Graphs by MIT Students Show the Enormously Intrusive Nature of Metadata
You've probably heard politicians or pundits say that “metadata doesn't matter.” They argue that police and intelligence agencies shouldn't need probab
Hollywood Figures Spied for CIA, Book Asserts
January 10, 2014 WASHINGTON -- It’s well known that Hollywood loves a good spy story. But what is also true, according to a new memoir by a former seni
NSA is Intercepting Laptops Purchased Online to Install Spy Malware
December 29, 2013 According to a new report from Der Spiegel based on internal NSA documents, the signals intelligence agency's elite hacking uni
The Spying Scotsman who Hunted the Nazis of New York The Amazing Story of Britain’s Clandestine War on Hitler’s Agents … and His Big-Money Backers in the US
'Secret battle for America' fought far from the front lines during World War II -- Lost documents find British agents took on Nazi sympathisers in the US
Former CIA Boss, Task Force Member Says Even Though Metadata Collection Hasn’t Been Useful, It Should Be Expanded
December 24, 2013 We've pointed out that one of the big surprises in the White House's task force proposals on NSA reform, was that the task force was p
Perception Management US Media Gloss Over CIA Support of Apartheid & Role in Mandela’s 1962 Arrest
" ... Ignoring history is one thing; re-writing history is another ... " CIA and Mandela: Can the truth be told now?; Mandela and misremembering history De
Parliament Asks MI5 Boss to Justify Claim that NSA Leaks Endangered National Security (Guardian)
Photo: Home affairs select committee chairman Keith Vaz has asked the MI5 chief to justify comments about the Guardian's coverage of Edward Snowden's leak
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
Bob Woodward Slams Greenwald, Gellman
Essential Background: Bob Woodward’s Intelligence Credentials & Assassination Politics of the Nixon Era November 21, 2013 Bob Woodward took a not-s
Who was Lucien Conein?
Lucien Conein was born in Paris in 1919. Five years later his widowed mother arranged for him to live with her sister in Kansas City, who had married a sol
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
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
Quest for Information on CIA/Nazi Spy Brought to End
MANHATTAN (CN) - One man's 30-year quest for information about a Nazi spy came to an end after a federal judge ruled that the U.S. government adequately pr
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