Attorney General Garland Targets “Conspiracy Theories” After Launching “Election Threats Task Force” with FBI, Sparking Censorship Concerns
Some might see US Attorney General Merrick Garland getting quite involved in campaigning ahead of the November election – albeit indirectly so, as a public servant whose primary concern is supposedly how to keep Department of Justice (DoJ) staff “safe.”
And, in the process, he brings up “conspiracy theorists” branding them as undermining the judicial process in the US – because they dare question the validity of a particular judicial process that aimed at former President Trump.
In an opinion piece published by the Washington Post, Garland used one instance that saw a man convicted for threatening a local FBI office to draw blanket and dramatic conclusions that DoJ staff have never operated in a more dangerous environment, where “threats of violence have become routine.”
It all circles back to the election, and Garland makes little effort to present himself as neutral. Other than “conspiracy theories,” his definition of a threat are calls to defund the department that was responsible for going after the former president.
Ironically, while the tone of his op-ed and the topics and examples he chooses to demonstrate his own bias, Garland goes after those who claim that DoJ is politicized with the goal of influencing the election.
The attorney general goes on to quote “media reports” – he doesn’t say which, but one can assume those following the same political line – which are essentially (not his words) hyping up their audiences to expect more “threats.”
“Media reports indicate there is an ongoing effort to ramp up these attacks against the Justice Department, its work and its employees,” is how Garland put it.
And he pledged that, “we will not be intimidated” by these by-and-large nebulous “threats,” with the rhetoric at that point in the article ramped up to refer to this as, “attacks.”
Garland’s opinion piece is not the only attempt by the DoJ to absolve itself of accusations of acting in a partisan way, instead of serving the interests of the public as a whole.
Thus, Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte wrote to House Republicans, specifically House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, to accuse him of making “completely baseless” accusations against DoJ for orchestrating the New York trial of Donald Trump.
While, as it were, protesting too much, (CNBC called it “the fiery reply”) – Uriarte also went for the “conspiracy theory conspiracy theory”:
“The conspiracy theory that the recent jury verdict in New York state court was somehow controlled by the Department is not only false, it is irresponsible,” he wrote.
Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray recently discussed plans to counter election threats during a DoJ Election Threats Task Force meeting. Critics, suspicious of the timing with the upcoming election, cite the recent disbandment of the DHS Intelligence Experts Group.
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Florida Parents Reject ‘Absurd’ Active Shooter Narrative, Succeed in Keeping Cell Tower off School Property
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles on how the wireless industry targets schools for wireless infrastructure installation. Part 1 covered the recent surge and why parents are fighting back. Part 2 covered how T-Mobile put nine cell antennas on a private school in San Diego without parents’ knowledge or consent. Part 3 covers how parents defeated a tower proposal by debunking the claim that school kids needed the tower to be safe in an emergency.
Florida parents were shocked when they heard their superintendent say he believed Starkey Ranch K-8, an elementary school in Pasco County needed to allow a cell tower to be built next to it to handle an active shooter scenario.
“This was an absurd and frightening thing to hear,” Erin Stroupe, a Starkey Ranch K-8 parent and mother of three, told The Defender, “The school had been open and operating at full capacity for two years.”
The claim that the school’s students would be unsafe during an emergency without the proposed cell tower turned out to be false — but the wireless industry commonly propagates such claims, an investigation by The Defender has found.
Attorney Robert Berg, who represents parents in multiple lawsuits challenging proposals for cell towers or wireless antennas at their kids’ schools, told The Defender that cell tower companies make “false claims intended to convince the school boards of a need to have cell towers on school property.”
“Typically the argument they use,” he said, “with every school district that I’ve encountered is like, ‘God forbid that there’s a school shooting’ … that’s one of their false claims they use to try to scare districts into accepting towers on their property.”
That’s exactly what happened in Florida last year at Starkey Ranch K-8, Berg said.
Vertex Towers, a wireless infrastructure development company, in April 2023 proposed to install a tower on the school’s grounds, next to its track and about 400 feet from the school building. Vertex planned to lease out the tower to multiple wireless carriers, Stroupe said.
On April 18, 2023, the school board approved plans to install the tower based on “security issues,” Stroupe said, despite two hours of testimony from parents citing concerns about possible health impacts from the tower.
“If there’s any risk at all that the radiation emitted from these towers could cause even one child to be sick,” said one resident during the meeting, WFLA reported. “That should be reason enough to vote no.”
During the meeting, Superintendent Kurt Browning said — “on record,” Stroupe emphasized — that he was worried the school wouldn’t be able to handle an active shooter scenario with the current cellular service.
Stroupe, who recently spoke on CHD.TV about the meeting and other parents doubted Browning.
Parents prove superintendent’s statement to be untrue
Given the school was brand new, open and operating, Stroup said, “we were confident that it met all safety guidelines,” as there were already two large cell towers within a mile of the school.
She and other parents fact-checked Browning’s statement with the Florida Board of Education’s Office of Safe Schools. “We confirmed that the school had met every safety standard required.”
The Office told them in writing, “Starkey (Ranch K-8) has the means to communicate with emergency services and is in compliance with state statute regarding Alyssa’s Alert,” she said.
Alyssa’s Alert refers to a state law requiring Florida’s public schools to implement a mobile panic alert system that can connect multiple emergency services during an emergency.
Landlines and Wi-Fi calls work in an emergency
Berg wasn’t surprised that Browning’s statement turned out to be false.
“Emergency service providers have separate, redundant communication systems for themselves,” he said, “so that’s a non-starter.”
