Two FBI officials say the state of forensics is fine. Here’s why they’re wrong.

"FBI agents and federal prosecutors aren’t evaluated for their allegiance to scientific principles. They’re evaluated on their ability to close cases and win convictions. Therefore, there’s a strong incentive for them to sacrifice sound science for expedience."

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The EU’s Copyright Proposal is Extremely Bad News for Everyone, Especially Wikipedia

"Sites will have to pay to license the technology to match submissions to the database, and to identify near matches as well as exact ones. Sites will be required to have a process to allow rightsholders to update this list with more copyrighted works. Even under the best of circumstances, this presents huge problems."

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31 Orlando cops sued for doing nothing while nightclub patrons were massacred

"A city police officer acting as a security guard didn't do his job and more than two dozen of his colleagues failed in their duties or violated the civil rights of surviving victims after the 2016 Orlando, Florida, nightclub massacre, according to a new federal lawsuit."

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Men busted in Ukraine’s “fake murder” ruse turn out to be Ukrainian Intelligence

"The two men ensnared in Ukraine’s 'clever' ruse to weed out Putin’s assassins have turned out to be former Ukrainian counterintelligence officials, who despise Russia, and pledge allegiance to radical, ultra-right neo-Nazi group 'Right Sector'."

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