JACOB APPELBAUM: [TOR developer & journalist] ... it's not merely a matter of whether or not we have something to hide, because it is not us that will decide whether we have something to hide. It is an analyst somewhere. It is a machine learning algorithm...
According to The Wall Street Journal, new details reveal the NSA's reach is even broader than we've thought in the wake of Snowden's leaks: The National Security Agency—which possesses only limited legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens—has built a surveillance...
Foreign Policy has posted a nifty map of the world noting "the 7 governments the U.S. has overthrown." It's cool and all, but this number 7 is a significant undercount. J. Dana Stuster, who posted this map, does specify that these are covert CIA-supported coups only...
Via The Atlantic, this short video on photographer Kate Brooks and her journeys to post-9/11 conflict zones to document the impact of war on civilians is well worth a watch.
At The National Interest, Joe Costa claims that, in the wake of Iranian president Hassan Rowhani's election, "the world is the closest it has been to that fine balance in nuclear negotiations with Iran." There is a new willingness to reach a deal, he argues, and U.S....
The takeaway from the scandal over the detention by British authorities of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald's partner, David Miranda, should be obvious: it was an egregious abuse of power by a desperate and cretinous government. Miranda was detained for 9 hours,...
Tom Blanton's photowork and caption captures the sad finale of Bradley Manning. "Those with proper authority" .... I liked that phrase better when Stephen Colbert uses it. See more of Blanton's artwork & zippety headlines at http://www.pnar.org.
The Onion has a commentary up by someone bravely pronouncing his willingness to die for his country. Or...a country. As a true patriot, I would gladly die in battle defending my homeland. I love my country more than my own life. But I would also be more than willing...
Hosni Mubarak, the former U.S.-backed dictator of Egypt who was arrested and tried after being ousted by a popular revolt two years ago, is going to be released from custody within the next two days. I read this news this morning, after a piece of mine was published...
According to The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, The U.S. Government must suspend aid, particularly military aid, to any country suffering a military coup. (Sec. 508). SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Egypt -- the [Egyptian] military does get this $1.3 billion of [U.S.] aid,...
