Archives to 'Real Time' - FBI's Warrantless Online 'Chat' Monitoring to...
“The problem is where we are today. The way we communicate is really not limited to telephone nowadays and sort of the old fashioned picking up the phone and calling someone,” Weismann said. That would...
View Article"Sorry, No Smoking Gun On UFOs. The Mystery Remains..."
And, indeed it does...It's not everyday when a 63-year old interdepartmental memo from the FBI is re-released to the public, decades after its first release, and draws as much or more public attention...
View ArticleTop Swedish Prosecutor in Sexual Assault Case Against Julian Assange Quits -...
A strange case gets even stranger.Few around here would be surprised at the fact that this ongoing international saga hasn't garnered much attention on this side of the pond. I guess our traditional...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Might Have Competition for Tribune Company Media Outlets --...
So, Rupert manages to subvert the media industry on both sides of the Atlantic, wears out his welcome on the other side -- barely keeping his greedy, cantankerous butt out of jail -- and to make amends...
View ArticleEven Worse Than SCOTUS - Bush's Wingnuts at D.C. Court of Appeals Blocking...
All forward progress anyway.Americans elected President Obama in 2008 with great hopes and an insatiable thirst for change. It was as palpable as it was heartfelt. But through recalcitrance and...
View ArticleGoogle to be First Corporation to Challenge Legality of Warrantless 'National...
Looks like Google's finally trying to exemplify their own "Don't Be Evil" motto. Props to them. Let's hope this action starts a trend.Google has undertaken what appears to be a legal first: an open...
View ArticleATF Not Interested in the Guns You Buy But Wants "Massive Database" to Find...
The ATF may want to know who you hang with. But don't expect them to 'Friend' you on Facebook or follow you on Twitter. They won't need to; your life will be an open database.I've come to the...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street Wins LawSuit Against City of New York & Brookfield...
Unfortunately, the judgment was relatively small and the lawsuit wasn't about the (MIS)treatment of protesters at Occupy events. It actually centered on the destruction of Occupy's surprisingly...
View ArticleJudge in Bradley Manning Trial Orders U.S. Government to Prove He Knew Leaks...
In the end, April 10, 2013 could turn out to have been a truly auspicious day for Bradley Manning.On Wednesday of last week, trial judge, Colonel Denise Lind ruled that the U.S. government would now...
View ArticlePatricia Maisch and Lori Haas Were Not Just Escorted From U.S. Senate - Also...
“The irony is not lost on me and it’s not lost on the American public,” Haas said. “Very ironic that an hour and a half investigation into two women shouting in the Senate gallery takes place and yet...
View ArticleAdministration Officials Pushing Institutionalized Internet Surveillance...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo - The Princess Bride If you haven't guessed it by now, I used the above classic quote from one of my all-time...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Rubs Salt in CISPA's Gaping Wound
Apparently, there are members of the U.S. Senate who still respect the U.S. Constitution. Who knew?!?Ah, it's always nice to deliver good news... especially when it's on top of other good news. After...
View ArticleStudy Finds Unfettered Free Market Beliefs are Linked to Denial of Basic...
There's an old axiom: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”― Upton Sinclair There are plenty of facts that extreme ideologists...
View ArticleJoe Biden in Favor of Full Public Disclosure of Report on Torture (Another...
Call me a fan of the vice president.As politicians go, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is an American treasure. Although it's landed him in hot water more than once, Vice President Biden has a habit...
View ArticleN.H. Republican Claims Obama's Appointees and Immigration Reform Will Spark...
I see the conservative CrAzYs have started to spread (like the plague) to the Northeast.I know the press attending Senator Kelly Ayotte's town hall meeting on Tuesday in Warren, New Hampshire weren't...
View ArticleFISA Court in Full Compliance with Federal Government Surveillance - Approves...
Wow, I had no idea that our federal government was so consistently perfect in it's decisions to place people under surveillance. Not once did they step out of line and go too far. Rest assured,...
View ArticleU.N. Investigator Obtained Testimony Claiming Syria's Rebels Used Sarin Gas -...
If true, this could be why the Obama administration is hesitant to intervene between Syrian rebels and the Assad regime. And, more troubling, if true, it could also mean U.S. (Read: CIA) intervention...
View ArticleFederal District Judge Rules School of the Americas Must Disclose Names of...
This is a big fu***' deal.It might not seem like one on its face, and it's not clear whether it'll survive an appeal, but this ruling ends a grueling eight-year struggle for basic [public]...
View ArticleSenate Finally Confirms [Fully Staffed] Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight...
Remember, House Republicans have nothing to say or do about this confirmation. It is the sole responsibility of the U.S. Senate to confirm all the president's nominations. John Boehner and House...
View ArticleLeaked Data Could Result in Biggest Tax Evasion Investigation Into Offshore...
The investigation into 400 gigabytes of leaked data will be carried out by officials in the U.S., U.K. and Australia.The leaked inside information including records obtained by the International...
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