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This War Will Not Be Like The Others, It Will Be Catastrophic -- Episode 153

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Ohio facial recognition database can be accessed by 30,000 police officers, others without any oversight

By Madison Ruppert

Editor of End the Lie

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Some 30,000 police officers and court employees in Ohio can access driver’s license images in the state’s facial recognition database with no oversight or audits, according to a report.

While this is the nation’s most permissive system, the fact is that facial recognition systems are used nationwide with similarly lax legal standards, as I reported in June. Similar databases are on the rise thanks to the FBI’s distribution of facial recognition software and their $ 1 billion facial recognition system.

An investigation by the Cincinnati Enquirer/Gannett Ohio found that the system was implemented without first reviewing security protocols or telling the public about it.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office launched the facial recognition system in June, according to the Enquirer. The technology was in use in over half of the states at the time, according to DeWine.

Such technology is not only used in law enforcement contexts. Indeed, increasingly powerful facial recognition systems are being rolled out on platforms ranging from mannequins to drones to border crossings to city-wide systems around the globe.

However, the Enquirer reports that some states have the use of these systems on a tight leash.

In Kentucky, only 34 people can run a facial recognition search, according to the Enquirer. Of those, three are in the license bureau and 31 are in the state police department.

Ohio’s level of access is “unmatched anywhere else in the country,” according to the Enquirer. As part of their investigation, they contacted officials in every other state and the District of Columbia to obtain details about their facial recognition systems.

In addition to Ohio, 37 states along with the District of Columbia have launched facial recognition systems that are capable of matching a driver’s license picture with another photograph.

In most states, the system was launched by the driver’s license bureau in an attempt to prevent duplicate identification cards and fraud. Ohio’s system, on the other hand, was launched by the attorney general.

On the other hand, 12 states do not use facial recognition software at all. Another 12 states use facial recognition software but reportedly do not allow law enforcement agencies to access the technology.

Since Ohio launched the system, it has been quite popular. Officers have performed at least 2,600 searches on the new database since June 2.

The precise nature of these searches is not clear, though the system can be used to match driver’s license images and police mug shots with any image, even one captured by a surveillance camera.

The database does not just include photos. The investigation found that any of the 30,000 people with access to the database could also acquire information as personal as home addresses and Social Security numbers.

DeWine said that he is satisfied with the system’s “adequate” safeguards. He said that the threat of prosecution and other safeguards help prevent misuse of the system.

However, we know that government employees aren’t always the most scrupulous when it comes to use of their systems.

After all, NSA employees used the agency’s massive international surveillance network to spy on their lovers and former spouses.

Furthermore, a recent Enquirer report revealed, “The lead attorney for Ohio’s law enforcement database resigned in 2009 after misusing the system but was not charged with a crime.”

“Without stronger restrictions and security measures, how many cases of abuse are slipping by in offices across the state?” the Enquirer asked.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio clearly does not agree with DeWine’s claims about adequate safeguards.

In an August 26 press release, the ACLU of Ohio called on DeWine to “pull the plug” on the program.

“Without specific limits on what government can do with this technology, its use will inevitably and eventually spread to Ohioans who are not criminal suspects,” said ACLU of Ohio Associate Director Gary Daniels. “This is not speculation. It is a foregone conclusion when government thinks of law enforcement first and its citizens’ right to privacy last.”

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California Bill Allows Nurses, Others to Perform Abortions

California’s liberal Gov. Jerry Brown now has a bill on his desk allowing nurses, certified midwives, and other specially trained clinicians to perform early-term vacuum aspiration and medicine-induced abortions.

AB 154, whose main sponsor is Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and is supported by numerous pro-choice groups, passed both legislative chambers this past week and is now on Brown’s desk, reports Breitbart News.

If Brown signs the bill, it will allow non-physician staff at Planned Parenthood’s clinics, among others, to obtain licenses to perform the abortion procedures.

Planned Parenthood says the legislation is necessary because a shortage of doctors in some parts of the state means that women often have to wait until later in their pregnancies to terminate them, which is a riskier procedure.

