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The border without the hype

Lara Logan reports from the southern border for Full Measure this week.

Sunday on Full Measure, Lara Logan will take us on an eye-opening trip to the southern border with no preconceived notions and no hype. See what she found on land and on the water.

We also have a fascinating story on a new way lobbyists for corporations and other special interests are trying to reach President Trump, whom they call "The Audience of One."

When Trump was elected, he came in outside the normal money pipeline for Democrats and Republicans. Those seeking influence have been searching for novel ways to reach the man they call "The Audience of One."

Sunday we'll look at one high-tech tactic they developed called "geo-fencing." Watchdogs say it allows special interests to try to reach the President with no disclosure as to who is behind the outreach.

And Scott Thuman reports from The Alamo in Texas. It's a landmark marking the battle during the Texas Resolution when a small group of Texans fought back a Mexican onslaught in 1836.

All these years later, The Alamo has turned into quite the tourist trap. Some descendants of those who fought want a more sacred landmark. That could require relocating it. Other descendants object to that plan.

We'll take you to the new battle of The Alamo.

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Apple facial recognition software blamed in allegedly incorrect arrest of teen

A New York teenager is suing Apple for a massive sum of $1 billion dollars over its faulty facial recognition software that allegedly incorrectly linked him to four separate thefts at four different Apple locations.

The lawsuit states that Apple uses "Orwellian" facial software in its stores to prevent theft. The lawsuit alleges that Apple's software incorrectly linked the teen to the actual thief because the thief used the teen's stolen learner's permit card as an ID.

Read more about the lawsuit below in the Daily Mail article by Anneta Konstantinides.

An 18-year-old is suing Apple for a whopping $1 billion, claiming he was falsely arrested and charged for a series of thefts due to Apple's facial-recognition software.

Ousmane Bah was arrested at his New York home in November at 4am and charged for stealing from Apple stores in Manhattan, Boston, New Jersey, and Delaware. 

But the photo included with the arrest warrant showed a man that 'looked nothing like' the college student.

And one of the thefts, in Boston, had occurred on the same day that Bah was in Manhattan for his senior prom. 

Bah had previously lost a learner's permit, which had his name, address, and other personal information but did not include a photo. The permit also stated that it was 'not meant for identification purposes'. 

He believes the thief found or stole the permit and then used it as his own identification in Apple stores.  

The thief was first caught stealing $1,200 worth of products from an Apple store in Boston on May 31, 2018.  

The thief then stole from Apple stores in Manhattan, New Jersey, and Delaware, all the while being tracked by the company's software. 

Bah said he only learned about the thefts when he received a Boston municipal court summons in June. He was then arrested by the New York Police Department on November 29. 

Read more here:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6950531/New-York-teen-sues-Apple-1-BILLION-facial-recognition-software.html

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The government spied on me. You could be next.

It was bad enough when the Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder engaged in spying on journalist James Rosen (and even spied on his parents' phone records). And the same cast of characters secretly spied on Associated Press reporters -- also in the name of tracking down government leakers.

Amid those discoveries were NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations about massive government spying on the citizenry, which Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had denied under oath. As the dominos began to fall, Holder expressed some regret, particularly as it applied to the intrusion upon journalists, who until the Obama administration had been considered largely off limits for the government's intel dragnet.

Then there's my case.

During the same period, intelligence sources alerted me that the government was spying on my electronic devices while I was an investigative reporter at CBS News. I was often working with whistleblowers inside the administration: honest people willing to expose bad things going on inside the federal government.

The nature of the government’s surveillance on me and my family is forensically proven and not subject to legitimate question. Yet, unlike with the discoveries about James Rosen and AP, the government has yet to issue its mea culpa. And there's a reason.

As bad as they were, the other known instances of journalists being spied upon happened under cover of court orders, albeit ones issued in secrecy. But the government spying on me was not done under the authority of a court warrant. That’s why my case is even more dangerous than the others. It implies that the scope of government improperly turning its intel tools on its own citizens, including journalists and political enemies, could be far more extensive than anyone realizes.

Read the rest of the article at RealClearPolitics by clicking the link below:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2019/05/10/the_government_spied_on_me_you_could_be_next_474386.html

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Why is the Department of Justice still fighting so hard in Attkisson computer intrusion case?

Sharyl Attkisson (shown here prior to testimony to Congress about her case) with attorney Tab Turner (left) and computer forensics analyst Don Allison (right)

Under ordinary circumstances, the Department of Justice would investigate and prosecute a case against those responsible for an unlawful intrusion into a national journalist's computers and work.

