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This week marks the 10th anniversary of the first story featuring National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden’s initial revelation: the role of Verizon in aiding NSA’s telephone metadata mass surveillance program. As the Guardian noted at the time, “The court order appears to explain the numerous cryptic public warnings by two US senators, Ron … Continue reading "It Was All in Vain: Edward Snowden’s Sacrifice 10 Years On"

by Judith Curry My new book Climate Uncertainty and Risk is now published! At last. On amazon.com, you can read the Author’s Foreword plus Chapters 1 and 2.  Here are the contents for these two chapters: Lets discuss the Foreword … Continue reading →

Most mornings as I prepare for my run, I tune in to BBC news. Of late, the newscaster has presented, in sober British-fashion, the number of Palestinians killed the night before by the Israeli army in its near-nightly raids on homes and refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian Territories. When I canvass American news sites … Continue reading "Deconstructing Israel’s Propaganda Machine"

As the West pours more advanced weapons into Ukraine that have the range to strike, not only inside Russian occupied territory in Ukraine, but inside the internationally recognized territory of Russia itself, the risk of nuclear war looms. Russia’s nuclear deterrence policy states that Russia “hypothetically” could allow the use of nuclear weapons only if there … Continue reading "A Plea Not To Risk Nuclear War"

Snowden and the Fight for American Privacy by James Bovard Edward Snowden did heroic service in awakening Americans to Washington ravishing their privacy. Snowden’s “reward” is to be banished in Russia without a snowball’s chance in hell of a fair trial if he returns to America. But as he courageously declared, “I would rather be […]
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After signing a military decree on May 18, allowing illegal Israeli Jewish settlers to reclaim the abandoned Homesh settlement located in the northern Occupied West Bank, the Israeli government has informed the US Biden Administration that it will not turn the area into a new settlement.

This is the third part of a three-part series on our recent trip to Russia. Read part one and part two. We spent nearly 20 days in Russia, including 5 days in Crimea. During our journey, we spent around 70 hours in trains riding in close quarters with Russians who we had never met before … Continue reading "Reflections on Russia and Crimea: The Hate Goes One Way"

U.S. leaders rarely have been noted for being able to gauge changing sentiment in the international arena and adjusting their foreign policy accordingly. The Biden administration, however, may be setting new records for the tone-deaf quality of its policies. Three incidents in the past few weeks illustrate the problem. There has been obvious movement in … Continue reading "The Biden Administration’s Latest Tone-Deaf Foreign Policy Positions"

One more was wounded.
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New York Post, June 5, 2023 Biden’s pick for new CDC czar Mandy Cohen embodies the worst of pandemic policy By James Bovard President Joe Biden’s choice for new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief is a telegenic authoritarian straight from liberal central casting. He’s selecting Mandy Cohen thanks in large part to her […]