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Remember a while back we discussed that the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has a practice they call “titling’.<\/p>\n

The suit addresses an obscure military process known as “titling,” in which the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) creates a permanent record showing a soldier was the subject of an investigation regardless of whether they are ever charged with a crime. In many cases, CID forwards that information to the FBI\u2019s criminal database where it shows up as an arrest.<\/p>\n

The primary plaintiff in the class action suit filed Oct. 26 is Denise Rosales, a non-commissioned officer in the Texas Army National Guard. Rosales received an administrative reprimand after throwing a birthday party for her husband that allegedly involved alcohol while on deployment in Kuwait.<\/p>\n

She was never taken into custody or brought up on charges, but if a potential employer ran a background check on Rosales, they would read that she was arrested on Jan. 5, 2021, for false official statements, the suit alleges.<\/p>\n

“Defendants have shown that they would rather indulge in bureaucratic inertia rather than fix a problem that has now destroyed the lives, reputations, and careers of numerous service members,” attorneys wrote in the class action suit against the Army, its Criminal Investigation Division (CID), the FBI and the Department of Defense, as well as each agency’s respective leader. Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bad enough the services can’t seem to report legitimate crimes to NCIS, you would think they shouldn’t have to be SUED to keep them from reporting false crimes.<\/p>\n

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Beware the airport in Atlanta…DEA agents there seem to like doing their own version of “civil asset forfeiture”.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement in the task force, which includes U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Clayton County Police, walk gate to gate at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and, without warrants, search travelers bags for drugs, according to Atlanta News First. But the task force rarely finds drugs and instead seizes wads of cash without making arrests, the local outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Travelers can file a claim for the government to return their money, but it can be a timely and costly process.<\/p>\n

Brian Moore, for example, was waiting for his Los Angeles-bound flight at the Atlanta airport in March 2021 when two women approached him and said they worked with the DEA. The musician was interrogated, and the DEA seized the $8,500 he was carrying to fund his first music video. He was never charged with a crime.<\/p>\n

After a yearlong legal battle, Moore got his money back. But the legal fees racked up to $15,000 \u2014 nearly double the amount taken from him.\u00a0 Fox News II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Civil asset forfeiture is overdue to be overthrown by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

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And just to cheer you up:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s at least one expert who believes that \u201cthe singularity\u201d\u2014the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses the control of humans\u2014could be just a few years away. That\u2019s a lot shorter than current predictions regarding the timeline of AI dominance, especially considering that AI dominance is not exactly guaranteed in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET\u2014who holds a Ph.D. from Temple University and has worked as a leader of Humanity+ and the Artificial General Intelligence Society\u2014told Decrypt<\/em> that he believes artificial general intelligence (AGI) is three to eight years away. AGI is the term for AI that can truly perform tasks just as well has humans, and it\u2019s a prerequisite for the singularity soon following.\u00a0 Popular Mechanics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I figure it’s going to be a showdown between artificial intelligence and natural stupidity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And, in keeping with the theme…I get a colonoscopy today. Joy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n