“Early abortion access is a critical public health issue,” Planned Parenthood says on its legislative page.

“An estimated one in three women will decide to terminate a pregnancy by age 45, yet many women often do not have sufficient access to early abortions because of the limited number of physicians providing the services in their communities. Almost half of the counties in California have no accessible abortion provider, requiring women to travel significant distances to terminate a pregnancy or wait for an appointment for services.”

The bill is co-sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACCESS Women’s Health Justice, Black Women for Wellness, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, and NARAL Pro-Choice California.

Pro-life groups are lobbying Brown to veto the bill, saying it will multiply the number of abortions performed in California.

“This bill is not about helping women, it is specifically designed to trivialize what an abortion is, and its risks,” Brian Johnston

Executive Director, California Pro-Life Council, told LifeNews.com.

“The founder of National Abortion Rights Action League, Dr. Bernard Nathanson, who subsequently became pro-life, says that vacuum aspiration abortion is inherently dangerous to the mother, as the physician must blindly probe for the baby.”

And in California, Johnston said, “the California Business and Professions Code prohibits abortions being done on animals unless the abortionist is a trained and certified veterinary surgeon. If 154 is made law, a mother dog will have more dignity in the eyes of California law than a vulnerable young mother talked into an abortion by a Planned Parenthood staffer.”

The legislation was introduced by Assemblywomen Toni Adkins, the former administrator of a health clinic in San Diego.

Adkins told KQED Public Radio that In nearly half of California’s 58 counties, the only abortion providers are in hospitals, which provide urgent care in case of emergencies. However, women from rural areas who want a first trimester abortion often must travel long distances to obtain one at an unfamiliar clinic, Adkins said, and that geographic disparity is unjustified.

“Women need access to this procedure,” said Atkins. “And they should be able to get it in their own home communities, from providers they already know and trust.”

Atkins said abortions are medically a straightforward, simple procedure that can be performed safely in an outpatient setting by trained nurse practitioners, midwives or physician assistants.

Bill May, of Catholics for the Common Good, said that lawmakers passed the bill even though polls show Californians oppose allowing nurses to perform abortions.

“In a recent poll of California voters, across all demographics—men, women, African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Democrats, Republican, Independents—by a 65-29 margin, the idea of allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to conduct abortions is rejected,” said May, referring to a April survey by Smith-Johnson Research of Sacramento.

A doctor who identified himself as being pro-choice told Breitbart News called the bill a “disaster” because it “sends us back 100 years to the problems of the complications from back-street abortions.”

Critics also say the training for non-physician staff is weak and that doctors’ supervision will be minimal, creating a risk of injuring or killing women.

But the California Medical Association endorses the bill because of “provisions for training in the bill and the amendments that clarify physician supervision.”

The training will be provided by the Board of Registered Nursing and not by physicians, however, and the legislation does not require a doctor to be present at the abortions or even on site.

In addition to the aspiration method, the non-physician abortions can be done by medication. Many doctors agree that the non-physicians can provide medications without much risk, but the aspiration method causes more risks to the patient.

Opponents also complain that the bill is an effort by Planned Parenthood and other groups to profit from Obamacare, which expands the number of patients eligible for state-funded health insurance, Medi-Cal, which funds abortions.

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Roku raises $60M from Hearst, News Corp, others

SARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — Roku, the streaming video device maker, has raised $ 60 million in its sixth round of funding. Media giant Hearst Corp. and an unnamed institutional investor joined News Corp. and its subsidiary British Sky Broadcasting in the round.

Roku’s service offers an alternative to broadcast, cable and satellite television and first supported Netflix viewing five years ago. The funding comes as the battle for the living room heats up and traditional pay TV subscriptions stagnate in the U.S.

Apple CEO Tim Cook told a conference Tuesday the company has a “grand vision” for remaking TV. Microsoft Corp. last week unveiled a new gaming console, the Xbox One, in which users can flip through channels using voice commands.

Roku says the funding will help it develop its streaming software and services business.

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