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PIERROT LE FOU, Jean-Luc Godard

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“With all eyes on Greece, the European parliament has quietly passed a non-binding resolution on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the controversial trade liberalisation agreement between the United States and Europe. Ironically, it did so a few hours after lecturing Alexis Tsipras, the Greek leader, about the virtues of European solidarity and justice. If enacted, TTIP, along with two other treaties currently under negotiation– the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) – will considerably limit the ability of governments to rein in the activities of corporations; all three treaties have predictably triggered much resistance.”

“The [Transportation Security Administration (TSA)] is responsible for prescreening all potential commercial airline travelers before they board an aircraft. Pursuant to this responsibility, TSA uses the ‘No Fly’ list to identify individuals who pose a threat to aviation safety. Persons attempting to board an aircraft who are matched to an identity on the No Fly list are not allowed to board. Recent news reports claim that 47,000 people are currently on the No Fly list, including 800 Americans. However, some persons have claimed that their alleged placement on the list was the result of an erroneous determination by the government that they posed a national security threat. In some cases, it has been reported that persons have been prevented from boarding an aircraft because they were mistakenly believed to be on the No Fly list, sometimes on account of having a name similar to another person who was actually on the list. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operates a redress process for travelers who wish to contest their right to board an aircraft, but this procedure has been challenged in federal court as violating the Fifth Amendment right to due process. After an adverse ruling in a recent federal district court, the executive branch is revising the process. This report will provide an overview of the operation of the government’s watchlists, examine some of the legal issues implicated by challenges to the No Fly list, and describe recent case law on the matter.”

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This morning a story was published in Re/code speculating on the funding of my new venture. I’m happy to confirm that we’ve raised a $55M Series A round of funding led by NEA with participation from Accel Partners, Bain Capital Ventures and MentorTech Ventures. While it is too...