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Susan ☆ Whitney ☆ E Pluribus Unum ☆ HugeBlueWave
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Alex Stamos, Ex-Facebook Security Chief, Blames Journalists for Cambridge Analytica Fallout gizmodo.com/alex-stamos-ex… via @gizmodo
"Stamos’ characterization of the scandal as “misuse of an API by an academic” belies the fact that Facebook intentionally designed a system in which a single user was authorized to consent to the release of data belonging to thousands of other users. "
"Thanks to Facebook, while only a few hundred thousand people downloaded Kogan’s app, Cambridge Analytica was able to acquire data on some 86 million others, all of whom never agreed to take part in Kogan’s research."
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PR PuertoRico Hurricane Maria massive power outage
1. Whitefish Energy Holding LLC got a no bid contract from frienda1 then Sec of Interior Zinke $300 million so MT small, inept unqualified company had contract pulled
2. then FEMA gave -> a fracking co. 'Cobra', who's parent co is Mammoth Energy Services, the also received no bid contract to get power restored to Puerto Rico after devastation Hurricane Maria.

3. COBRA indicted Sept 2019 for fraud in Puerto Rico PR
Tribble of FEMA took bribes
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Susan ☆ Whitney ☆ E Pluribus Unum ☆ HugeBlueWave
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Following the passage of Hurricane María over Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, Ahsha Nateef Tribble, Donald Keith Ellison, and Jovanda R. Patterson came to Puerto Rico as part of the recovery and restoration of Puerto Rico’s electric power grid. justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/fem…
"In Tribble’s position as Sector Lead and Deputy Director, she reported directly to the Federal Coordinating Officer and was FEMA’s primary leader as to the restoration of electric power on the island. These defendants were supposed to come to Puerto Rico to help"
..."during the recovery after devastation suffered from Hurricane María. Instead, they decided to take advantage of the precarious conditions of our electric power grid and engaged in a bribery and honest services wire fraud scheme in order to enrich themselves illegally,” said
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Susan ☆ Whitney ☆ E Pluribus Unum ☆ HugeBlueWave
@SMBWhitney
Mar-a-Lago trespassing trial
Yujing Zhang's insistence on being her own attorney has frustrated District Judge Roy Altman."I don't believe I did anything wrong & that's what I want to say. USA, thank you," Zhang said in another unusual turn in unusual case
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Yujing Zhang faces up to 6 yrs in prison if convicted.
On Monday, jury selection had to be delayed as she came into court dressed in her brown jail clothes. Most defendants wear civilian clothes so the jury won't be prejudiced against them.
Zhang said she had not put on the clothes she had been provided because the jail had not given her any underwear. After some discussion of over which agency was responsible, she retired to a holding cell and donned a copper blouse and khaki pants.
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This is a big deal. Cambridge Analytica accessed Facebook user data w/o authorization, using that data for the tailored voter analysis that decided the 2016 election.
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