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'Mike Rogers Is Watching You': Abdul El-Sayed Hits GOP Opponent Over Support for Mass SurveillanceAs Flock cameras and the data firm Palantir dominate headlines, Michigan’s Democratic US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is spending the final weeks of the race hammering his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, for his role in expanding the surveillance state. On Tuesday, El-Sayed's campaign unveiled a new campaign ad with the tagline "Mike…
Ex-CIA spook captured with gold treasure admits creating secret programs to steal nearly $200 millionWhen the FBI raided the Virginia home of ex-CIA official David Rush in May, agents found nearly 300 gold bars, each weighing a kilogram; 35 luxury watches; €104,795; and roughly $2 million in U.S. currency. This apparently stolen treasure was only the tip of the iceberg. 'His self-serving actions threatened to erode public confidence in the intelligence…
China’s ascendant auto industry: How top Detroit 3 execs are respondingDETROIT — From robot-heavy factories to using artificial intelligence to design cars, automakers are speeding to catch up with China's lightning-fast development of low-price vehicles as the manufacturing giant's vehicle production grows rapidly and globally. Experts at the Automotive News Congress in Detroit last week warned of China's creeping…