FBI thinks they don’t need warrants to spy on email, Facebook and other...
New documents reveal that the Department of Justice takes a similar stance to that of the IRS in claiming that they do not necessarily need warrants to spy on emails, Twitter direct messages, Facebook...
View ArticleVicious Cycle: Thousands in Ohio too poor to pay debts, jailed with no trial
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View ArticleGuns and terror making US an unsafe security state
On Sunday, during a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, at least two gunmen opened fire into the crowd, injuring 19 revelers.What is going on here? How can it be that America seems to be getting more...
View ArticleInside Story Americas: Is the US intimidating the media?
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View ArticleNDAA debate: US programming the war machine
Not only does the National Defense Authorization Act establish funding levels for the various agencies in charge of our national defense, but it also sets the guidelines under which that money will be...
View Article‘Common Core’ Nationalizes and Dumbs Down Public School Curriculum
Like Obamacare, Common Core (now dubbed “ObamaCore” by some) has sparked a backlash in the states, leading some to propose legislation forbidding state participation in the scheme. … Read More
View ArticleAnonymous hacker Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty to Stratfor breach
Hammond, 28, was arrested last March and charged with hacking into the computers of Strategic Forecasting Inc., or Stratfor — a global intelligence company based out of Austin, Texas. He has been held...
View ArticleMississippi sued over for-profit prison where inmates sell leashed rats
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Thursday they have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Mississippi because of how inmates...
View ArticleRacist War On Weed – New ACLU Report
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View ArticleIt’s time to do away with Homeland Security
And, as a result, it's time that we broke up the failed national security experiment known as the Department of Homeland Security. Returning to dozens of independent agencies will return internal...
View ArticlePRISM fallout: Hague says UK citizens have ‘nothing to fear’ from GCHQ...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague affirmed that a “lot of information was shared with the United States,” adding that the two countries shared "an exceptional intelligence sharing relationship."...
View ArticleManning 2.0? Former NSA consultant behind massive US surveillance leak
The former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, had asked the Guardian to reveal his identity and had never planned on hiding. “I have no...
View ArticleMozilla and 85 others send an anti-PRISM letter to Congress
Web firms and civil liberties groups are up in arms … Read More
View ArticleACLU sues government over NSA surveillance
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View ArticleSupreme Court rules human genes may not be patented
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that human genes cannot be patented, a decision that is likely to shape the future of medical and biotech research. … Read More
View ArticleEdward Snowden: War on Whistleblowers "Only Builds Better Whistleblowers"
Larry Wilkerson: Snowden's expertise allowed him to understand the threat of the NSA's surveillance programs on civil liberties - government power exercised in secret will be abused … Read More
View ArticleBrazil –“Brazil Spring” criticism of media OK, but not violence against...
Around 20 journalists have reportedly been physically attacked or injured in the past two weeks of protests in Brazilian cities against bus and subway fare hikes and the poor state of public services....
View ArticleLiving in Orwell’s Surveillance State
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View ArticleSt. Louis police chief wants drones to monitor city
“To help keep officers safe, to help keep the community safe. For monitoring public spaces – things like the upcoming Fair St. Louis [and] baseball games – for terrorists, suspicious activity,” St....
View ArticleBush: Snowden ‘damaged the security of the country’
Bush, the two-term president who authorized the National Security Agency spy programs as a counterterrorism tool shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, told CNN that the recent leaks attributed...
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