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New York judge says Apple can't be forced to unlock iPhone

Alex Heath
Tech Insider
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:17 UTC
Tim Cook
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Apple just won a huge victory in New York court that could have direct implications on its high profile case with the FBI in San Bernardino, California.

Magistrate Judge James Orenstein ruled on Monday that the government could not force Apple to help it unlock an iPhone belonging to Jun Feng, a suspected drug dealer. Although the ruling has no direct legal impact on whether Apple will be forced to help the FBI create a back door into the iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Farook, the ruling does set a precedent in Apple's favor.

Orenstein ruled that the government is not able to compel Apple to cooperate under the All Writs Act, a law first drafted in 1789 that is also cited by the FBI in the San Bernardino case.
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Syringe

Why is the world stockpiling hundreds of thousands of doses of an unapproved vaccine?

Rebecca Harrington
Tech Insider
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:02 UTC
nurse administers an Ebola vaccine
© John Moore/GettyA nurse administers an Ebola vaccine as part of a clinical trial on February 2, 2015 in Monrovia, Liberia.
The non-profit organization Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, bought 300,000 doses of the most promising Ebola vaccine from Merck in January. But the shot hasn't been approved by any country yet.

Why would Gavi — whose members include the World Health Organization and the World Bank — stockpile something that can't be administered to patients yet, and maybe ever?

Well, they're betting the world will need the vaccine if the slow trickle of Ebola cases we're seeing today turns back into a full-fledged outbreak. And part of the $5 million agreement is that Merck will submit the vaccine for approval by 2017. If and when it's approved, Gavi would presumably purchase many more doses.

Comment: Why indeed would a non-profit organization stock up on a vaccine with ebola on the decline? Is it a response to Russia's latest vaccine for ebola?

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Pistol

Police officer shot dead during 1st shift, Army sgt. charged


RT
Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:59 UTC
Prince William County Police Department
© Prince William County Police Department / Facebook
Just a day after being sworn in, Officer Ashley Guindon responded to what would tragically be both her first and final police call. A domestic disturbance turned deadly for Guindon and the wife of the suspect, Army staff sergeant Ronald Hamilton.

On Friday, Guindon, 28, took her constitutional oath of office, and on Saturday, she and two other Prince William County Police Department officers were fired upon as they approached a home in Woodbridge, Virginia, from which a 911 call had been made.
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Evil Rays

Scenes from hell: Footage of deadliest Mexican prison riot in many years released - nearly 50 inmates hacked, beaten or burned to death


RT
Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:56 UTC
Mexico prison riot
© Coeditor Fuentes Fidedignas / YouTube
Surveillance footage of the deadly rampage in Topo Chico prison in early February has been posted online. The bloodbath, involving hammers, clubs, cudgels and makeshift blades, resulted in the death of 49 people.

The video has no audio and the speed is increased, but it shows the events of February 10 at Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, Mexico, when a dispute between rival factions of a drug cartel resulted in a huge brawl. At 22:48 local time the inmates can be seen in the jail yard, despite the curfew starting at 21:00.

Objects are being thrown around and barricades are set on fire, with the flames rapidly spreading across the yard, eventually becoming a huge fireball. Witnesses later said that they had heard blasts shaking the facility, too.

Local governor Jaime Rodriguez said 60 hammers, 86 knives and 120 shivs were used in the bloodbath, where nearly 50 inmates were hacked, beaten or burned to death.

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Pistol

Survivor of Columbine school shooting calls for guns in schools

Tim Devaney
The Hill
Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:44 UTC
Columbine student
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A Columbine survivor is pushing legislation that would allow guns in Colorado schools.

Colorado State Rep. Patrick Neville (R) says schools should fight gunfire with gunfire. He reintroduced legislation Tuesday that would allow teachers with concealed weapons permits to defend their students at gun point.

"The only thing that is going to stop murderers intent on doing harm is to give good people the legal authority to carry a gun to protect themselves and our children," Neville said in a statement.

Neville, who graduated from Columbine High School, was in school on the day of the horrific shooting in 1999. "More of my friends would still be alive today," if teachers were carrying guns, he said.

Neville's legislation is unlikely to pass in the Democrat-controlled Colorado House. The same bill stalled last year.

"Parents wake up everyday and bring their children to school on blind faith that their kids will return home safe," Neville said. "Unfortunately, the current system continues to leave our children as sitting targets for criminals intent on doing harm."

Colorado state laws currently prohibit teachers from carrying concealed firearms in school.

Comment: There is an underlying tide of fear and anger in society which is at the core of a culture steeped in guns and violence.

See also: SSRIs: The REAL cause of gun violence

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Eye 1

Privileged pedophile: Eton student who sent child porn to undercover cop spared jail despite Britain's 'crackdown'


RT
Fri, 26 Feb 2016 21:46 UTC
Lone Child
© Reuters
A former Eton College student who made and shared graphic child pornography images has avoided jail time, despite Britain's promise to crack down on pedophiles.

In January and February 2015, then-17-year-old Andrew Picard sent a message to an undercover officer via Skype which read: "Do you want to see pics of boys and girls your age nude?" The Daily Mail reports.

