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June 20, 2013

Call it Fascism: Big Brother Writ Large in America By Stephen Lendman

Unconstitutional mass surveillance became official US policy. Bush began it. Obama accelerated it. He did so straightaway as president. He promised otherwise. He pledged transparency and openness. He promised no more Bush/Cheney lawlessness. He lied. He exceeded the worst of his predecessors. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Big Brother, Booz Allen, data mining, database state, Global Research, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, Obama, prism, progressive, snowden, spying, Stephen Lendman, surveillance, Verint
June 20, 2013

You’ve Heard that the Government and Big Corporations Are Spying. But Do You Have ANY IDEA How Widespread the Spying Really Is?

You know that the government has been caught spying on the Verizon phone calls of tens of millions of Americans. The spying effort specifically targeted Americans living on U.S. soil. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, data mining, database state, DHS, drones, Government, ICE, James Bamford, James Clapper, land, Narus, NSA, prism, privacy, rights, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint
June 19, 2013

Fake WMD “Intelligence” and Orwellian Double-speak : Washington Is Insane By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

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. As far as Washington is concerned, the people are nothing but chaff… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, China, data mining, database state, Global Research, James Bamford, James Clapper, mercenaries, Narus, NATO, Obama, Paul, prism, snowden, spying, surveillance, Syria, Verint, WMD
June 19, 2013

The Terror Con, Booz Allen Hamilton and the NSA By Robert Scheer

For defense contractors, the government officials who write them mega checks, and the hawks in the media who cheer them on, the name of the game is threat inflation. And no one has been better at it than the folks at Booz Allen Hamilton, the inventors of the new boondoggle called cyber warfare. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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June 19, 2013

The National Security Industrial Complex and NSA Spying: The Revolving Doors Between State Agencies and Private Contractors By Pratap Chatterjee

When Edward Snowden, an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton – a military contractor based in McLean, Virginia – blew the whistle on the extent of U.S. global electronic surveillance, he unexpectedly shone a light on the world of contractors that consume some 70 percent of the $52 billion U.S. intelligence budget. Continue reading

Capitalism, National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, CIA, data mining, database state, Global Research, intelligence, James Clapper, Narus, NBC, NSA, prism, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint
June 19, 2013

Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq By Shamus Cooke

In perfect Bush-like fashion, President Obama has invented a bogus pretense for military intervention in yet another Middle East country. The president’s claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons — and thus crossed Obama’s imaginary “red line” — will likely fool very few Americans, who already distrust their president after the massive NSA… Continue reading

Global Research, Syria, USA

Global Research, intervention, Iraq, Middle East, Obama, Shamus Cooke, Syria, UN
June 19, 2013

Syria Is Becoming Obama’s Iraq By Shamus Cooke

In perfect Bush-like fashion, President Obama has invented a bogus pretense for military intervention in yet another Middle East country. The president’s claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons — and thus crossed Obama’s imaginary “red line” — will likely fool very few Americans, who already distrust their president after the massive NSA… Continue reading

Global Research, Syria, USA

Global Research, intervention, Iraq, Middle East, Obama, Shamus Cooke, Syria, UN
June 19, 2013

No, NSA Spying Did NOT Prevent a Terror Attack on Wall Street

In response to the revelation that the NSA has been illegally spying on all Americans for more than a decade, NSA chief General Keith Alexander claimed that the spying prevented a terrorist attack on Wall Street and the New York subway. There’s only one problem: the claim is completely false. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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June 19, 2013

Video: Edward Snowden: War on Whistleblowers “Only Builds Better Whistleblowers”

18 June 2013 — The Real News Network Larry Wilkerson: Snowden’s expertise allowed him to understand the threat of the NSA’s surveillance programs on civil liberties – government power exercised in secret will be abused (inc. transcript) Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Videos

democracy, NSA, Obama, Real News, security, Video, Whistleblowers
June 18, 2013

NSA whistleblower Snowden issues defiant response to government threats and media lies By Eric London

