The International Criminal Court is a puppet of the collective West and Russia finds it hard to imagine any country would dare enforce its writ against a sovereign nuclear power, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview on Wednesday. The Bosnian Serb outlet ATV asked Peskov about the ICC …
Read More »Putin warrant could derail BRICS summit – South Africa
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin has thrown a “spanner in the works” of an upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa in August, a spokesman for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday. As a signatory to the 2002 Rome Statute, …
Read More »Alec Baldwin ignores cell phone search warrant
Authorities in New Mexico and New York are still trying to get a hold of actor Alec Baldwin’s cell phone as they probe the tragic death of a cinematographer on one of his film sets, despite obtaining a search warrant weeks ago. In a joint statement seen by Reuters on …
Read More »Arrest warrant issued for ex-Ukrainian president – media
The head of the country’s most popular opposition party, according to polls, claims the case against him is a sham. Earlier this year, another opposition leader, Viktor Medvedchuk, was placed under house arrest on similar charges. The former president’s arrest was allowed with the possibility of bail set at 1 …
Read More »Gaddafi heir runs for Libyan presidency despite arrest warrant
The 49-year-old was registered as a candidate in the December 24 presidential election, the divided country’s election authority has confirmed. Footage showing Gaddafi Jr. submitting the paperwork at an election center in the southwestern city of Sabha on Sunday was published by the local media. He was wearing a traditional …
Read More »Accidentely unsealed warrant reveals Google served up data on anyone who searched sexual abuse victim’s name – media
So-called “keyword warrants” allow authorities to slurp up the Google user data and IP addresses of anyone who so much as types a suspicious term into a search engine. While a handful of such warrants surfaced in the media in the past several years, Forbes reported on Monday about what it …
Read More »North Carolina cops’ shooting of unarmed black man on drug warrant in April was justified, DA rules
Brown’s movements on the scene left the cops concerned for their lives, Womble noted in his ruling, adding that the slain man had ignored deputies’ commands to stop his car, which instead allegedly posed a danger to the cops. The officers were at Brown’s home to serve a warrant on …
Read More »Federal investigators execute search warrant at NYC apartment of former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani
The feds seized Giuliani’s electronic devices, according to one of the three sources who spoke to the New York Times about the investigation on Wednesday. Investigators are examining Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine and whether he illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian officials. Spokespeople from the FBI and …
Read More »FBI receives ‘search warrant’ to INFILTRATE & FIX hundreds of systems affected by ‘Chinese hack’ of Microsoft Exchange servers
In what appears to be the first action of such kind ever, the FBI removed “web shells” belonging to “one early hacking group,” the DOJ said on Tuesday. Web shells are malware left on the servers by people who used the zero-day exploit on the popular email server software to …
Read More »E-mail reveals ex-FBI chief Comey signed FISA warrant despite KNOWING he couldn’t verify Steele Dossier on Trump/Russia
Comey signed a FISA surveillance warrant in January 2017 based on the Steele Dossier, which contained allegations of cooperation and misconduct between Donald Trump and the Russian government, on the same day he reportedly sent an email to then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper saying he could not verify the …
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