The Bill Binney documentary "A Good American" goes into some detail on his disagreement with NSA data collection. Basically he'd written a program that made it massive overkill, and when he and a handful of people he'd been working on it with tried advancing their program to management, the project was eliminated and they were pushed out.
I guess they're deleting it because they never really even needed it.
Confirmed –
Homeland Security Investigations part of ICE
https://www.ice.gov/hsi
HSI – A Diverse, Global Force
HSI is a critical investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security and is a vital U.S. asset in combating criminal organizations illegally exploiting America's travel, trade, financial and immigration systems.
HSI’s workforce includes special agents, analysts, auditors and support staff. Its men and women are assigned to cities throughout the United States and to offices around the world. HSI’s international force is the department’s largest investigative presence abroad and gives HSI one of the largest international footprints in U.S. law enforcement.
HSI has broad legal authority to enforce a diverse array of federal statutes. It uses this authority to investigate all types of cross-border criminal activity, including:
Financial crimes, money laundering and bulk cash smuggling;
Commercial fraud and intellectual property theft;
Cybercrimes;
Human rights violations;
Human smuggling and trafficking;
Immigration, document and benefit fraud;
Narcotics and weapons smuggling/trafficking;
Transnational gang activity;
Export enforcement; and,
International art and antiquity theft.
The threats presented by criminals in these areas have far-reaching consequences. In response, HSI uses a versatile approach to conducting its operations so that it can achieve the best results for the nation and its people.
Forging a New Legacy
When Homeland Security Investigations was formed, ICE's goal was to combat criminal threats facing the United States with a law enforcement force that would be recognized worldwide for its expertise and effectiveness.
Years later, HSI can lay claim to achieving this ambitious goal. HSI's successes in combating terrorism and enhancing national security have resonated throughout the global law enforcement community, private industry and general public.
In HSI's first full year in existence, its criminal investigations increased in nearly every area to ICE's prior three-year average. Criminal arrests rose by almost 30 percent; indictments by nearly 18 percent; search warrants by almost 60 percent; seizures of illicit drugs by more than 40 percent; intellectual property rights seizures by 128 percent; and weapons and ammunition seizures by a staggering 762 percent. This standard of excellence has continued ever since, with HSI's dedicated workforce affecting global change and disrupting and dismantling criminal organizations.
Today, HSI carries out its mission in an increasingly complex world that poses immense technical challenges to America's homeland security. The task is daunting, but HSI has risen to the challenge with intelligence, flexibility and commitment to excellence. Indeed, HSI has proven that it will continue to achieve the goal that has become its motto – to forge a new legacy of honor, service and integrity.
Holy mackerel
The HSI people has a ton of enforcement AND investigative muscle
I had to read through the list twice, but that's pretty much everything the Clinton Foundation, all its octopus tentacles, NXIVM, Epstein and all the other shitheads we've been digging all these many months have been doing.
Ha! Yeah, I just BET they want to shut down ICE!
Not gonna happen, shitheads. Save your breath and go enjoy your last days outside prison.
Hey, thanks a bunch, hadn't seen that before. Have admired the man greatly since seeing that documentary.
If I wanted to have unlimited access to the full arsenal of law enforcement and intelligent tools, AND be able to send some operators after the perps I found
I'd call HSI
I bet a few of them have visited here
This reference list of utilities has been posted before, but haven't seen it in a while. Have found it useful for things away from here, too.
RESEARCH LINKS
corp-research.org/dddresearchguide
www.sourcewatch.org/
corp-research.org/dddresearchguide
publicrecords.searchsystems.net/
>Hoover's Online
www.hoovers.com/company-information.html
>Search companies or directors
opencorporates.com/
www.bizapedia.com/
www.corporationwiki.com
search-sos.org/
www.chamberofcommerce.com
>EDGAR corporate database
www.edgarcompany.sec.gov/servlet/CompanyDBSearch?page=main
>Directory of Corporate Affiliations
most complete data on corporate family trees (parent/subsidiary)
www.corporateaffiliations.com/
croctail.corpwatch.org/#cw_391,cw_391,2015
>Dunn & Bradstreet (D&B)
www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/
>IRS Exempt Organization Select Check
non-profits search
apps.irs.gov/app/eos/
>NON-PROFIT SEARCH
www.guidestar.org/search
(some good info, create free account w/throwaway email to see more)
www.nonprofitfacts.com
>FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Information for donors about charities
www.ftc.gov
>By State
recordspedia.com/
>UK ONLY
opencharities.org
>Legal Entity Identifier system
http://openleis.com/
>FREE IMAGE UPLOAD - no account, period
postimage.org/
anonmgur.com/
>PEOPLE
voterrecords.com/
>OFFSHORE LEAKS DATABASE
Tax haven secrecy revealed
offshoreleaks.icij.org/
>Little Sis
incredible amount of information on people and their connections to each other, all open source & free
littlesis.org