by Antony Loewenstien. 80% of all audio calls, not metadata, are recorded and stored. William Binney is one of the highest-level whistleblowers to ever emerge from the NSA. He was a leading code-breaker against the Soviet Union during the Cold War but resigned soon after September 11, disgusted by Washington’s move ... MORE
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Showing posts with label whistleblowers. Show all posts
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
NSA Fearmongering And Propagandizing
by Glenn Greenwald. Over the last 40 years, the U.S. government has relied on extreme
fear-mongering to demonize transparency. In sum, every time an unwanted
whistleblower steps forward, we are treated to the same messaging: You’re all going to die because of these leakers and the journalists who publish their disclosures! Lest you think ... MORE
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data mining,
e-mail,
journalism,
NSA,
privacy,
snooping,
spying,
surveillance,
whistleblowers
Matthew Feeney: U.S. Intelligence Workers Want Ed Dead
Can't blame spies for wanting ignorant prey. BuzzFeed’s Benny Johnson has written
an article outlining the degree of violent hatred some people
working in the U.S. intelligence community have for NSA
whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Some highlights: “In a world where I would not be restricted from killing an
American, I personally ... MORE
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Edward Snowden,
intelligence,
kill,
NSA,
secrecy,
snooping,
spying,
violence,
whistleblowers
NSA Programs Not About Terrorism, They're About Power
Edward Snowden: "These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power." NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has offered to help the Brazilian government in its investigations around US spying in exchange for permanent asylum in the country. ... MORE
John Solomon: ATF Seeks To Block Fast And Furious Book
Bureaucracy looks to hide inconvenient truth. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his retelling of the Mexico
“gun-walking” scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law
enforcement agency, according to ... MORE
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Eric Holder,
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gun running,
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B Doherty, S Shackford & R Bailey: Be Very Afraid
Why innocent people have plenty to fear. In early June, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden jump-started a national debate on government spying when he leaked information about several top-secret mass surveillance programs in the U.S. and Britain. Snowden fled his home in Hawaii ahead of the ... MORE
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spying,
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Daniel Ellsberg: U.S. On Verge Of Becoming A Police State
Whistleblowers under assault by Obama. Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, says the United States is on the verge of becoming a police state as evidenced by the National Security Agency's data collection programs and the treatment of secret document leakers Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning. ... MORE
Jesse Walker: The Leak Scare
A government afraid of themselves. In the popular stereotype, conspiracy theorists direct their
paranoia at the government: The CIA shot JFK. NASA faked the moon
landing. Sept. 11 was an
inside job. But the most significant sorts of political paranoia are the kinds that catch on with people inside the halls of power, not the folks on the ... MORE
Robert Zubrin: Give Snowden Immunity
The truth will set us free. The United States should give former NSA contractor Edward Snowden immunity from prosecution in exchange for congressional testimony. The suggestion may strike many of my fellow national-security conservatives as outrageous. Snowden certainly violated the law and may have committed treason. But the ... MORE
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