Tag: FBI
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Europol Regulation: Towards a “European FBI”?
The police agency of the European Union is to be given more operational powers. A proposal to this effect from the Commission is expected in December, and the German Council Presidency wants to support the initiative with a conference in…
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Europol uses Palantir
Since 2016, the European Police Agency has been using the “Gotham” software to analyse big data. Europol has signed a contract for 7.5 million euros with the company Capgemini, just over half of the money has already been spent. Palantir…
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Secret documents: European domestic intelligence services networking worldwide
30 European domestic secret services cooperate with the foreign services Mossad and CIA. With other authorities of the “Five Eyes”, the “Club de Berne” exchanges information on “non-Islamic terrorism” and “right-wing and left-wing extremism”. Governments like Germany have so far kept…
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NATO establishes biometric database, US military has it already
The U.S. Department of Defense stores biometric data on more than seven million people, mostly from war zones. Refugee organizations also collect millions of facial images, irises and fingerprints of people seeking protection. They may also find their way to…