04/27/18 Overnight Links

The Intercept: Facebook is demanding personal information from political advertisers, raising privacy concerns

The Verge: A pioneer in predictive policing is starting a troubling new project

The Week: The next frontier in criminal justice reform. One of my favorite writers, Bonnie Kristian, discusses the almost never-mentioned problem of America’s out-of-control district attorneys:

“Prosecutors in America, most commonly called district attorneys, have enormous and often unaccountable discretion. “They can choose how harshly to go after someone, how lenient to go after someone,” explainsJohn Pfaff, a Fordham University professor of criminal law. “They have tremendous power in that respect.”

City Lab: America’s justice system has the wrong goals

The Guardian: The ‘deep state’ is real. But are its leaks against Trump justified? Ed: I attempt to post every article discussing our permanent, unelected, real government.

New York Times: Do Americans know they’re handing out billions to corporations?

OC Register: US-backed Saudi coalition just killed dozens of civilians in Yemen

JFKfacts: CIA is still protecting spy who shadowed MLK Jr.

Author: S. Smith