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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem. Whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents from 2008 and 2009 showing that UK spied on Israeli and Palestinian officials. (Photo: Abir Sultan/AP)

The West’s “liberal democracies” are undergoing a shift toward repression with new initiatives to spy on citizens and punish whistleblowers who expose government abuses, observes ex-British intelligence officer Annie Machon. By Annie Machon Forgive my “infamously fluent French” but the…Read more →

The government’s new surveillance privileges are virtually unrivaled across the globe.

Tuesday, we were looking at some of the reasons Hillary is doing less well-- even in states trending her way like Florida is now-- than she could be doing. While I was writing the post, I got a note from Ted Lieu about the Yahoo revelations.

The Equation Group hacker gets nabbed; WWIII will be lethal and fast; and peer review vigilantes take matters into their own hands.

The Equation Group hacker gets nabbed; WWIII will be lethal and fast; and peer review vigilantes take matters into their own hands.

He may have had no other choice.

The tensions between those engaged in the dangerous and compromising pursuit of whistleblowing, and those who use the fruit of such efforts has been all too coarsely revealed in the Washington Post stance on Edward Snowden.

Yesterday, Hillary had an OpEd in Policy.Mic, Here's What Millennials Have Taught Me.

Last week, Oliver Stone’s biopic “Snowden” hit the theaters. The film illuminates the life of Edward Snowden between 2004 and 2013, aiming to humanize one of the most wanted men in the world. Just before its release, a public campaign was launched urging President Obama to pardon this renowned NSA whistleblower.