Pentagon Revives Rumsfeld-Era Domestic Spying Unit
By Daniel Tencer Raw Story | June 19th, 2010 The Pentagon's spy unit has quietly begun to rebuild a database for tracking potential terrorist threats that
New ACLU Report And Web Hub Reveal Rise In Political Spying Across US
" ... Political spying – rampant during the Cold War under the FBI’s COINTELPRO, the CIA’s Operation Chaos and other programs – has experienced a
ACLU FBI Used ‘Dragnet’-Style Warrantless Cell Tracking
By Declan McCullagh | CNet News | June 22, 2010 To nab a pair of men accused of robbing banks in Connecticut, court documents show the FBI turned to a nove
UK Government Vehicle Surveillance Database Storing 250 Journeys for Every Motorist
The average motorist has the details of 200 of their journeys stored on the Government’s controversial vehicle surveillance database, new figures have s
FBI Releases Files on Ted Kennedy
foia.fbi.gov Edward “Ted” Moore Kennedy served as U.S. senator for the state of Massachusetts from November 7, 1962 until his death. He was a long-time
FBI O'Keefe DID Plan a 'Wiretap Plot' to Secretly Record Employees of U.S. Senator
By Brad Friedman | Brad's Blog | May 27, 2010 Remember the disingenuous snit fits that Rightwing con-man Andrew Breitbart and his Tea Bag Boyz were on abou
DARPA 'Witchfinder-Ware' to SMITE America's IT 'Traitors'
By Lewis Page | The Register | May 2010 Our old friends at DARPA - the US military research bureau - have broached another intriguing and mildy upsetting s
CIA Domestic Ops Go Far Beyond Shahzad Probe
" ... Most of the CIA’s recruitment of foreign spies now takes place in the United States. Hundreds of CIA officers working out of cover offices and com
Government Continues to Avoid Court Rulings on Domestic Surveillance
by emptywheel | FireDogLake | April 19, 2010 FISA Court Encourages Government to Stop Collecting Some Metadata National Security Agency Director Keith B.
ManTech Names H. Christopher Goodrich as Vice President for NSA Programs in its Mission, Cyber and Technology Solutions Group
March 11, 2010 Twenty-five years of experience in the Intelligence Community FAIRFAX, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ManTech International Corporation /quote
‘U-2 Brute’ Behind-the-Scenes Details of the CIA Spy-Plane Face-Off with the Soviets
By Viki Malik Indian Express | April 5, 2010 All of a sudden a long forgotten American spy plane called U-2, which had a stellar role during the Cold War,
Gerald Ford OK’d Warrantless Wiretaps in U.S., Memo Reveals
By Andrew Becker
Politics Daily, April 3, 2010
President Gerald Ford secretly authorized the use of warrantless domestic wiretaps for foreign intellige
FBI Releases Files Kept in Room Filled with Secrets
AllGov.com | March 31, 2010 After concealing highly-secretive investigations for more than 60 years, the FBI has released a small volume of documents from
Judge Seeks more Answers on Alleged CIA Misconduct
By DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) – 2 days ago WASHINGTON — A federal judge chastised the government Tuesday for striking a $3 million settlement over alleged CI
NSA Wiretap Program Declared Illegal
Marc Ambinder | The Atlantic | Mar 31 2010 The National Security Agency broke the law when it wiretapped two American lawyers working for the El-Haramain
Glenn Greenwald on Mike McConnell and the National Security State
Mar 29, 2010 03:30 EDT Mike McConnell, the WashPost & the dangers of sleazy corporatism By Glenn Greenwald In a political culture drowning in hidd
Web of Intelligence gets More Complex
Keeping online jihadists where you can see them is one thing – but the ethics of creating honeypot sites are far more debatable By Tim Stevens | Guardi
Microsoft's Wiretap Guide goes Online, Security Site goes Offline
Hotmail hacking how-to for spooks and cops By John Leyden The Register | 25th February 2010 Updated Long-established privacy and cryptology website Crypt
White House Cyber Czar ‘There Is No Cyberwar’
By Ryan Singel Wired | March 4, 2010 Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rheto