The “Sea Hunter” is a 132 feet long, remotely-controlled ship that will supposedly hunt enemy submarines.  The cost of the project stands at $20 million.  The ship is currently unarmed, I wonder how long that will last? Reuters

Anyone reading that should immediately do the same. Infowars

Antiwar.  13 years, trillions of tax dollars, thousands of lives, and a helluva lot else, and what has our government got out of this “investment”?  A failed state overrun by violence, and Iraqi troops who run off, leaving their expensive American gear to be picked up by ISIS.

Flights employed cellphone tracking and “augmented reality” technology over US cities. Cop Block

Let’s see to what extent a US “ally”(money’s on Saudi Arabia) had a hand in the attacks. Sputnik

The “Compliance With Court Orders Act of 2016”, birthed by privacy-fearing senators Dianne Feinsten and Richard Burr, is a tiny, 9-page bill that would force tech companies to comply in situations that Apple and the FBI found themselves in.  Reason

Of course, the easy access to third-party encryption software renders the squabble over encryption meaningless.  No bill is going to prevent anyone from finding and installing it.

The unintended consequences of war are the only ones that matter in the long run.  Saudis are bombing the Houthis, an enemy of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, and Al-Qaeda are stepping into the power vacuum.  So, yes, the US government is inadvertently aiding Al-Qaeda by bombing their enemies, effectively handing another Middle Eastern country over to the terrorist group. Reuters