The War on Democracy (Guardian)
How corporations and spy agencies use "security" to defend profiteering and crush activism A stunning new report compiles extensive evidence showing how
Perception Management Wall Street Journal Columnist Repeatedly gets Facts Wrong about NSA Surveillance
Now that illicit NSA surveillance has been exposed and universally deplored, it's time to raise our hackles over media perception management. A "conservati
Brittany Murphy & Simon Monjack Believed Government was Spying on Them
Scary stuff, but don't reach for the Xanax -- the media are already claiming that the deceased were "paranoid." Soon, chronic faults in their character w
Who Killed Brittany Murphy and Simon Monjack? They Spoke of Surveillance, Feared for their Lives, Before Murders Covered Up by L.A. Police & Media
"January 2011: ... The Hollywood Reporter publishes a piece entitled 'The Final Difficult Days of Brittany Murphy' indicating that the couple were incred
Dianne Feinstein’s Fake Surveillance Reform Bill
" ... The legislation would make clear in no uncertain terms that communication records like phone, email, and internet data can be collected without even
NSA Data Mining has Nothing to do with Terrorism
Electronic Frontier Foundation: "NSA's Vast Surveillance Powers Extend Far Beyond Counterterrorism, Despite Misleading Government Claims": "Time and again
“Mainstream” Media NSA was Lax in Protecting its Lawbreaking
November 8, 2013 This article originally appeared in the Daily Kos. Since June, the mainstream media has been reporting National Security Agency (NSA) whi
Keith Alexander to Step Down from the NSA
The director of the U.S. National Security Agency and his deputy are expected to depart in the coming months, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, in a develo
Newly Declassified Documents Show how Surveillance State was Born
Almost no one noticed when the book was quietly released this summer. It has perhaps the most benumbing title in publishing history. Yet inside this volu
Canadian Spies Met with Energy Firms, Documents Reveal
Photo: Observers have suggested that Canada's actions are related to potential competition to its tar sands. Photograph: Orjan F Ellingvag/Corbis Governm
“Patriot Act Author ‘There has been a Failure of Oversight.’” (WaPo)
Photo: Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is the author of the Patriot Act — and an opponent of how it has been used to justify broad domestic spying powers. (Jim Wa
Intrusive Brain Reading Surveillance Technology – Hacking the Mind
Also see: "Hearing “Voices” – The Hidden History of the CIA’s Electromagnetic Mind Control Experiments" Carole Smith describes claims that neurosci
EFF The NSA is Making Us All Less Safe
"Computers are everywhere. They are now something we put our whole bodies into—airplanes, cars—and something we put into our bodies—pacemakers, cochl
The CIA-Funded, Far-Right, Gay, ACORN-Busting, White Supremacist Hoover Institute Director Behind TED CRUZ
“I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” -- Peter Thiel, April 13 2009 The Gay Billionaire Pothead Behind the Senate's New Righ
Project Hemisphere’s Houston Division More Reasons to Worry about Government Surveillance
HOUSTON, TX – If you have a feeling Uncle Sam is watching you, well, you’re right. Apparently Houston is one of three locations for a program that ro
Covert Agent Claims CIA Harasses Him
WASHINGTON - A "senior covert paramilitary officer" sued the CIA, claiming the agency has been harassing him with illegal electronic surveillance, prolongi
Caught, White House Reiterates Flat Out Lies About NSA Surveillance
Also see: "No terror connection? No problem, says NSA," MSNBC "NSA Misled Surveillance Court Multiple Times, Secret Opinions Show," ACLU August 20 2013 F
The Evolution of the NSA’s XKeyscore
How the NSA went from off-the-shelf to a homegrown "Google for packets." The National Security Agency's (NSA) apparatus for spying on what passes over the
Feds Tell Web Firms to Turn Over User Account Passwords
Also see: "Are small-fry encrypted email ISPs using feds as excuse for closure?" Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal g
Required Reading for Aspiring Whistleblowers
" ... Those now reading Nineteen Eighty-Four for the first time (or the first time since their teens) must be struck by how much Orwell got right ... the