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Chris Hedges> The Death of Truth
Chris Hedges interviews Julian Assange of WikiLeaks. By Chris Hedges May 6, 2013 This interview is a joint project of Truthdig and The Nation magazine. LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building […]
Alexander Reed Kelly> Privacy by Design
Privacy by Design By Alexander Reed Kelly July 24, 2012 truthdig.com Furryscaly (CC BY-SA 2.0) NEW YORK—Nicholas Merrill wants to change the world. So he tells me over rice and beans at Lupe’s East LA Kitchen in Soho, roughly a dozen blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood. He is perfectly serious. At 39 […]
People’s Blog for the Constitution » FBI seeking web application to monitor social networks
FBI seeking web application to monitor social networks Farid Zakaria January 30, 2012 BORDC The FBI Strategic Information and Operations Center (SIOC) has issued a Request for Information to determine the feasibility of an online application capable of monitoring social networks. Specifically, the FBI is seeking to develop an application that “provide[s] an Open […]
SOPA Vote Delayed, Allowing For More Corporate Fundraising From Censorship Bill
SOPA Vote Delayed, Allowing For More Corporate Fundraising From Censorship Bill Zach Carter December 16, 2011 Huffington Post WASHINGTON — After two days of debate, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) abruptly halted a key hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act, postponing a Committee vote on the bill until 2012. The […]
Video> Fox News Blames Pepper Spray on Students Not Police?
When University of California Davis police reacted to students sitting peacefully in protest with pepper spray directly to their faces, I thought even Fox News couldn’t spin this excessive use of force in favor of police, but I was wrong, as I show in this video. The higher quality clip I use of UC Davis […]
Greenwald: The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State
The always-expanding bipartisan Surveillance State BY GLENN GREENWALD salon.com FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2011 (updated below – Update II) When I wrote earlier this week about Jane Mayer’s New Yorker article on the Obama administration’s war on whistleblowers, the passage I hailed as “the single paragraph that best conveys the prime, enduring impact of the Obama presidency” included this observation from Yale Law […]
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