Oversight Board: NSA Surveillance Dragnet is Illegal
By AFP, Jan. 23, 2014 Panel created by the 9/11 Commission puts the Big Brother machine on notice.read more
View ArticleMSNBC Interrupts NSA Report for 'Breaking' Bieber News
By Stephen C. Webster, Jan. 24, 2014 Is this really what passes for progressive media today?read more
View ArticleThe RNC Just Voted to Investigate the Bush Administration
By Stephen C. Webster, Jan. 24, 2014 For real.read more
View ArticleBush's Dead-Enders Defend Their Illegal Surveillance
By Marcy Wheeler, Jan. 27, 2014 These neocons haven't yet adjusted to the idea of being slapped by the RNC.read more
View ArticleNSA Infiltrates Angry Birds to Spy on Phone Apps
By Mike Masnick, TechDirt, Jan. 27, 2014 Is there no length these agencies won't travel to capture our private data?read more
View ArticleFourth News Corp. Reporter Admits to Criminal Hacking
By AFP, Jan. 27, 2014 Dan Evans is just the latest Murdoch employee to own up to serious criminal activity.read more
View ArticleIntel. Director: Journalists are Snowden's 'Accomplices'
By Matthew Rothschild, Jan. 30, 2014 James Clapper's contempt for free speech is more than just alarming.read more
View ArticleWhy Pay for Illegal Spying if it Doesn't Work?
By Jim Hightower, Feb. 5, 2014 Great: The NSA's dragnet is expensive AND useless.read more
View ArticleThis GOP Rep. Wants to Criminalize Paying Journalists
By Marcy Wheeler, Jan. 5, 2014 The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has a scary new idea.read more
View ArticleIt's Time America Stops Groveling to Saudi Monarchs
By Amitabh Pal, Feb. 5, 2014 Obama's planned visit will only debase his office.read more
View ArticleBefore Snowden and Manning, There Were the Burglars
By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, Jan. 15, 2014 Congratulations to the nonviolent activists who have come forward after exposing illegal FBI spying 43 years ago.On March 8, 1971, a group of eight peace...
View ArticleEgypt Gets a Constitution, But a Long Road Lies Ahead
By Alessandra Bajec, Jan. 16, 2014 Voters went to the polls across Egypt Tuesday and Wednesday, in a two-day referendum on the country's new constitution amidst sporadic violence that left 11 killed...
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Obama to Announce NSA 'Reforms' in Response to Snowden
By AFP, Jan. 17, 2014 But just how much 'change' is this commander in chief willing to bring?------Obama to unveil NSA reforms, response to Snowden (via AFP) President Barack Obama will Friday...
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Obama Must Completely Overhaul the NSA
By Heidi Boghosian, Moyers & Company, Jan. 17, 2014 Americans want to roll back the NSA's power. Obama should follow their lead.------Why Obama Needs to Overhaul the NSA (via Moyers & Company)...
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NSA Gathers Hundreds of Millions of Texts Per Day
By AFP, Jan. 17, 2014 Latest Snowden revelation shows the NSA peering into text communications across the globe.------NSA scoops up millions of text messages a day (via AFP) The US National Security...
View ArticleEisenhower's Farewell Speech Now More Prescient Than Ever
By Stephen C. Webster, Jan. 17, 2014 President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell speech, given 53 years ago this day, shook a nation still struggling to move past the horrors we witnessed in World War...
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NSA Officials Detail How They'd Like to Murder Snowden
By Mike Masnick, TechDirt, Jan. 17, 2014 “I would love to put a bullet in his head,” one of the officials reportedly said.------The Fact That The US Intelligence Community So Readily Admits To...
View ArticleObama Sneers at Snowden While Puffing Up His Own Role
By Matthew Rothschild, Jan. 17, 2014 In President Obama’s big speech on NSA spying, he made himself the hero of the story—and Edward Snowden the villain.It’s not comforting to all U.S. citizens and...
View ArticleEdward Snowden's 10 Biggest Revelations About the NSA
By Stephen C. Webster, Jan. 17, 2014 There have been so many revelations about the National Security Agency (NSA) since whistleblower Edward Snowden’s emergence last June that it is hard for the...
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Lawyer: Edward Snowden 'Fears for His Life'
By AFP, Jan. 21, 2014 Attorney wants to unmask anonymous U.S. officials who threatened his client's life.------Fugitive US leaker Snowden 'fears for his life' (via AFP) The Russian lawyer of Edward...
View ArticleMarking MLK Day From the Hovels of Afghanistan
By Kathy Kelly, Jan. 21, 2014 In Atlanta this month, the King Center announced its "Choose Nonviolence" campaign, calling on people to incorporate the symbolism of bell-ringing into their Martin...
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Syria's Assad Carrying Out 'Industrial-Scale' Murder
By AFP, Jan. 21, 2014 Informant spills thousands of images showing Holocaust-like conditions.------Syria photos prove 'industrial-scale' killings by regime (via AFP) Syrian officials could face war...
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Human Rights Groups: Syria's Crisis the 'Worst of Our Time'
By AFP, Jan. 22, 2014 Oxfam, Amnesty and Care USA call on regional powers to push for peace------Syria humanitarian crisis 'worst of our time': rights, aid groups (via AFP) Seven major aid and human...
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New NSA Whistleblower: Metadata is Used to Kill People with Drones
By Mike Masnick, TechDirt, Feb. 10, 2014 Obama apparently thinks the NSA's best guess is enough to drop bombs on civilians.------New Whistleblower Reveals NSA Picking Drone Targets Based On Bad Data:...
View ArticleSyria Poses a Tough Dilemma for Progressives
By Amitabh Pal, Feb. 11, 2014 Update (below): New York Times published op-ed by The Progressive's co-panelistsThis past weekend, I was on a panel to discuss that with Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel,...
View Article'Jesus Camp' Goes to Africa in 'God Loves Uganda'
By Ed Rampell, Feb. 11, 2014 One may think that the bad old days of colonialism in the developing world are over, but nobody bothered to tell that to the missionaries at the Kansas City-based...
View ArticleToday, the Internet Fights Back Against Mass Surveillance
By Stephen C. Webster, Feb. 11, 2014 Today is the day that activists around the world are staging a mass demonstration against the NSA’s surveillance dragnet. Hundreds of organizations are joining...
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Obama Considers Drone-Killing an American Citizen
By AFP, Feb. 11, 2014 Report: An extralegal assassination of a U.S. citizen could be imminent.------US weighs drone strike against American: reports (via AFP) The US government is debating whether to...
View ArticleRepublicans Finally Admit There's No Scandal in Benghazi
By Stephen C. Webster, Feb. 11, 2014 A report issued Monday (PDF) by the House Armed Services Committee, chaired by Republicans, puts to rest many popular conspiracy theories about the attack on...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Just Legitimized a Mass Murderer
By Amitabh Pal, Feb. 14, 2014 A U.S. ambassador should not be shaking hands with a mass murderer who is barred from the United States. But that’s what happened in India on February 13.“The United...
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