Frenemy of the State Major News Outlets Call on U.S. to Drop Charges Against Wikileaks’ Julian Assange
By Steve Robinson - MaineWire, November 28, 2022 Four European news outlets joined the New York Times on Monday to call on U.S. a
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 this d
William Sullivan, 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 Pres
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 ..." The tec
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 operations.
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 US Natio
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 leaks
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 June 2
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 US court of appea
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 Drugs.
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 documents
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, Iowa. P
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 is t
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, according
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' as a t
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 half a mill
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 spyin
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 regar
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 by the
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 adequate