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
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Records: Kennedy Weighed Invasion of Brazil
By AFP, Jan. 8, 2014 Kennedy's secret audio tapes reveal talk of South American military campaign.------Kennedy weighed possible military intervention in Brazil (via AFP) Former US President John F....
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NAFTA's Harms Show Why the TPP Deal Must Be Stopped
By Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company, Jan. 10, 2014 Expert explains how free trade agreements help drive crippling inequality in America.------Trade Expert: Why TPP — “NAFTA on Steroids” — Must Be...
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It's Still On: Iran Nuclear Deal Starts Jan. 20
By AFP, Jan. 13, 2014 Despite a bumpy negotiation, Iran still plans to put its nuclear program on hold.------Deal curbing Iran nuclear drive to take effect Jan 20 (via AFP) A landmark deal that curbs...
View ArticleNSA's 'Contact Chaining' Does Reveal Some of Its Targets
By Marcy Wheeler, Jan. 13, 2014 One claim the NSA has made just about every time one of its representatives has talked about the phone dragnet is that, because the dragnet contains only phone numbers,...
View ArticleSenate Hawks Must Really Want War With Iran
By Amitabh Pal, Jan. 13, 2014 The U.S.-Iran nuclear deal may be imperiled by armchair hawks in the U.S. Senate.Even as the nuclear accord is set to go into effect, there is a parallel effort going on...
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NSA Can Hack Computers That Aren't Even Online
By AFP, Jan. 15, 2014 Surveillance agency's program uses radio waves to read microprocessor activity.------NSA taps offline computers with secret bug: report (via AFP) The US National Security Agency...
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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