So why is the Department of Justice is fighting so hard against the Attkisson computer intrusion case -- instead of providing justice?

See a video update below.

Read more about the Attkisson computer intrusion case, including a summary of the forensic evidence here.

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A horrific American tragedy many have forgotten: The Jonestown Massacre

More than 900 American men, women and children died in the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana

Update: Watch the Full Measure TV cover story now at this link: http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/surviving-jonestown

It’s been 41 years since the socialist cult leader Jim Jones took more than 900 of his American followers to their graves.

How was Jones allowed to operate unfettered in San Francisco, then in Guyana, South America amid many disclosures of abuse from former followers and their families?

Jackie Speier says it was in large part because of Jones' political connections in San Francisco and beyond.

Speier was a young Congressional aide 41 years ago who went to investigate the "Jonestown" cult compound. Her boss, Rep. Leo Ryan, was murdered on that trip by cult members-- and she was shot five times.

Today, Speier is herself a U.S. Congresswoman and tells us her story Sunday on Full Measure.

Also this week, should the future of electric cars in the U.S. include billions of your tax dollars?

Americans have already spend billions powering America’s  electric car industry. Those subsidies are now phasing out. President Trump wants to end them entirely but some members of Congress are pushing to continue or expand them.

Add into the mix the fact that China is the dominant force in the global electric car market and looking to gobble up more of the share.

Lisa Fletcher will examine what lies ahead.

And-- Scott Thuman milks a snake.

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Ex-U.S. intel analyst arrested and charged with leaking to the press

Predator drone

Another alleged leaker could bite the dust...

A third alleged government leaker has been arrested and charged with improperly providing information to The Intercept news organization.

31-year old Daniel Hale is a former U.S. intelligence analyst. He would have been about 26-years old in 2014 when he allegedly obtained 17 documents while working for a defense contractor, and allegedly provided them to The Intercept.

The documents pertained to a U.S. military drone program that was the subject of an expose published in The Intercept in 2015 entitled "The Drone Papers." It revealed details about the Obama administration's use of drones for "targeted" assassinations in the Mideast and Africa.

Hale was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee today and faces up to 50 years in prison for allegedly improperly leaking government documents.

Under U.S. law, experts say it is not illegal for news organizations to receive improperly obtained documents unless the organization or its representative encouraged or arranged illegal activity to obtain them.

Read the Wall Street Journal on the case article below:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-intelligence-analyst-arrested-for-leaking-classified-information-to-the-intercept-11557418741

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"Media...sold a bunch of snake oil" -- Sen. Grassley on Trump-Russia probe

Today, the Democrat-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted 24-16 (along party lines) to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt over his refusal to turn over the unreacted version of the Mueller Report on Trump-Russia collusion.

Next, the matter will be taken up by the full House of Representatives.

Meantime, the Republican head of the Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley, took to the Senate floor to comment on the Mueller report and the media's response to it.

Many in the media seem to be unhappy with the results of the Mueller Report or embarrassed that the world knows they sold a bunch of snake oil for the past two years. And now the jig is up.

I hope the media will pursue the origins of the Russian collusion investigation with the same vigor as they’ve pursued the collusion narrative.

It would go a long ways, then, to res)tore the media's damaged credibility.

And knowing how all this started will help us prevent such a fiasco from ever happening again. 

--Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)

Watch Sen. Grassley's statement by clicking the link below:

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We'll soon know prices for prescription drugs, at last

This may be one of the most revolutionary changes in years when it comes to the pharmaceutical industry and health care costs.

Under a new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), drug companies will be required to disclose the list price of medicine that's advertised on TV.

Officials say the rule takes effect in 60 days. The Secretary of HHS says he expects the pharmaceutical industry to mount challenges to the rule, although Johnson and Johnson announced in February it would reveal its pricing.

There's long been mystery and controversy surrounding drug prices and what the customer is charged. One in four Americans say they cannot afford the costs of their prescription drugs.

Supporters of the new rule say it will allow patients to consider the cost of a given treatment and discuss with their doctor whether another more cost effective medicine or generic is available.

A recent episode of Full Measure examined the controversy surrounding the notion of advertising medicine and vaccines on TV. The U.S. is one of only two countries that allows the practice of television "direct to consumer" ads for prescription drugs. Watch the report below.

http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/the-pill-pitch

Full Measure also reported on an amazing health care cost solution recently implemented by Montana. Watch below:

http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/montanas-solution

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