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Trump argues that impeachment is divisive, and says his comments to supporters before the insurrection at the Capitol were "totally appropriate."

Father of child killed in Iraq massacre says Trump’s Blackwater pardons ‘broke my life again’ Josh Marcus Replay Video UP NEXT Donald Trump’s decision to pardon four former private security contractors involved in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad “broke my life again,” Mohammed Kinani, a US-Iraqi dual citizen whose son was killed, told the BBC. "He broke the law. He broke everything. He broke the court. He broke the judge," Mr Kinani said. "Before [this] I felt that no-on...

By GUY DAVIES and BADER KATY, ABC News(LONDON and BAGHDAD) — When news broke that Mohammed Kinani’s son’s killers, Blackwater private military contractors hired by the U.S. government in Baghdad, were pardoned Wednesday by President Trump, Kinani said it was like losing his 9-year-old boy all over again. “I don’t know what I did to [...]

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Dec 23, 2020 10:45 AM EST On Tuesday, incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump granted a list of pardons, including two individuals connected to a probe into an alleged conspiracy between his campaign and Russia as the presidential transmission is fast approaching.  The action drew criticism and came as the outgoing Republican leader appeared to refuse to concede defeat to Democrat President-Elect Joe Biden. In a statement, the White House said that President Trump ...

Family members of Blackwater victims condemn Trumps pardons © Hussein Kadhim/MCT/TNS via Getty Images, FILE A burned-out car sits at a traffic circle in central Baghdad on Sept. 17, 2007, where a shoot-out with private security company Blackwater left 9 Iraqis dead and 15 injured. When news broke that Mohammed Kinanis son’s killers, Blackwater private military contractors hired by the U.S. government in Baghdad, were pardoned Wednesday by President Trump, Kinani said it was like losing hi...

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TODAY December 21, 2020 A coalition of civil rights groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed an objection to the proposed expansion of Customs and Border Protections facial recognition at land and sea ports. The National Immigration Law Center, Fight for the Future, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are also participating in the motion, alongside twelve others. Filed in November, CBP’s proposed rule would expand the biometric exit system, authorizing the collection o...

Civil rights groups move to block expansion of facial recognition in airports Russell Brandom © Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A coalition of civil rights groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union have filed an objection to the proposed expansion of Customs and Border Protections facial recognition at land and sea ports. The National Immigration Law Center, Fight for the Future, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are also participating in the motion, alongs...

December 16, 2020 U.S. Space Command head Gen James Dickinson called out perceived Russian aggression in Space Dec. 16, following another Russian anti-satellite weapon test. (Lewis Carlyle / Department of Defense) WASHINGTON — Russia conducted its second test this year of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile test, according to a U.S. Space Command, yet again drawing sharp criticism from the U.S. “Russia has made space a war-fighting domain by testing space-based and ground-based wea...

KnowBe4 Wins Big at Computing Security Excellence Awards and Computing Security Awards KnowBe4 wins Security Training Provider of the Year at Computing Security Excellence Awards and Education and Training Provider of the Year and Security Project of the Year at Computing Security Awards LONDON, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- KnowBe4, the provider of the worlds largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced it has won several awards in the UK, including Sec...