PEDO BUN 27 Jan 23

Texas Man Arrested in Alaska, Sentenced for Producing Child Pornography

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/texas-man-arrested-alaska-sentenced-producing-child-pornography

Two Dale County Residents Sentenced for Sexually Exploiting a Child

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdal/pr/two-dale-county-residents-sentenced-sexually-exploiting-child

Mayville Man Charged With Sex Trafficking Of A Minor

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/mayville-man-charged-sex-trafficking-minor

HSI San Juan Arrests 3 Men on Child Exploitation Charges

https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/hsi-san-juan-arrests-3-men-child-exploitation-charges

Davenport Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison for Sex Trafficking of a Minor and Distribution of Marijuana

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/davenport-man-sentenced-235-months-federal-prison-sex-trafficking-minor-and

Sydney man jailed for grooming children online

https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/sydney-man-jailed-grooming-children-online

Charleroi Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Receiving Sexual Images of a Minnesota Minor

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/charleroi-man-sentenced-25-years-prison-receiving-sexual-images-minnesota-minor

Davenport Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography and Felon in Possession of a Firearm

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/davenport-man-sentenced-federal-prison-production-child-pornography-and-felon

Five Men Guilty in Conspiracy to Distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/five-men-guilty-conspiracy-distribute-child-sexual-abuse-material

2 Upstate men arrested on child sex abuse charges, AG says

https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-men-arrested-child-sex-abuse-charges/42691496

Former DeBary councilman one of two Volusia County men charged with child sex abuse

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/26/two-volusia-county-men-charged-in-child-sex-abuse-cases/69844391007/

Former Onondaga County Sheriff's Deputy commits suicide after child sexual abuse arrest

https://cnycentral.com/news/local/former-onondaga-county-sheriffs-deputy-commits-suicide-after-child-sexual-abuse-arrest

Tiffin officer’s online sleuthing leads to child sex crimes suspect’s arrest

https://www.13abc.com/2023/01/27/tiffin-officers-online-sleuthing-leads-child-sex-crimes-suspects-arrest/

Quebec police arrest dozens of people for alleged child sex offences

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-police-arrest-dozens-of-people-for-alleged-child-sex-offences-1.6248781

Judicial Watch Sues FBI

Judicial Watch Lawsuit Forces Release of Records on Raid of Project Veritas’s O’Keefe’s Home

Journalist group, Project Veritas, investigates corruption and dishonesty in public and private institutions. James O’Keefe is CEO and Chairman of the Board.

He and the organization apparently stepped on some highly sensitive toes in Washington, and Washington reacted with an abusive raid of his home.

We received 11 pages of heavily redacted records from the U.S Department of Justice concerning communications of The New York Times to officials in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), showing the Times was tipped off about the November 6, 2021, FBI raids on the homes of Project Veritas founder/CEO James O’Keefe and then-Project Veritas journalists.

Seven pages of records are redacted in large part and three pages are withheld entirely, which the agency claims are “not part of the responsive record.”

The records were produced in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit we filed in September 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the agency failed to respond to a March 29, 2022, FOIA request (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.1:22-cv-02652)).

Our lawsuit seeks all records of government and non-government communications between officials in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York and representatives of the New York Times regarding Project Veritas, James O’Keefe, Ashley Biden and others.

The records reveal that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York was in contact with New York Times reporters, including William K. Rashbaum (referred to in the email chains as “Willy”) and Ben Protess, before, during, and after the raids on the homes of O’Keefe and then-Project Veritas reporters.

The records include a November 4, 2021, email chain labeled “Search in Mamaroneck re [redacted] diary?”, from James Margolin, former Chief Public Information Officer of SDNY to Nicholas Biase, former senior public affairs officer for SDNY, and an individual whose name is redacted. Margolin states that “Willy” from the Times has information about the search warrants and investigation seemingly about Ashley Biden’s diary:

Willy Rashbaum from the Times just called and says they know or believe that a search warrant is being conducted in Mamaroneck this morning at a location that is either the residence of Eric Cochrane (sp?) — who may or may not be a whistle-blower — or a Project Veritas office. He believes this is in connection with a Florida investigation into whether Project Veritas stole, or purchased a stolen, diary belonging to [redacted].

Margolin later includes redacted details about “two searches” regarding the homes of James O’Keefe and then-Project Veritas journalist Spencer Meads.

Margolin later states: “Times now believes it’s not ‘a Florida investigation’ but an SDNY investigation, ‘and it involves more than just the diary’ (no elaboration on that).”

In a November 6, 2021, email with the subject line ““Re: O’Keefe (arrest?)” from Margolin to Biase and others, Margolin states, “The Times hears O’Keefe was arrested this morning.” The rest of the body of the email is redacted as “not part of the responsive record.”

In response, Biase thanks Margolin and writes: “The Times has his neighbor on record (who they suspect may not be entirely truthful) saying that FBI were banging on O’Keefe’s door with guns (or at least one agent with a gun) drawn.”

On November 24, 2021, Margolin emails a redacted individual and Biase with the subject line “Veritas,” stating that “Willy” (William K. Rashbaum of Times) informed Margolin the Times was doing another story about Project Veritas, and “they’re pretty certain subpoenas went to [redacted].” Margolin explains that Willy asked him for “a wave-off if” the information was wrong, adding “I [Margolin] made no promises.”

Biase writes on November 30, 2021, in the heavily redacted email chain that Biase had spoken with NYT reporters“Willy” and Ben Protess, and “neither mentioned it. Maybe Jim?” The rest of the body of the email is redacted as “not part of the responsive record.”

The New York Times was obviously tipped off about the unprecedented raid on the home of James O’Keefe and other Project Veritas journalists. And these new Justice Department records raise more questions than answers about how that happened.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-sues-fbi/

White House and European Commission to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement

The partnership is currently between just the White House and the European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-member European Union.

The White House and European Commission will announce on Friday an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate forecasting and the electric grid.

The agreement

A senior us administration official, discussing the initiative shortly before the official announcement, called it the first sweeping AI agreement between the United States and Europe. Previously, agreements on the issue had been limited to specific areas such as enhancing privacy, the official said.

AI modeling, which refers to machine-learning algorithms that use data to make logical decisions, could be used to improve the speed and efficiency of government operations and services.

"The magic here is in building joint models [while] leaving data where it is," the senior administration official said. "The us data stays in the us and European data stays there, but we can build a model that talks to the European and the us data because the more data and the more diverse data, the better the model."

The initiative will give governments greater access to more detailed and data-rich AI models, leading to more efficient emergency responses and electric grid management, and other benefits, the administration official said.

Pointing to the electric grid, the official said the us collects data on how electricity is being used, where it is generated, and how to balance the grid's load so that weather changes do not knock it offline.

Many European countries have similar data points they gather relating to their own grids, the official said. Under the new partnership all of that data would be harnessed into a common AI model that would produce better results for emergency managers, grid operators and others relying on AI to improve systems.

The partnership is currently between just the White House and the European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-member European Union. The senior administration official said other countries will be invited to join in the coming months.

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-729852