Via #LLRX @psuPete Recommends Weekly highlights on #cybersecurity issues 2/21/26. 5 highlights: Dems Want to Ban #Surveillance #Pricing at Big Grocery Stores; I Verified My #LinkedIn Identity. Here’s What I Actually Handed Over; As #AI leaps forward, concern rises that innovation is leaving safety behind; #Chinese #telecom #hackers likely holding stolen #data ‘in perpetuity’ for later attempts, #FBI official says; Good Luck Banning #SmartGlasses. #socialmedia #privacy https://www.llrx.com/2026/02/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-february-21-2026/
Via #LLRX @psuPete Recommends Weekly highlights on #cybersecurity issues 2/21/26. 5 highlights: Dems Want to Ban #Surveillance #Pricing at Big Grocery Stores; I Verified My #LinkedIn Identity. Here’s What I Actually Handed Over; As #AI leaps forward, concern rises that innovation is leaving safety behind; #Chinese #telecom #hackers likely holding stolen #data ‘in perpetuity’ for later attempts, #FBI official says; Good Luck Banning #SmartGlasses. #socialmedia #privacy https://www.llrx.com/2026/02/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-february-21-2026/
Meanwhile, #FarRight groups get a free pass. "Environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion says FBI is investigating it for terrorism" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/extinction-rebellion-fbi-trump-environment #uspoli #TrumpRegime #FBI #environmentalActivism #activism #FreeSpeech #ClimateChange #CriminalizingProtest
Meanwhile, #FarRight groups get a free pass. "Environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion says FBI is investigating it for terrorism" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/extinction-rebellion-fbi-trump-environment #uspoli #TrumpRegime #FBI #environmentalActivism #activism #FreeSpeech #ClimateChange #CriminalizingProtest
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/extinction-rebellion-fbi-trump-environment. First it was #PalestineAction; now it's @ExtinctionR, according to Donald #Trump & his #FBI. The definition of #terrorism is VERY flexible these days, @DoomsdaysCW! But the FBI should note that the High Court in #London has rule the proscription of #Palestine Action to be ILLEGAL, precisely because it violated their rights to freedoms of expression & assembly (https://theconversation.com/palestine-action-why-the-high-court-ruled-against-the-government-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-protest-275976). Will the US courts be that different, @Nonilex?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/18/extinction-rebellion-fbi-trump-environment. First it was #PalestineAction; now it's @ExtinctionR, according to Donald #Trump & his #FBI. The definition of #terrorism is VERY flexible these days, @DoomsdaysCW! But the FBI should note that the High Court in #London has rule the proscription of #Palestine Action to be ILLEGAL, precisely because it violated their rights to freedoms of expression & assembly (https://theconversation.com/palestine-action-why-the-high-court-ruled-against-the-government-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-protest-275976). Will the US courts be that different, @Nonilex?
#Honolulu police seek masked gunmen in separate incidents
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Honolulu
#Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $50 million donation
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#India
February 18, Veteran #FBI agent accused of spying for
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Trenton
TP-Link sued by #Texas over alleged #China-linked hacking
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#102
Xinhua #News | #China's bond market custody
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#4
#Ireland commits to semiconductor innovation with I-C3
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#83
#Honolulu police seek masked gunmen in separate incidents
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Honolulu
#Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's $50 million donation
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#India
February 18, Veteran #FBI agent accused of spying for
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-capitals.html#Trenton
TP-Link sued by #Texas over alleged #China-linked hacking
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#102
Xinhua #News | #China's bond market custody
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#4
#Ireland commits to semiconductor innovation with I-C3
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#83
“The attorneys emphasized Wexner’s relationship with Epstein was more professional than social,” the memo states.
2 weeks after that meeting, #Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. Prosecutors shifted the investigation to focus on the enablers of his #SexTrafficking.
In mid-Aug 2019, the #FBI listed a string of 8 “co-conspirators” associated with Epstein in a document. #LesWexner’s name & photo were included, the document included no details about why the individuals were labeled that way.
The #FBI fielded other tips about #LesWexner & #Epstein, the files show. In 2019 a man named Richard Adrian called the FBI & said he served as Wexner’s bodyguard in 1991 & 1992. He described Wexner as “best friends with Epstein,” & said he’d seen “young girls” at Epstein’s Palm Beach home but “assumed they were family.”
“Adrian was told by another bodyguard to keep to yourself & not ask questions,” the memo said.
#EpsteinFiles #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp
An #FBI interview report related to #Epstein in 2011 shows agents were told someone “provided an erotic massage to Leslie Wexner in New York.” The individual’s name is redacted in the publicly released file, but statements in the interview overlap with those made elsewhere by #VirginiaGiuffre, one of the most prominent Epstein victims.
#LesWexner #EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp
“Mr. Wexner was never at Epstein’s Palm Beach home in the presence of young girls,” a spox for #LesWexner said.
As the investigation proceeded, Wexner hired Mary Jo White, a fmr federal prosecutor, who met prosecutors along with his other attorneys three weeks after Epstein’s arrest. Wexner’s lawyers denied that he had any knowledge of illegal sexual activity. They also explained the financial history between Wexner & #Epstein, acc/to the internal #DOJ memo.
“The attorneys emphasized Wexner’s relationship with Epstein was more professional than social,” the memo states.
2 weeks after that meeting, #Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. Prosecutors shifted the investigation to focus on the enablers of his #SexTrafficking.
In mid-Aug 2019, the #FBI listed a string of 8 “co-conspirators” associated with Epstein in a document. #LesWexner’s name & photo were included, the document included no details about why the individuals were labeled that way.
Other records in the #EpsteinFiles include allegations made to the #FBI that #LesWexner interacted with young women & possibly underage girls in #Epstein’s presence. One victim claimed she was trafficked to Wexner—a claim Wexner has denied. Wexner has never been charged with a crime.
Now, members of #Congress have another shot at questioning Wexner, who is 88 yrs old. The retail tycoon is slated to sit for a deposition with the #House #Oversight Cmte Wednesday in Ohio.
An email shows a federal prosecutor stated investigators were “interested in knowing about his relationship with #Epstein & his knowledge & observations of Epstein with young girls.”
That same year, a victim said that Epstein had sexually assaulted her in #LesWexner’s home in Ohio, acc/to a court affidavit. Wexner’s attys told prosecutors Epstein owned a property about a half mile away & that Wexner’s security team was not aware of any inappropriate incident occurring on the Wexner property.
The #FBI fielded other tips about #LesWexner & #Epstein, the files show. In 2019 a man named Richard Adrian called the FBI & said he served as Wexner’s bodyguard in 1991 & 1992. He described Wexner as “best friends with Epstein,” & said he’d seen “young girls” at Epstein’s Palm Beach home but “assumed they were family.”
“Adrian was told by another bodyguard to keep to yourself & not ask questions,” the memo said.
#EpsteinFiles #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp
But #Epstein repeatedly talked about #LesWexner or sought to contact him in the years that followed. In one 2010 message released by the #DOJ, Epstein appeared to gripe that someone in Wexner’s office “would not confirm” his email address. Other messages show Epstein associates sending him info about Wexner-related business interests or organizations.
While Wexner may have sought to cut all ties, authorities were still trying to untangle the nature of his long relationship with Epstein.
An #FBI interview report related to #Epstein in 2011 shows agents were told someone “provided an erotic massage to Leslie Wexner in New York.” The individual’s name is redacted in the publicly released file, but statements in the interview overlap with those made elsewhere by #VirginiaGiuffre, one of the most prominent Epstein victims.
#LesWexner #EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedophilia #SexTrafficking #CoverUp