Democratic leaders for domestic spying and for more Iraq warLast night, the House continued debating 2015 appropriations for the Department of Defense (H.R. 4870). Voting on amendments went just past 11PM and while they were going on, I at was at a lecture-- an amazing lecture-- by Glenn Greenwald.
On June 11th in Berlin, a new international organization was announced whose purpose is to (1) defend whistleblowers when they are facing prosecution; and (2) defend the public’s right to know.
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying Press TV – June 11, 2014 China has dismissed the recent allegation by the US that the Chinese military has been involved in hacking a US security firm, describing Washington’s approach on the issue as unconstructive. A private US cyber security firm accused a unit of China’s military on […]
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying Press TV – June 11, 2014 China has dismissed the recent allegation by the US that the Chinese military has been involved in hacking a US security firm, describing Washington’s approach on the issue as unconstructive. A private US cyber security firm accused a unit of China’s military on […]
The N.S.A. is Collecting Millions of Faces from Facebook and other Social Media Images The National Security Agency is harvesting huge numbers of images of people from communications that it intercepts through its global surveillance operations for use in sophisticated facial recognition programs, according to…Read more →
RT | June 7, 2014
A federal judge who ordered the National Security Agency to retain all records of its secret telephone surveillance related to an ongoing case has reversed the order – just a day after it was issued.
“In order to protect national security programs, I cannot issue a ruling at this time. The Court rescinds the June 5 order,” US District Judge Jeffrey White said from the bench on Friday.
Edward Snowden
Is Edward Snowden a radical? The dictionary defines a radical as “an advocate of political and social revolution”, the adjective form being “favoring or resulting in extreme or revolutionary changes”. That doesn’t sound like Snowden as far as what has been publicly revealed. In common usage, the term “radical” usually connotes someone or something that goes beyond the generally accepted boundaries of socio-political thought and policies; often used by the Left simply to denote more extreme than, or to the left of, a “liberal”.
All Across America States are saying NO to NSA Spying! Everybody is Getting Tired of being Bullied by the Feds! Wednesday, June 4, 2014, the New Hampshire House and Senate gave final approval to a bill that bans government officials from…Read more →