Whistleblower Edward Snowden spoke publicly yesterday for the first time in a week and issued a defiant response to denunciations of his actions by both corporate-controlled parties in the US. He declared, “All I can say right now is the US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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June 17, 2013

New reports detail vast scale of NSA “mega data collection” By Thomas Gaist

New reports indicate that the NSA engages in warrantless wiretapping of the audio content of telephone communications of Americans, and records and archives virtually all internet usage, everywhere. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

AP, data mining, database state, FBI, Internet, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, NSA, Obama, prism, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint, WSWS
June 17, 2013

NSA Whistleblower Claims Validated … and Then Some

The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls…Rep. Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, disclosed this week that during a secret briefing to members of Congress, he was told that the contents of a phone call could be accessed… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

bank, Congress, data mining, database state, finance, Intel, Internet, James Bamford, James Clapper, metadata, Narus, NSA, prism, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint, Whistleblower
June 16, 2013

What the NSA Revelations Tell Us about America’s Police State

Ongoing revelations by The Guardian and The Washington Post of massive, illegal secret state surveillance of the American people along with advanced plans for waging offensive cyberwarfare on a global scale, including inside the US, underscores what Antifascist Calling has reported throughout the five years of our existence: that democracy and democratic institutions in the… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Antifascist Calling, data mining, database state, James Clapper, Journal, Narus, New York, NSA, prism, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint, Verizon, Washington Post
June 15, 2013

The Deeper Meaning of Mass Spying in America By Prof. James Petras

In the United States, despite widespread mass media coverage and the opposition of civil liberties organizations, there has not been any mass protest. Congressional leaders from both the Republican and Democratic Parties, as well as top judges, approved of the unprecedented domestic spy program. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

data mining, database state, empire, Haaretz, James Bamford, James Clapper, James Petras, Narus, Obama, police, prism, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, the state, Verint
June 14, 2013

Video: James Bamford on NSA Secrets, Keith Alexander’s Influence & Massive Growth of Surveillance, Cyberwar

Says Bamford of Alexander: “Never before has anyone in America’s intelligence sphere come close to his degree of power, the number of people under his command, the expanse of his rule, the length of his reign or the depth of his secrecy.” Continue reading

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June 14, 2013

Permanent Washington’s Backlash to Edward Snowden BY DAVID SIROTA

Though [opponents] failed to show that Snowden’s disclosures endanger national security, these attacks do tell an important story—not about the whistleblower, but about America. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

crime, liberties, New York, NSA, security, terrorist
June 14, 2013

Permanent Washington’s Backlash to Edward Snowden BY DAVID SIROTA

Though [opponents] failed to show that Snowden’s disclosures endanger national security, these attacks do tell an important story—not about the whistleblower, but about America. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

crime, liberties, New York, NSA, security, terrorist
June 14, 2013

Bradley Manning Newslinks 14 June 2014

14 June 2013 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning vs Edward Snowden: Comparing America’s whistleblowers globalnews.ca In this handout photo provided by The Guardian, Edward Snowden (left) speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. In the image on the right, U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is escorted as he leaves a military court at the end… Continue reading

Liberties, USA

bradley manning, New York, security, WikiLeaks
June 13, 2013

Metadata” Can Tell the Government More About You Than the Content of Your Phonecalls

The government has sought to “reassure” us that it is only tracking “metadata” such as the time and place of the calls, and not the actual content of the calls. But technology experts say that “metadata” can be more revealing than the content of your actual phone calls. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

CIA, data mining, database state, Government, metadata, mining, Narus, NRA, NSA, Petraeus, prism, privacy, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint
June 13, 2013

NSA memos expose Obama administration's lies about wiretapping By Eric London

Plans to carry out the abrogation of basic democratic rights were well underway at least ten months before the “global war on terror” was launched in the aftermath of the still unexplained events of September 11th, 2001. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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