Norman Solomon: Does Uncle Sam Have A God Complex

Who is it that can see and hear everything?       As a matter of faith, some people believe that God can see and hear everything. But as a matter of fact, the U.S. government now has the kind of surveillance powers formerly attributed only to a supreme being. Top “national security” officials in Washington now have the determination     ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Spying On Innocence

More evidence the government is not us.      In what appears to be one of Edward Snowden's final revelations, the former CIA and NSA agent has demonstrated conclusively that the National Security Agency has collected and analyzed the contents of emails, text messages, and mobile and landline telephone calls from nine non-targeted    ... MORE

Look at Online Privacy Tools? NSA Labels You ‘Extremist’

by Joshua Kapstein.     The government is not us. Online privacy tools like Tor have become incredibly popular in the wake of Edward Snowden’s surveillance revelations. But according to an analysis of leaked source code from the National Security Agency, using or merely searching for information about those tools is enough to label someone    ... MORE

VIDEO: Edward Snowden Censored By NBC ABout 9-11

A video from footage left on the cutting room floor.

VIDEO: Snowden, The NSA, And A Crime Of High Treason

Judge Napolitano's Lesson On Edward Snowden's Action

On the courage of a patriot.       Judge Andrew Napolitano reacted this morning to the NBC News interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, who showed no remorse for breaking U.S. law to leak a trove of classified documents outlining the NSA's massive surveillance program. "There have been times throughout American history where what is right    ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: No Place To Hide

Congress does nothing while liberty evaporates.     With heart-pounding suspense, John le Carre-like intrigue and Jeffersonian fidelity to the principles of human freedom, Glenn Greenwald has just published "No Place to Hide." The book, which reads like a thriller, is Greenwald's story of his nonstop two weeks of work in May and June of 2013    ... MORE

VIDEO: Fox News - Mass Contempt for the Constituton

Ed Krayewski: The Anatomy Of An Obama Scandal

In six easy steps.     The Obama administration is riddled with scandals, from guns going missing in Mexico under Operation Fast & Furious to the revelations about the cover up of long wait times at Veterans Administration hospitals. In fact, these scandals have become such a regular occurence that we can now glean a pattern in how  ... MORE

VIDEO: William Binney - NSA Domestic Data Mining

Ronald Bailey: The Menace Of Secret Government

Proposed reforms fail to safeguard civil liberties.        In January, President Barack Obama made a much-anticipated speech at the Department of Justice outlining proposed reforms of the domestic surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency (NSA). The secretive spy agency has taken a public battering ever since      ... MORE

VIDEO: How The NSA Records All Phone Calls

Ben O'Neill: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Courts

Gov't barriers cover lawlessness.     Many commentators following the NSA scandals have been eagerly awaiting the recommendations of the US government task force on the matter, and the proposed reforms to be implemented by President Obama to bring the spy agency under control. If you’re interested in this kind of thing, you can watch the     ... MORE

How The NSA Plans To Infect 'Millions' Of Computers

by Ryan Gallagher and Glenn Greenwald.    Government malware to aid in warrantless searches. Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems that reduce the level of human oversight in the process. The      ... MORE

NSA Is 'Setting Fire To The Future Of The Internet'

by Ashe Schow.      Newest revelation from Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden, the man who leaked the National Security Agency data collection programs, said Monday the act of mass surveillance is “setting fire to the future of the Internet.” Snowden, speaking via satellite feed (in front of a green-screen display of the U.S. Constitution) to a   ... MORE

The VIDEO Government Does Not Want You To See!

What Snowden knows that you should too.

What Can Unite Liberals And Tea Partyers? The NSA

by Connie Cass.    Hoyt Sparks says he has no use for liberal Democrats and their "socialistic, Marxist, communist" ways. Toni Lewis suspects tea party Republicans are "a bunch of people who probably need some mental health treatment." Politically speaking, the tea-party supporter in rural North Carolina and the Massachusetts liberal live a world apart.   ... MORE

The Gang Of Twelve And Our Secret Government

by Andrew Napolitano.      A new assault on freedom of the press.  Last week, a little noticed clash took place on Capitol Hill involving the fundamental values underlying the First Amendment. The issue was the lawfulness of publishing the secrets that were given to reporters by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward      ... MORE

Why Teaching How To Beat Polygraphs Can Land You In Jail

by Joshua Swain.      Last September, Chad Dixon was sentenced to 8 months in a federal prison for teaching clients counter-measures for polygraph tests. Federal prosecutors charged Dixon with obstructing justice—they view his business as undermining an important tool used to check the credibility of government employees and prosecute     ... MORE

The Terrifying Surveillance Case Of Brandon Mayfield

by Matthew Harwood.          Nobody is safe from confirmation bias. During a live Web chat in late January, National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden explained one of the least discussed dangers of bulk collection. By indiscriminately sweeping up the call records and the international communications of Americans, the government    ... MORE