Failing again. Failing better.
Wired’s Danger Room blog discussed an AP article about a homemade, encrypted, DIY radio network run by the Zetas that stretches across all of Mexico and into Guatemala. The network is built using “professional-grade” radio antennas, signal relays, and simple handheld radios that cost “millions of dollars.” Yet the individual components are inexpensive, so the…
I’ve written about the militarization of law enforcement here, here, and here. Yesterday I came across a long, but great article that detailed the extent of law enforcement militarization. The article notes that the U.S. Government has distributed $34 billion in homeland security grants, but with little oversight and incomplete record-keeping. Fargo, North Dakota is…
I’ve written a lot about drones (see here and here). Recently, I’ve also written about what I see as the creeping threat of the militarization of law enforcement (see here and here). Well, I have another update for you. It looks like an unarmed Predator B drone took off from a North Dakota U.S. Air…