this week against Nicholas Languerand, 26,…

Four More Right Wingers Charged in U.S. Capitol Insurrection

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Staff Report – The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to make arrests and charge more domestic terrorists with crimes for breaching the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and trying to prevent the certification of the 2020 election. This week, a member of the Proud Boys and his brother…

Man From Maine Man Arrested and Charged in Capitol Breach

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Staff Report – A man from Lebanon Maine was arrested Thursday and appeared in U.S. District Court Friday on charges stemming from his assault on local law enforcement officers, as well as other crimes, during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 that disrupted a Joint Session of the U.S. Congress in the…

Another Member of the Proud Boys Charged with Obstructing an Official Proceeding

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Staff Report – Another member of the Proud Boys, a nationalistic, chauvinist domestic terrorist organization, was arrested Thursday and charged in federal court in the District of Columbia with obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, among other charges, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Ethan Nordean, aka Rufio Panman, 30,…

Proud Boys Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Insurrection

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By Glynn Wilson – The New York Times is now reporting that the first “conspiracy” to obstruct Capitol Police and Congress charges have been filed against two members of the far-right nationalist group the Proud Boys as of Friday night, according to federal prosecutors investigating the violent riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on…

New FBI Director Addresses Cybersecurity Threats at Conference

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Editor’s Note: It may not be crystal clear where the Federal Bureau of Investigation stands in credibility these days considering the tensions with the Trump White House related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian tampering with the 2016 presidential election. But the agency and its new director, Christopher Wray, are going out of…

Trump Shutdown Poses Real National Security Threat

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Experts say the nation’s cybersecurity could be deeply impacted with federal government workers on furlough and private contractors going without pay. SUNDAY READER – By Glynn Wilson — Celebrity President Donald J. Trump the propaganda master and magician is using his slight of hand again to command all the attention of the national news media…

Freedom of Speech Rallies Show Free Speech Alive and Well in America

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By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – White conservative activists for Trump rallied for “free speech” on the National Mall on Sunday while counter demonstrators held their own rally higher up on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in objection to “hate speech,” chanting “no Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.” To observers of all…

Russian Spies Charged in Yahoo Hacking Case

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By Glynn Wilson – Two Russian spies and two computer hackers have been charged with breaking into 500 million Yahoo email accounts between 2014 and 2016 in one of the largest cyber intrusions in U.S. history, according to a press release just out from the FBI. The charges were announced in the midst of ongoing…