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Snowden made the right call when he fled the U.S.
The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers says the NSA leaker could not speak out if he had stayed.
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New Snowden Video Interview: 'The US government will say I aided our enemies'
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden contemplates the reaction from the US government to his revelations of top-secret documents regarding its spying operations on domestic and foreign internet traffic, email and phone use. This interview was recorded in Hong Kong on 6 June 2013
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So, You Want to Hide from the NSA? Your Guide to the Nearly Impossible
In the interest of preserving your freedoms and bolstering our fair nation, here is the full articulation of the deeply paranoid and complex life you must live in order to assure that the government leaves you alone.
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WikiLeaks’ Money Trail: How It’s Raising Money for Snowden & Assange
Caitlin Dickson and Eliza Shapiro report on how the organization is getting funding for Snowden and more.
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MASKED, heavily-armed paramilitary rent-a-cops are freaking out Wisconsin
Masked mercenaries with semi-automatic weapons are guarding the site of a controversial mining project that is being established near Lake Superior and understandably, people are freaking out about it.
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NSA controls global internet traffic via private fiber-optic cables
In a National Security Agency slideshow obtained by The Washington Post and attributed to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the US government encouraged analysts to tap into an array of underwater, fiber-optic cables that serve as conduits for around 99 percent of the world’s internet and phone traffic.
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Too Many Cops Are Told They’re Soldiers Fighting a War. How Did We Get Here?
This post is the first in series on the militarization of policing. Check back this week from more from Radley Balko. I want to thank the ACLU for asking me to guest blog this week to coincide the release of my new book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police For...
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The Science and History of Pepper Spray
There is debate over whether pepper spray can cause death—but little over whether, and how, it causes pain.
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Diversifying The 'Anonymous' Guy Fawkes Mask
Over the past five or so years, global protests have been happening under an increasingly unified aesthetic, the most recognizable element of which is the
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US allies demand answers over spying
US allies Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Chile have joined other Latin American nations in demanding answers from Washington over spying allegations.
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Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users' communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company's own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian.
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Spooked by NSA, Russia reverts to paper documents
In the wake of recent spy scandals, Russia's Federal Guard Service has decided to play down electronic documents and beef up the use of typewriters and paper, Izvestia reports.
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Snowden watch: Today’s Moscow-Havana flight taking a very odd detour that avoids the U.S.
It might be for other reasons, but some are naturally wondering if the flight is carrying NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
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Tired of helping CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges..
CARACAS — A Venezuelan government minister on Wednesday urged citizens to shut Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting informants for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, referring to recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
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What the government pays to snoop on you
How much are your private conversations worth to the U.S. government? Turns out, it can be a lot, depending on the technology. In the era of intense government surveillance and secret court orders, a murky multimillion-dollar market has emerged. Paid for by U.S. tax dollars, but with little public scrutiny, surveillance fees charged in secret by technology and phone companies can vary wildly.
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Has NSA Spying Killed US “Cloud” services & Email in Europe, Brazil?
Andrew Miller points out that European companies afraid of US industrial espionage just got far less likely to use American internet companies for communications and cloud data storage. American companies can be compelled by ‘National Security Letters’ from government agencies to turn over the data of non-US citizens, at will and without a warrant.
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Pixar style animation for the NSA
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Snowden accuses US of preventing his asylum
In a letter sent to a Human Rights Watch official, former intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden has said US officials have been waging a campaign to prevent him from taking up offers of asylum.
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Russian lawmakers say Snowden deserves Nobel Peace Prize
Some members of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, have voiced their support for Edward Snowden, ex-CIA employee wanted by the US for leaking state secrets, with United Russia representative Alexander Sidyakin saying that Snowden..
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Forget PRISM: FAIRVIEW is the NSA's project to "own the Internet"
According to Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency senior executive who blew the whistle on the agency’s reckless spending and spying in 2006, a previously unknown NSA surveillance program known as FAIRVIEW aims to “own the Internet.”
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