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Land Of The Supposedly Free: UN Gives US Flunking Grades on Privacy and Surveillance Rights

Posted on July 31, 2015 by markt

By Jenna McLaughlin The Intercept (7/29/15) The United States scores very low when it comes to protecting its citizens’ privacy, according to a new United Nations Human Rights Committee review. The committee issued mid-term report cards for several countries on Tuesday based … Continue reading →

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Think It’s Cool Facebook Can Auto-Tag You In Pics? So Does The Government

Posted on July 25, 2015 by markt

Our own government, as well as police and intelligence agencies around the world, will likely mine facial recognition data or create their own databases. By Trevor Timm The Guardian (6/27/15) State-of-the-art facial recognition technology, which had been the stuff of … Continue reading →

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NSA Planned To Hijack Google App Store To Hack Smartphones

Posted on June 21, 2015 by markt

By Ryan Gallagher The Intercept (5/21/15) The National Security Agency and its closest allies planned to hijack data links to Google and Samsung app stores to infect smartphones with spyware, a top-secret document reveals. The surveillance project was launched by … Continue reading →

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Former NSA Director Hayden in Wall Street Address Mocks Reforms

Posted on June 19, 2015 by markt

“Cool!”   By Dan Froomkin The Intercept (6/18/15) Former National Security Agency director Michael Hayden on Monday marveled at the puny nature of the surveillance reforms put in place two years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed a vast expansion … Continue reading →

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Edward Snowden: “The Balance of Power Is Beginning to Shift” Back to the People

Posted on June 17, 2015 by markt

The once-cynical whistleblower is now striking a more optimistic tone about what he sees as a rising “post-terror” America. By Barry Donegan Truth In Media (6/5/15)   In an op-ed published Thursday in The New York Times, whistleblower and former National Security Agency … Continue reading →

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A Government Surveillance Bill By Any Other Name Is Just As Dangerous

Posted on June 15, 2015 by markt

The Cisa ‘cybersecurity’ bill is really a way to blow another massive hole in Americans’ privacy. By Trevor Timm The Guardian (6/13/15) ess than two weeks after Congress was forced into passing historic NSA reform, the Senate tried Thursday to sneak … Continue reading →

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Glenn Greenwald: The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story — Journalism At Its Worst And Filled With Falsehoods

Posted on June 15, 2015 by markt

The Sunday Times today merely recycled the same evidence-free smears that have been used by government officials for years.  (Editor’s Note: Before you buy any part of the tall tales about Edward Snowden, consider the source: the very same intelligence agencies with a … Continue reading →

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Glenn Greenwald: ‘The Fear Of Terrorism Has Been Exploited’

Posted on June 12, 2015 by markt

Liberaland (6/10/15)   Journalist Glenn Greenwald was on radio with me last night discussing the NSA, the Patriot Act, and how fear has been ramped up to exploit terrorism. He also reacted to Senator Rand Paul’s stance against the Patriot Act. GREENWALD: … Continue reading →

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Zombie Patriot Act Will Keep U.S. Spying—Even if the Original Dies

Posted on June 2, 2015 by markt

Thanks to backdoor provisions and alternate collection schemes, U.S. spies will keep on snooping. By Shane Harris The Daily Beast (5/31/15) President Obama and his top national-security officials spent the past few days warning that once intelligence-gathering authorities in the … Continue reading →

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Take The Quiz! Can You Tell The Difference Between Bush & Obama On The Patriot Act?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by markt

Obama’s critics often say that there’s no daylight between him and Bush when it comes to surveillance. Take our quiz and decide for yourself. By Trevor Timm The Guardian (5/29/15) Dick Cheney and George W Bush were widely condemned by … Continue reading →

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If You Only Listen To One Piece Of Media This Weekend, Let It Be This — The Patriot Act: The Bill That Nobody Read

Posted on May 30, 2015 by markt

  William Hundley/ Flickr       By Mark L. Taylor The Daily Call (5/30/15) The fate of the civil liberties-sucking USA Patriot Act may well be decided tomorrow. Passed in the heat of the post 9/11 panic attack, the … Continue reading →

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Edward Snowden: NSA Domestic Surveillance Reform In The US Is Only The Beginning

Posted on May 24, 2015 by markt

 ‘When you monitor everyone, you understand nothing.’ By Alan Rusbridger, Janine Gibson & Ewen MacAskill The Guardian (5/22/15) Edward Snowden has hailed landmark shifts in Congress and the US courts on NSA surveillance but cautioned that much more needs to be done to restore the … Continue reading →

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I Went to Prison After Exposing US Torture. Why Weren’t the Perpetrators Charged?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by markt

  CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who exposed the Bush administration’s torture program. (photo: kickstarter)   By John Kiriakou OtherWords (5/17/15) After I blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program in 2007, the fallout for me was brutal. To make … Continue reading →

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Surveillance State Diehards In The Senate Will Do Anything To Stop True NSA Reform

Posted on May 17, 2015 by markt

The American public should not accept even a one day extension of the appalling law that allowed the NSA to invade millions of innocent people’s privacy in secret for all these years.  By Trevor Timm The Guardian (5/16/15) The NSA … Continue reading →

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USA Freedom Act Passes House, Codifying Unconstitutional Bulk Collection Of Your Personal Data For First Time Critics Charge

Posted on May 15, 2015 by markt

By Sam Sacks The Intercept (5/13/15)   After only one hour of floor debate, and no allowed amendments, the House of Representatives today [5/13] passed legislation that seeks to address the NSA’s controversial surveillance of American communications. However, opponents believe it may give brand … Continue reading →

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