CDC barred from using terms like ‘science-based’ in budget docs

We can just imagine CDC personnel still shaking their heads after finding out that they can’t use certain terms in official documents for next year’s budget. According to The Washington Post, the Trump administration has prohibited the CDC from using “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based” — terms you’d expect to be part […]

Daily Podcast: The Best DVD Making Of Docs, Blade Runner 2049, Lord & Miller, TV Show Costs

On the September 27, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson to talk about the latest news including Blade Runner 2049 early buzz, Lord & Miller’s next film, and the growing cost of television shows. And in the Mailbag we’ll dive into the best DVD/Blu-ray special features/making-of docs you may have missed. You can subscribe […]

11,000+ blank Syrian passports in the hands of ISIS – media citing secret docs

German authorities believe that Islamic State terrorists have stolen over 11,000 blank Syrian passports, confidential documents seen by the Bild am Sonntag newspaper reportedly reveal. German Investigators have made a list of the serial numbers of the blank passports, the newspaper reported, citing confidential documents of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the interior […]

NZ spy agency op against Kim Dotcom’s associates ‘unlawful’ – High Court docs

Newly-released New Zealand High Court documents reveal that the Kiwi agency’s spying on foreigners in the FBI-led Megaupload investigation was found to be unlawful. Kim Dotcom team’s lawyers argue the illegal spying makes the entire extradition case void. Lawyers for the Megaupload executives, including Megaupload founder Dotcom, on Friday called for extradition proceeding against their […]

‘American Vandal’ Trailer: Netflix Mocks Its Own True Crime Docs With a Satire About Penis Drawings

With Making a Murderer, Amanda Knox, and The Keepers, Netflix has fully embraced the true crime documentary format in a big way, and those projects generated significant buzz surrounding the streaming service. At first glance, their new docu-series American Vandal looks like another project that fits alongside the aforementioned docs, but it wasn’t long before I realized this […]

New docs: Otto deal couldn’t happen until Uber agreed to protect co-founders

Enlarge / Travis Kalanick, seen here in 2013, served as the CEO of Uber from December 2010 until June 2017. (credit: Fortune Live Media) The intrigue deepens surrounding the early 2016 discussions between Uber’s acquisition of a self-driving trucking company, Otto, according to newly-released court documents. Otto was founded by two then-high-level Google engineers. Waymo […]

#FontGate: Forged docs from Pakistani PM’s daughter’s betrayed by Microsoft Word font

Published time: 12 Jul, 2017 11:00 A scandal is raging in Pakistan over a report claiming that the PM’s daughter, Maryam, forged documents for an investigation into illegal offshore properties using a Microsoft Word font introduced years after the documents were allegedly created. The papers she submitted were for a team looking into unlawful offshore […]

Russian MoD declassifies docs on Soviet Union’s preparedness for 1941 Nazi invasion

The Russian Defense Ministry has declassified and published documents detailing how victorious USSR reflected on the disastrous early days of Nazi Germany’s invasion. Military strategists wanted to know if the Soviet Union was unprepared for war. The documents date back to the early 1950s and were penned by some of the most prominent generals in […]

‘Human guinea pigs’: ISIS conducted ‘Nazi-style’ chemical experiments, docs found in Mosul show

Islamic State tested poisonous chemicals on prisoners in a bid to produce easily-obtainable chemical weapons for local use and potential terrorist attacks in the West, records recovered from Mosul by Iraqi soldiers and obtained by The Times show. Arabic-language notes detailing experiments with thallium sulfate and “a nicotine-based compound” were reportedly discovered hidden inside the […]

Senate Intel Committee subpoenas Michael Flynn for docs relating to Russia

Published time: 11 May, 2017 04:02 The Senate Select Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, sending a clear message that the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election is moving forward. In a joint statement Wednesday evening, Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina), the committee chairman, and […]