Here's your weekly selection of news highlights from the Crosstalk news desk-----The Biden administration raises the terror threat alert over concerns of misinformation dealing with election fraud and COVID-19. ----Senator Ted Cruz denounces the soft-on-crime policies coming from Democrats.----The Ontario Premiere declares a state of emergency in response to the ongoing Ambassador Bridge blockade and protests in Ottawa against COVID-19 restrictions.----The Biden administration is urging the Prime Minister of Canada to use federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians.----4 Canadian provinces move to lift COVID-19 restrictions. ----Legacy media fails to report about a car that plowed through a group of demonstrators against COVID restrictions in Winnipeg, Canada.----Truckers in the U.S. are also organizing a protest where participants will drive across the nation from California to Washington, DC.----The European Freedom Convoy 2022 is preparing to hit the highway on February 14 with Brussels as the destination point.----French police threatening truckers and protesters who are gathered in convoys making their way to Paris.----Two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee allege that the CIA has a secret undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans.----A group of lawmakers led by Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Lindsey Graham, have reintroduced the Earn-It Act of 2022 -S-3538-. This would pave the way for a massive, new surveillance system run by private companies that would roll back some of the most important privacy and security features and technology used by people around the world.