Under the draft proposal, a court could levy a series of escalating fines, starting at tens of thousands of dollars, on firms that fail to comply with wiretap orders, according to persons who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. (more…)
April 2013
Monthly Archive
Mon 29 Apr 2013
Panel seeks to fine tech companies for noncompliance with wiretap orders
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Sun 28 Apr 2013
Noam Chomsky: Smoke and Mirrors, or Civil Liberties Under President Obama
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I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors. The one thing that did surprise me is his attack on civil liberties. They go well beyond anything I would have anticipated, and they don’t seem easy to explain. In many ways the worst is what you mention, Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project. That’s an Obama initiative and it’s a very serious attack on civil liberties. (more…)
Sun 28 Apr 2013
Glenn Greenwald on the High Cost of Government Secrecy
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The violent Boston rampage triggered a local and federal response that, according to journalist Glenn Greenwald, adds a new dimension to troubling questions about government secrecy, overreach, and what we sacrifice in the name of national security. (more…)
Wed 24 Apr 2013
The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
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The Obama administration’s assassination of two U.S. citizens in 2011, Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old Denver-born son Abdulrahman, is a central part of Jeremy Scahill’s new book, “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield.” (more…) and Part Two.
Fri 19 Apr 2013
Edward S. Herman (co-author with Noam Chomsky of “Manufacturing Consent’) Video (12 mins.)