Obama NSA Speech: Pretty Words, No Real Change
Bottom Line Up Front: The details of Obama’s most recent speech about “changes” to the NSA’s surveillance practices reveal that sadly little of substance will change. A few cosmetic touchups, some nice...
View ArticleWashington Post Continues War on Democracy
Hagiographer to the stars “newspaper” the Washington Post continues its war on democracy, this shot fired by columnist Walter Pincus in support praise adulteration of the National Security Agency....
View ArticleHope and Change, NSA Edition
Hey lookit here, jiggling, shiny keys. Wait, I just forgot what I was going to write, but at least I’ve stopped kicking the seat in front of me. Distracting people from real issues with shiny objects...
View ArticleA Government Turning the Tools of War on Its Citizens
While poets and psychologists talk about soldiers bringing the battlefield home with them, in fact, the U.S. is doing just that. More and more, weapons, tactics, techniques and procedures that have...
View ArticleSnowden Warns Us of the Dark Path Ahead
In written testimony to the European Union (EU), Edward Snowden explained in patient, well-written, detailed prose exactly why what the NSA is doing is so dangerous. Snowden reveals himself an...
View ArticleYou Can’t Opt Out: 10 NSA Myths Debunked
The debate Edward Snowden envisioned when he revealed the extent of National Security Agency (NSA) spying on Americans has taken a bad turn. Instead of a careful examination of what the NSA does, the...
View ArticleUsing Metadata to Catch a Whistleblower
With Obama set to announce on Friday his plans to amend the electronic surveillance program at the National Security Agency, it is a good time to look more closely at what the NSA has been doing with...
View ArticleDissecting Obama’s Proposed NSA Reforms
So, after nine months of ignoring the Snowden revelations, downplaying the the Snowden revelations, not telling the truth about the Snowden revelations, insulting the Snowden revelations, sending...
View ArticleWho is the April Fool? A Partial List of World Leaders the NSA Spies On
It’s no April Fool’s joke. A new slide from Edward Snowden shows us just a tiny list of those world leaders the NSA collects against, spies on, monitors and eavesdrops. Have a close look at the bottom...
View ArticleListening in on Putin: Biden and the Ukraine
NSA Intercept X19/Alpha Bravo, 26APR2014, 23:12ZULU COMSEC NOFORN DO NOT/NOT RELEASE TO EDWARD SNOWDEN NOTE: IF A GUY CALLS AND SAYS HE’S “BILL” SNOWDEN, IT’S EDWARD AND DO NOT/NOT RELEASE Access Code:...
View ArticleWhere was the NSA before the Isla Vista Mass Shooting?
Elliot Rodger, a college student who posted videos that documented his rage against women, killed six people and wounded 13 others last week. He stabbed three men to death in his apartment and shot the...
View ArticleTechnology and the End of Privacy
The self-created end of privacy in the United States was brought about as much by technology as desire. Those who claim there is little new here — the government read the mail of and wiretapped the...
View ArticleDoes Snowden Know Why the NSA Doesn’t Need Warrants? He Might.
A funny thing to come out of Snowden’s recent interview with NBC News was his claim that he raised concerns about the NSA’s surveillance of American citizens through channels at the NSA, well before he...
View ArticleStung: Government Disappears Stingray Spying Records
We’ve heard variations on the phrase “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear” from the government for quite some time. It appears this may be true, at least if you are the government. In...
View ArticleShredding the Fourth Amendment in Post-Constitutional America
Here’s a bit of history from another America: The Bill of Rights was designed to protect the people from their government. If the First Amendment’s right to speak out publicly was the people’s wall of...
View ArticleU.S. Spying on Germany: Breaking the Rules for What?
In the world of spying in general, and especially when you’re spying on allied nations, Rule No. 1 is “Don’t Get Caught.” Rule No. 2 is “Make Sure the Juice is Worth the Squeeze.” The U.S. broke both...
View ArticleEdward Snowden is the Most Dangerous Man in America. Good.
Oh yes, yes, Edward Snowden is clearly the most dangerous man in America. Speaking via video link (he uses Skype!) from Russia to the HopeX hackers’ conference in New York City July 19, Edward Snowden...
View ArticleParallel Construction: Unconstitutional NSA Searches Deny Due Process
The NSA sits at the nexus of violations of both the Fourth and Fifth Amendments with a legal dodge called Parallel Construction. Parallel Construction is a technique used by law enforcement to hide the...
View ArticleNSA Spying Costs U.S. Companies Up To $180 Billion in Lost Overseas Business
The German government will end its contract with Verizon. Brazil dumped Boeing for Swedish company Saab to replace its fighter jets. Sources told Bloomberg News “The NSA problem ruined it” for the U.S....
View ArticleCaught Stealing Data in Europe, U.S. Now Seeks to Legalize the Theft
Nearly unique among nations, the U.S. broadly imposes extraterritoriality– in the case, the enforcement of U.S. laws in other, sovereign nations. An Exceptional Nation Many examples of...
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