School staff and students need to be able to call out during an emergency — but it doesn’t take a cell tower to accomplish that. All it takes are robust landlines and Wi-Fi-enabled cell service, Berg said. “You can have fiber optic cable powering the Wi-Fi system in the school …That’s the solution.”
“I’ve made presentations to school boards around the country. I tell them, ‘You don’t need a cell tower. Just enhance your in-school Wi-Fi-calling ability and anyone can make a cellphone call in the school,’” he added.
Stroupe and other parents — armed “with binders detailing the research we had done and explanations of alternative means of improving cellular service within the school” — urged their county commissioners, who also had to sign off on the proposed tower before it could go up, to find a different site.
“We were able to convince them to postpone this lease agreement while they looked for an alternative location,” she said.
The county commission found another location on county property, at the back of baseball fields down the street from the school, she said. “This is not ideal, but it is better than directly over the heads of every student who attends Starkey Ranch K-8.”
Cell towers should be 500 meters from schools, commission says
The New Hampshire Commission — a team of independent experts convened by the state to answer questions about the impacts and safety of cell towers and wireless radiation — concluded in 2020 that cell towers should be 500 meters (roughly 1,640 feet) from schools.
Former commission member Kent Chamberlin, Ph.D., pointed this out in a June 10 letter to the school board in Fauquier County, Virginia, whose members were about to vote on a cell tower proposal at a local high school.
As The Defender previously reported, wireless developer Milestone Towers recently proposed a cell tower at one of Fauquier County’s high schools.
In his letter, Chamberlin told the school board, “I strongly encourage you to protect the children, faculty, and community by denying towers on school properties in Fauquier County.”
Engineering expert: Cell towers susceptible to jamming
Chamberlin — the former chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Hampshire — has years of research background in biomedical and radiofrequencyengineering.
He now serves as president of the Environmental Health Trust, a nonprofit scientific research and education group focused on the effects of wireless radiation.
Jenny DeMarco, co-founder and communications director for Virginians for Safe Technology, told The Defender that some board members in favor of the new cell tower had cited emergency safety reasons.
Chamberlin — like Berg — said a cell tower wasn’t the way to go for ensuring communication during an emergency.
“More robust approaches to emergency communications,” Chamberlin wrote in his letter, “can be achieved through wired phone lines and the use of Wi-Fi calling inside the school buildings.”
Chamberlin said he researched alternative means for providing communications in emergencies for the U.S. Department of Justice because prior research showed cell towers sometimes fail during times of high usage.
Additionally, cell towers can be easily jammed using cheap equipment sold on the internet, he said.
Putting more cell towers on school properties is part of the wireless industry’s business plan to build out its networks, which may “make communities much more vulnerable to security, hacking and other issues,” Chamberlin said.
The Fauquier County School Board on June 10 voted 3-2 to deny Milestone Towers’ proposal.
Berg applauded the school board’s decision.
“There’s no reason in the world for a school to have a cell tower on the property,” he said. “They pose the wireless radiation risk and they pose a serious public safety problem because — in many locations where you have hurricanes, tornadoes — these things can topple over on the building.”
They can also catch on fire, he said. “So you’re creating a public danger to the students and staff and visitors just by having the thing on the property.”
Next in this series: Detroit, Michigan, parents demand transparency on where the money generated from deals to operate cell towers on more than 20 Detroit schools goes.
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New York Rolls out Digital IDs Following New Online Digital ID Law
It’s surely just a coincidence that New York has passed its online digital ID law, just as the state has joined the ranks of states adopting mobile ID technology, enabling residents to convert their traditional driver’s licenses or non-driver IDs into digital formats.
As of this week, New Yorkers can download the New Longyear Mobile ID app from both the Apple App Store and Google Play. This digital version allows users to verify their identity at airports and other locations requiring ID. To set up their mobile ID, users must initially scan both sides of their existing physical ID card using their smartphone.
The launch was unveiled at a media event at LaGuardia Airport, where Robert Duffy, the federal security director for the Transportation Security Administration, and other officials were present. During the briefing, it was stated that the introduction of mobile IDs is a significant step towards modernizing identity security and airport screening processes. Officials highlighted the optional nature of the digital IDs, noting they offer greater convenience without being mandatory.
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Currently, there is no mandatory requirement for businesses or law enforcement to accept mobile IDs, and acceptance is entirely voluntary. Businesses, including bars, may begin accepting mobile IDs immediately, provided they install a state-sanctioned verifier application.
According to a press release from Governor Kathy Hochul’s office, the New York Mobile ID app is operational in nearly 30 airports nationwide, including all terminals at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports. New York is now among a growing list of states such as Arizona, Colorado, and Utah that have embraced mobile driver’s licenses.
The shift to mobile IDs aligns with the broader trend of smartphones becoming digital wallets, capable of storing not just credit cards and IDs, but even car keys. However, this shift raises significant privacy issues. Digital IDs can be tracked more easily than physical cards, potentially exposing detailed information about individuals’ movements and activities. There are concerns about how securely this data is stored, especially when managed by third-party vendors.
One major issue is the potential for increased surveillance. Digital IDs can be tracked more easily than physical cards, leading to the possibility of detailed tracking of individuals’ movements and activities. This capability poses a threat to personal privacy, as it could enable both governmental and non-governmental entities to collect and analyze vast amounts of personal data without explicit consent.
Furthermore, the security of the data stored in digital IDs is a pressing concern. With third-party vendors often involved in managing these digital identities, the risk of data breaches or misuse increases.
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