Intelligence & Surveillance

21+ min ago   (254+ words) Israel has reportedly begun supplying Saudi Arabia with intelligence on Yemen's Houthis through U.S. intermediaries, signaling rare indirect security cooperation between the two countries as concerns mount over threats to regional shipping. The intelligence-sharing arrangement followed a Saudi request for U.S. assistance,…...

12+ hour, 6+ min ago   (343+ words) Herefordshire Council operates a fleet of drones for a range of purposes (Image: Pxhere.com, CC0 licence) The size of Herefordshire Council's fleet of drones, and the range of uses to which they are put in the county, have been revealed....

3+ hour, 36+ min ago   (453+ words) UNITED24 Media Moscow’s integration of cutting-edge digital amenities has transformed the Russian capital into one of the world’s most heavily monitored cities, weaponizing urban convenience to enforce an expanding surveillance state, The New York Times reported on September 15. While residents utilize…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (41+ words) Following a Saudi request to the United States, Israel has begun providing intelligence to Riyadh through Washington, based on the view that the Houthi threat is a regional problem. Secret channel against Houthis: Israel transfers intelligence to Saudi Arabia via…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1076+ words) Amid nationwide controversy over the use of Flock cameras, Portage officials gave a presentation Monday on the 22 Flock cameras the city pays for. Those cameras cover just eight intersections in Portage – U.S. 12 at County Line Road, U.S. 20 at County Line,…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (188+ words) During a Tuesday appearance on NewsmaxTV's "Wake Up America," U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) discussed the importance of expanding American artificial intelligence capabilities in the face of growing technological threats from China. "We want to make sure that we maintain our…...

5+ hour, 49+ min ago   (455+ words) There are 509 automated license plate readers, including Flock cameras, in Allegheny County — the most in Pennsylvania, according to a data company. Philadelphia is the second-highest county at 130 total cameras. Several companies produce ALPRs, including Motorola, Axon, Rekor Systems and Genetec,…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (227+ words) FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday praised Flock cameras as being a useful tool for federal investigators, touting their use to help track down criminals. “The cameras weren’t great up there in Brown University,” Patel told Cornyn. “We weren’t able…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (538+ words) Between 50,000 and 100,000 Chinese spies are operating in Taiwan, far more than the National Security Bureau’s previous estimate of 5,000, German journalist and author Jurgen Kremb said on Monday. Kremb presented his research, titled “The War of Spies: How China’s Intelligence Services…...

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (670+ words) WASHINGTON — Republican North Carolina Rep. Pat Harrigan spoke out against Flock Safety’s vast network of surveillance devices and proposed a way Congress can rebuke the heavily scrutinized tool on Capitol Hill. “Get the Flock out,” the freshman lawmaker and Army…...