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Guardian U.K.

The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history answered your questions about the NSA surveillance revelations (more…)

Paul Craig Roberts  ICH

In the 21st century the two hundred year-old propaganda that the American people control their government has been completely shattered. Both the Bush and Obama regimes have made it unmistakenly clear that the American people don’t even influence, much less control, the government. (more…)

The NSA whistleblower’s only concern was that his disclosures would be met with apathy. Instead, they’re leading to real reform

Glenn Greenwald  Guardian U.K.

If “whistleblowing” is defined as exposing secret government actions so as to inform the public about what they should know, to prompt debate, and to enable reform, then Snowden’s actions are the classic case. (more…)

Ellen Brown  Web of Debt

On July 1, interest rates will double for millions of students – from 3.4% to 6.8% – unless Congress acts; and the legislative fixes on the table are largely just compromises. Only one proposal promises real relief – Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s “Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act.” This bill has been dismissed out of hand as “shameless populist demagoguery” and “a cheap political gimmick,” but is it? (more…)

By Stephen Benavides, Truthout | News Analysis

Right now, companies like Palantir Technologies Inc, Booz Allen Hamilton, and i2 are mining your Facebook and Twitter data in an effort to discern whether you’re a terrorist, have ties to terrorists or maybe just have the potential to someday become one. (more…)

Truthdig

Thomas Drake, one of the few government whistle-blowers of the Bush and Obama years to stave off prosecution, explains why people like him should avoid official channels when disclosing classified information. (more…)

Jonathan Turley

The Republican and Democratic parties have achieved a bipartisan purpose in uniting against the public’s need to know about massive surveillance programs and the need to redefine privacy in a more surveillance friendly image. (more…)

Tim Shorrock Salon

Private companies are getting rich probing your personal information for the government. Call it Digital Blackwater (more…)