How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers
Sunday May 22, 2016 .... When this newspaper began publishing the NSA documents in June 2013, it ignited a fierce political debate that continues to
Richard Nixon's Accomplice at the FBI (USA Today)
In Nixon's Gamble, set to be published Oct. 1 by Lyons Press, USA TODAY editor Ray Locker examines how the secret government established by
Malware that Hit Apple Similar to that Developed by CIA
"... The CIA's development of their corrupted version of Xcode was part of a multi-year plan to break the security of Apple's iPhone and iPads ..." T
New Documents Raise Concerns About CIA's Domestic Data Collection
The American Civil Liberties Union in concerned the CIA is hoovering up mass amounts of data on Americans as it conducts foreign surveillance operati
Economic Espionage: NSA Spied on France's Highest Financial Officials
In what is sure to cause further embarrassment for the Obama administration, WikiLeaks released documents on Monday that it says prove that the
ISIS Online: A Pretext for Cyber COINTELPRO?
"... If history is any indicator, then activists, political radicals, dissidents, and many others will be targeted online. The revelations about COINT
Should We Trust Secret Government? Nope
Provisions of the Patriot Act passed after 9/11 that have enabled the bulk collection of cell phone and Internet usage exposed by the Edward Snowden l
The Guardian: Of Snowden and the NSA, Only One has Acted Unlawfully – and it’s not Snowden
With the NSA’s bulk surveillance ruled illegal, the debate on the Patriot Act should be reinvigorated – with Edward Snowden free to join in On 6
NSA Phone Records Program Illegal, Court Rules
Federal appeals court says NSA program that collected millions of Americans’ phone calls was not authorized by Congress The
DEA Spied on Billions of American Phone Calls for Decades
Also see: DEA Spy Program More Intrusive Than NSA Invasion Indiscriminate spying was the DEA’s blunt force weapon of choice in its “War on
FBI Monitored and Critiqued African American Writers for Decades
A new book reveals the extent to which J Edgar Hoover’s bureau kept files on well-known black writers between 1919 and 1972 Newly declassified docu
How The CIA Made Google
Inside the secret network behind mass surveillance, endless war, and Skynet The Google campus-network room at a data center in Council Bluffs, Io
Activists Launch Project Digital Privacy Against Local-Level Warrantless Surveillance
On January 23,2014, a coalition of activists nationwide have launched an organization named Project Digital Privacy. The goal of the organization
Google Secretly Gave the Government WikiLeaks Journalists' Metadata
Google secretly gave the emails of WikiLeaks journalists to the US government in response to an espionage investigation targeting Julian Assange, acco
WaPo: Snowden Files Reveal GCHQ Scooped Up British & American Journalist E-Mails
"... Citing separate documents released by Snowden, a former NSA contractor, the Guardian also said that GCHQ had listed 'investigative journalists' a
What Did Alan Gross Do in Cuba?
The Strange Case of Alan Gross (Excerpt) By Philip Giraldi Washington Report of Middle Eastern Affairs, May/June 2011 Alan Gross ... was paid ha
Symantec Uncovers Sophisticated, Stealthy Computer Spying Tool
Computer security researchers at Symantec say they have discovered a sophisticated piece of malware circulating the world that appears to be used for
A Cult of Rules: The Origins of Legalism in the Surveillance State
"... Political theorist Judith Shklar defined legalism as 'the ethical attitude that holds moral conduct to be a matter of rule following' — nearly
David Moats: Shades Of J. Edgar
"... Government agents don’t have to break into an office to plant a bug. They can employ the latest electronic eavesdropping technology developed b
Secret Surveillance of Mail is Widespread with Lax Oversight
"... An IG audit ... showed the USPS often approved requests to monitor a person’s mail without ensuring the request was properly authorized or ad
Answers Sought on CIA Interference in ‘78 JFK Probe
OCTOBER 15, 2014 WASHINGTON — It was nearly four decades ago that Eddie Lopez was hired by a congressional committee to reinvestigate the 196
NSA Documents Suggest a Close Working Relationship Between NSA, U.S. Companies
Newly disclosed National Security Agency documents suggest a closer relationship between American companies and the spy agency than has been previousl
The Government Wants Tech Companies to Give Them a Backdoor to Your Electronic Life (The Guardian)
The FBI chief’s call for ‘clarity and transparency’ on surveillance wouldn’t be so laughable if the government wasn’t so aggressively secr
CIA Sued Over Senate Spying
By Julian Hattem A Washington-based privacy organization is suing the CIA to obtain details about how it spied on Senate staffers. The Electron