Police traced Picard's IP address to his computer at the prestigious boarding school which contained more than 2,000 pornographic images and videos of children, some involving rape and beastality.

Particularly disturbing images featured children as young as two being raped and forced to have sex with dogs.

On Thursday, the now-18 year old was sentenced to 10 months in prison, with 18 months suspended, and ordered to seek mental health treatment, the Telegraph reports. Judge Peter Ross said prison would "undo" the extensive counseling Picard has undergone since his arrest.

Some have questioned whether Piccard, the son of a lawyer, would have received such a light sentence if he had not come from a privileged background.
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Red Flag

Glorifying Nazis: Ukrainian fashion magazine to tour Europe with exhibition featuring neo-Nazi fighter


RT
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:20 UTC
Neo-Nazi
© vk.comViktor Vasyanovich
Among the models shot for a photo exhibition of Ukrainian fighters with war disabilities is a 20-year-old man brandishing Nazi tattoos on his naked torso. The exhibition, currently in Kiev, is set to tour in Europe, the US and Canada.

Called 'Winners', the photo exhibition was prepared by the Ukrainian fashion magazine VIVA and television channel TSN, both belonging to the same media holding '1+1', owned by oligarch Igor Kolomoysky. It features as models 18 men and one woman who sustained debilitating injuries while fighting for Kiev against rebel forces in the east and are learning to live with prosthetics.

One of the photos shows a man with a bare torso delivering a kick with his prosthetic leg. Stretching across his chest is a colored tattoo of a skull and a swastika. Not shown in the picture are his other tattoos, including the German Nazi emblem with a black eagle above a wreath with a swastika.

The public demonstration of Nazi symbols during the work on the project was apparently not restricted to tattoos. In an interview with TSN, the fighter-turned-model is wearing a jumpsuit with the insignia of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, a Nazi unit infamous for slaughtering 97 British POWs during the Battle for France, among other war crimes.

The man's name is Viktor Vasyanovich and he served in one of the volunteer battalions affiliated with the right-wing Right Sector group. He lost his leg after stepping on a mine in June last year. The Nazi tattoos were inked sometime in August, judging by the photos published on his page in the social network VKontakte (In Contact).

Vasyanovich doesn't bother to hide his sympathies for Nazism in his posts. Images of glamorous girls in Nazi symbols, Nazi memorabilia and historic photos of German officials with attempted humorous comments like "bring me back to my 1939" are mingled with macho stuff like guns, knives and crude sex jokes. His comrades shown in some photos appear to share the attitude.
Female neo-Nazi
© vk.com/Viktor Vasyanovich

Comment: Holocaust 2.0: The ultimate decisions of conscience

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Bad Guys

Mind control victim? Moscow police arrest woman holding a child's severed head and shouting terrorist threats near subway station


RT
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:46 UTC
severed head moscow
A woman dressed all in black and holding what is thought to be a child's severed head has been arrested near a metro station in Moscow. She was shouting, "I am a terrorist," and reportedly threatened to blow herself up.


According to LifeNews, the victim was a girl, identified as Nastya M. After the murder, the female suspect went to a metro station, where she was stopped by a local police officer. She immediately took the severed child's head from her bag and started shouting that she had killed the child. The suspect is currently being detained by police authorities, Russian media reported.

"The end of the world is coming in a second...I'm your death," the woman is heard shouting in the video released online. "I hate democracy. I'm a terrorist."

She is heard shouting that she has been "cursed" and "destroyed" "so many times."

"I'm your suicide bomber... I'm going to die in a second...The end of the world...," she shouted.

Comment: SOTT readers may or may not be familiar with 'The Greenbaum Speech', which is a universally recognized discussion of legitimate mind-control technology that was being used on people. Given the tension between the US and Russia, it's quite possible that this woman was activated in order to send a message as well as remind the public of the 'threat from Islamic terrorists.'

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Gear

Not a satire: Saudi Arabia initiates court devoted to protecting human rights

Felicity Arbuthnot
Global Research
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00 UTC
Arab Court of Human Rights

The announcement of the establishment of an Arab Court of Human Rights, indeed any Court devote to Human Rights, should be an internationally welcomed initiative.

The fact that the initiative has come from the Shoura Council of Saudi Arabia, the formal one hundred and fifty strong legislative advisory body, unelected and all appointed by the King, raises many unanswered questions:

The Shoura Council is giving final touches to the draft statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights.

To be based in Bahrain, the court will have independent judges and provisions enforceable in all member states. ...

Comment: You know -- kinda like the U.S. gov't setting up the 911 Commission. Same thing.

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More anti-refugee violence in Saxony: Gunshots directed at would-be shelter in latest attack


RT
Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:26 UTC
anti-refugee violence
© Beawiharta / Reuters
An office block slated to host refugees in a small town in Saxony, Germany, was hit by multiple gunshots from outside, local media report. The building was previously flooded and stoned, part of a series of violent anti-refugee attacks across the country.

The two-story former office building in Gräfenhainichen, eastern Germany, now a refugee shelter, sustained gunfire by unknown extremists on Saturday night, according to local media.

The gunshots damaged multiple window panes, but no human injuries were reported. Saxony police say the refugee hostel was guarded by a local security firm, but none of the watchmen inside the house was injured.
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