Intelligence & Oversight

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (617+ words) In an official statement, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced that the two German nationals were taken into custody on Tuesday, in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen County, Bavaria, and Steinfurt County, North Rhine-Westphalia, pursuant to warrants issued by the Investigating Judge at the…...

4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (558+ words) NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Across the country, law enforcement agencies use Flock cameras, automated license plate readers that many in law enforcement say help them fight crime daily. “It has become the biggest rage in crime fighting,” said Kenner Police Chief…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (884+ words) August Hanning, 80, who is “strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and espionage,” led the Federal Intelligence Service, known by its German acronym BND, from 1998 to 2005. He was arrested on Tuesday. A former aide of Hanning,…...

13+ hour, 11+ min ago   (566+ words) (AFP) — A court Wednesday ordered former German spy chief August Hanning to remain in jail after his arrest on suspicion of espionage and treason, along with a former deputy who allegedly supplied him with secret files. Prosecutors say Hanning, 80, who…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (597+ words) A police vehicle with flashing blue lights passes the headquarters of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany's foreign intelligence service, after former BND chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason and obtaining state secrets, in Berlin, Germany,…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (346+ words) As communities across Texas debate the future of automated license plate readers, five North Texas police chiefs are making the case for keeping the technology while strengthening the rules governing its use. NBC 5 Justice Reporter Shannon Miller sat down with…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (561+ words) MORGANTOWN - With the use of advanced surveillance technology, including automated license plate reader cameras and facial recognition software, becoming increasingly mainstream, Morgantown City Council is looking to preemptively adopt ground rules about how such devices can be used by the…...

11+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1485+ words) Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.7.2026 11:45 AM Today, there's yet more evidence that the tide is turning against Flock, an automated license plate reader (ALPR) system in pervasive use around the country. Calling it "indiscriminate mass surveillance," a federal court in Oklahoma granted…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (464+ words) SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Scottsdale is keeping its Flock Safety license-plate readers in place for now with plans to revisit the issue in December. During a meeting Tuesday night, Scottsdale City Council heard from supporters and opponents of the Flock cameras…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (419+ words) October 7, 2026 Hour: 4:38 pm Germany’s highest court ordered pretrial detention for August Hanning, the former head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), following his arrest on accusations of espionage, the illegal acquisition of state secrets and attempted treason against the country....