Afghan and Pak. Gov’t Lashes Out on Drones; Given Deadline to Stop Strikes
by Ezra Van Auken In recent months, America’s drone campaign on a number of nation states has been put under the spotlight, and although the light isn’t necessarily bright, there’s more being...
View ArticleWill Los Angeles Become the Largest GMO-Free Zone in the US?
by Ali Papademetriou The city of Los Angeles, California is in the works of banning the growth and retail of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Such a move would make it the largest city in the US...
View Article21 Countries Backing UN Effort Against NSA Internet Surveillance
by Ali Papademetriou Brazil and Germany recently collaborated to enforce a United Nations General Resolution to uphold privacy, particularly that of the Internet, in response to the consistent strings...
View ArticleMore Lies: Obama Has Known About NSA Spying on Germany for Years
by Ali Papademetriou Last week, the US National Security Agency was forced to deny that its director, Keith Alexander, had ever had discussions with President Obama about the surveillance scandal...
View ArticleWhite House and Other Officials Not Allowing Snowden Clemency
by Shannon Jones Is speaking the truth a crime? According to Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, it is not; however, regardless of his opinion, his recent plea for clemency...
View ArticleTSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers’ Tax Info, Property Records, Travel History
by Joe Wolverton Owe money to the IRS? Having trouble making your mortgage payments? Ever been sued or been arrested? Soon, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will know the answers to...
View ArticleSnowden Slams U.S. NSA and British GCHQ for Uncontrolled Surveillance
by Warren Mass In an open letter published on November 3 by the German news magazine Der Spiegel, whistleblower Edward Snowden accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and its British...
View ArticleApple Report: US Sought More Users’ Data Than Rest of the World Combined
by Jason Ditz Apple has released its first “transparency report” (pdf) revealing the broad details of governments’ demands for its customers’ personal data. In the first six months of 2013, the Obama...
View ArticleIntelligence Committee Member: You Can’t Have Your Privacy Violated, If You...
by WashBlog The chair of the House Intelligence Committee – Mike Rogers – said yesterday in an NSA spying hearing which he led that there is no right to privacy in America. Constitutional expert...
View ArticleUS, Russia Can’t Agree on Date for Syria Peace Talks
by Jason Ditz The Geneva II peace conference, which has had interim dates at several points over the last five months but never happened, is still without a date as the US and Russia have had another...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg and His Gang Look to Ban E-Cigs in Public Places
by Ezra Van Auken For New York City officials, electronic cigarettes, better known as ‘e-cigs’, are causing concern among the county council, and like with any given opportunity in policymaking,...
View Article700,000 Americans on the Terror Watch List, Still Riddled With False Information
by Ryan Singel The nation’s centralized terrorist watch list that is used to screen 270 million individuals every month now contains more than 700,000 entries, but remains marred by duplication,...
View ArticleBan Anything, but Driving: New Jersey Looking to Fine Drivers for Nearly...
by Ezra Van Auken Don’t pull your road map out, change the radio station, play the air drums or take a call from family, New Jersey could become the next state to ban anything, but driving. It seems...
View ArticleHouse Committee Refused to Ban Drone Strikes on Unidentified People
by Jason Ditz Two weeks ago, the House Intelligence Committee completed its text for the 2014 Intelligence Authorization Act. The bill is out of committee and facing a vote in the broader House,...
View ArticleDefending the ‘Surveillance State’, NSA Staff Sent Home with Thanksgiving...
by Ezra Van Auken Although the Thanksgiving celebrations are over, they’re certainly not out of sight, just yet. And while some families chose to dabble and laugh over past memories and family updates,...
View ArticleAnti-Drone Protests in Pakistan Stop NATO Supplies from Crossing Afghan/Pak...
by Ezra Van Auken Pakistani citizens fed up with American foreign policy, in and around the region, have taken to the streets consistently in recent months. Although not significant in the broad sense...
View ArticleNSA Tracking Cellphone Locations Worldwide, Snowden Documents Show
by Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Throws a Ban on 3D-Printed Guns, D.C. Lawmakers Looking to...
by Ezra Van Auken For gun rights advocates, defending the Second Amendment doesn’t necessarily imply conventional firearms anymore, but rather a new phenomenon, 3D-printed guns. With policymakers both...
View ArticleFormer Rep. Paul Declares Bitcoin the “Destroyer of the Dollar”
by Ezra Van Auken The longtime Texas Congressman, who although is no longer participating in Washington, but still maintains an influential role in the political field, has sounded off his thoughts on...
View ArticleOpenness at Guantanamo Darkens, Again; Detainees Allege They’ve Been Tortured
by Ezra Van Auken Remember the hunger strikes earlier this year at the Guantanamo Bay prison? Well, after a decision by the Pentagon to no longer disclose reports related to hunger strikes, there’s not...
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