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By MARK SATTER | CQ-Roll Call | Published: May 23, 2021 WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Christopher Warnagiris became the fifth service member, and the first on active duty, arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol. The Marine Corps major is charged with a slew of federal offenses after video and photographs showed him violently storming the Capitol, pushing through a line of police officers guarding the East Rotunda doors and using his body to keep...

Elsa Kania Elsa B. Kania is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. Her research focuses on China’s military strategy, defense innovation, and emerging technologies. Kania is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard Universitys Department of Government. Her book, Fighting to Innovate, is forthcoming with the Naval Institute Press in 2022. Kania was a 2018 Fulbright Specialist with the Australian Strategic Policy Inst...

Leaks show DC cops justify ‘aggressive’ protest tactics: Expert Creede Newton © A police officer tries to tackle a protester demonstrating against US President Donald Trump on the ... A police officer tries to tackle a protester demonstrating against US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the inauguration in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017 [File: Adrees Latif/Reuters] Documents obtained by Al Jazeera appear to show Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Departm...

Documents obtained by Al Jazeera appear to show Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) used a training document to justify “an aggressive police response” to left-wing demonstrations and legal observers, according to experts. Ransomware group Babuk stole the documents from MPD several weeks ago and asked a bounty of $1m for their return. MPD did not pay, resulting in their leak. The documents include a January 2019 PowerPoint training presentation hacked from an MPD intelli...

Divide over scope of military’s extremism problem impedes culture, policy changes Mark Satter © Provided by Roll Call Supporters of then-President Donald Trump take over the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress works to certify the Electoral College votes. Christopher Warnagiris last week became the fifth servicemember, and the first on active duty, arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol. The Marine Corps major is charged with a...

Pentagon Plans to Monitor Social Media of Military Personnel for Extremist Content Ken Klippenstein, The Intercept, May 17, 2021 As part of the Biden administration’s crackdown on domestic extremism, the Pentagon plans to launch a pilot program for screening social media content for extremist material, according to internal Defense Department documents reviewed by The Intercept, as well as a source with direct knowledge of the program. An extremism steering committee led by Bishop Garrison, ...

USPS Reportedly Uses Clearview AI to Spy on Americans The United States Postal Service (USPS) is reportedly using the facial recognition technology Clearview AI to spy on American citizens.  According to interviews and documents reviewed by Yahoo News, the use of the technology by the USPS Inspection Service is part of a program that tracks citizens social media activity and shares the information with law enforcement agencies.  Under the Services Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP)...

Analysts are reported to have used intelligence tools to track social media posts  Their work falls under the Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP) That was first revealed in April when it came under scrutiny for tracking Americans social media posts ahead of protests  Now it emerges iCOP is more far reaching than previously thought  The USPIS is said to use Clearview AI to help identify unknown targets in an investigation or locate additional social media accounts for known individual...

DHS leadership failed to issue threat assessments ahead of January 6 despite receiving intelligence warnings The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing Tuesday concerning the failure of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to warn law enforcement agencies and Congress of the impending attack on the Capitol January 6. The hearing demonstrated that I&A was receiving ample evidence of the plans to attack the ...

18 May 2021 The Biden Pentagon’s new Counter Extremism Working Group (CEWG) is planning to surveil members of the military’s social media accounts for “extremism” using a private surveillance firm in order to circumvent First Amendment restrictions on government monitoring, according to a recent report. Babel Street is currently the frontrunner for private surveillance firms the Pentagon is considering, the Intercept reported Tuesday. The firm buys bulk cellular location data and sells ...