Vegas Killer's Deposition: I Had Valium Doc 'on Retainer'
CNN
He wagered up to a million dollars a night, but roamed Las Vegas casinos in sweatpants and flip-flops. He carried his own drink into the high rollers' area because he didn't want to tip the waitresses too much. And he had a doctor on retainer who prescribed him valium. This was Stephen Paddock as he saw himself four years before he opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers, according to his deposition in a slip-and-fall lawsuit against a hotel. How Russia Harvested American Rage
New York Times
An examination of hundreds of Russia-linked Facebook posts shows that "one of the most powerful weapons that Russian agents used to reshape American politics was the anger, passion and misinformation that real Americans were broadcasting across social media platforms," the New York Times reports Google Uncovers Russian-Bought Ads
Washington Post
Google is investigating how Russian agents used its advertising network and YouTube to interfere in the 2016 elections. The company discovered that tens of thousands of dollars had been spent on ads by Russian agents unconnected with the troll farm that bought Facebook ads. Google found the Russian activity by analyzing Twitter data and is still combing the results. Weinstein Lawyer's Donation to Manhattan DA
International Business Times
In 2015, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. declined to prosecute Harvey Weinstein when he was accused of groping an Italian model. Soon after, Weinstein's lawyer, David Boies, delivered a $10,000 donation to Vance's electoral campaign. The revelation comes just after a report documenting how Vance declined to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. after a Trump attorney gave Vance's campaign $25,000. Selling Encrypted Phones to Organized Criminals
Daily Beast
Custom phones that have technology to encrypt emails are a coveted item for organized criminals. Competition among providers and resellers is cutthroat, with threats and attempted hacks between rival companies. Authorities who have seized some of the devices overseas found discussions of assassinations, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Defense Contractors Have Vulnerable Websites
Motherboard
Though Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors received almost $100 billion in government contracts last year, they don't use web encryption on their main websites. That gives hackers access to visitors' computers, even on pages that don't ask users to input information. Why Researchers Tried to Create a 'Gaydar' Machine
New York Times
Whether a Stanford professor has created facial recognition "gaydar," and whether that's even ethical, has been hotly debated ever since a draft of his study was posted online. The furor reflects rising concern about the potential for facial analysis to be misused -- and worries about a technology-fueled revival of physiognomy, the discredited notion that personality traits can be revealed in the size and shape of a person's eyes, nose and face. Files Show How FBI Manipulates Hollywood
BuzzFeed News
Hundreds of pages of FBI documents obtained in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show how the bureau actively seeks to control and burnish its image through consulting work on films. G-men chasing zombies? The FBI thinks not. | 
