A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Friday ordered the government to promptly start releasing thousands of pages of Secret Service documents about the late activist and coder Aaron Swartz, following months of roadblocks and delays. (more…)
July 2013
Monthly Archive
Wed 10 Jul 2013
Judge Orders U.S. to Release Aaron Swartz’s Secret Service File
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Mon 8 Jul 2013
White House dodges questions of Egyptian ‘coup’ as military aid continues
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The Obama administration attempted to sidestep questions over the legality of military aid to Egypt on Monday, claiming it was not in its “best interests” to decide yet whether the armed overthrow of the country’s elected president amounted to a coup or not. (more…)
Fri 5 Jul 2013
Beyond Orwell: What Are the Bounds of Obama’s Spying?
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Nat Hentoff Cato.org
No citizen is immune to the ceaseless dragnet surveillance by Barack Obama’s administration. (more…)
Wed 3 Jul 2013
They ‘Will Lie, Trick, and Deceive’: Jailed CIA Whistleblower’s Advice to Snowden
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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou—currently serving a 30-month sentence for blowing the whistle on the systemic use of torture within the agency—penned a public letter of support and advice for Edward Snowden from his Loretto, Pennsylvania prison cell. (more…)
Wed 3 Jul 2013
U.S. State Department spent $630,000 to ‘buy’ Facebook fans
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The US State Department was Wednesday under fire for spending $630,000 over two years to win millions of “likes” on its Facebook pages at a time of severe government austerity measures. (more…)
Wed 3 Jul 2013
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
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Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. (more…)
Tue 2 Jul 2013
US military blocks entire Guardian website for troops stationed abroad
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Troops deployed to Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East and South Asia have ‘theater-wide block’ to Guardian (more…)
Tue 2 Jul 2013
Edward Snowden’s Letter to the President and People of Ecuador
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There are few world leaders who would risk standing for the human rights of an individual against the most powerful government on earth, and the bravery of Ecuador and its people is an example to the world. (more…)