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March 24, 2014

National Security Archive: Spy Chief James Clapper Wins Rosemary Award

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has won the infamous Rosemary Award for worst open government performance in 2013, according to the citation published today by the National Security Archive at www.nsarchive.org. Despite heavy competition, Clapper’s “No, sir” lie to Senator Ron Wyden’s question: “Does the NSA collect any type of data at all on… Continue reading

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September 1, 2013

Syria: The Obama administration confirms Israeli intel as the source

According to the representative Elliot Engel, who presides the democrat minority on the Foreign Affairs Commission, the Obama administration confirmed the communication interception of the Syrian government, proving it’s responsibility in the chemical attack of August 21st, as revealed by Foreign Policy. Yet, these ’’interceptions’’ are in fact of Israeli origin [1]. Continue reading

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August 13, 2013

Obama Appoints Fox to Investigate Spying In the Henhouse

Today, Obama appointed James Clapper to head the “independent group” of “outside experts”. Clapper is the same guy who lied to Congress about spying … falsely claiming that the government wasn’t spying on the American people. He subsequently apologized to Congress for lying. Continue reading

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August 3, 2013

Video: Has the Gov’t Lied on Snooping? Let’s Go to the Videotape

Since Edward Snowden leaked documents detailing the NSA’s sweeping surveillance programs, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was forced to admit that part of his congressional testimony was “erroneous.” Here are six claims about NSA surveillance that have been undermined by recent disclosures. Continue reading

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July 1, 2013

New Documents Shed Light on NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance

An unnamed “senior administration official” confirmed the existence of a Bush-era surveillance program which gobbled-up “vast amounts of records detailing the email and internet usage of Americans,” but claimed, without evidence, that “it ended in 2001,” according to The Guardian. Continue reading

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July 1, 2013

Video: Ecuador Defies US Threats To Deny NSA Whistleblower Refuge

Michael Ratner: As Ecuador stands up to US pressure over Snowden, leaked documents continue to shed light into US surveillance state (inc. transcript) Continue reading

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July 1, 2013

New Snowden leak: US bugged dozens of foreign embassies

The US has been spying on dozens of foreign embassies and missions belonging to its rivals and allies in America to keep tabs on disagreements between them, new documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed. Continue reading

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June 30, 2013

Behind the Curtain of America’s Security State By William Boardman

On March 12, 2013, the Director of National Intelligence apparently committed perjury in his sworn testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. There is little likelihood of his being criminally charged, but we’ll get back to that. Continue reading

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June 30, 2013

Greenwald on ‘coming’ leak: NSA can obtain one billion cell phone calls a day, store them and listen

The NSA has a “brand new” technology that enables one billion cell phone calls a day to be redirected into its data hoards and stored, according to the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, who said that a new leak of Snowden’s documents was ‘coming soon.’ Continue reading

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June 27, 2013

New NSA leaks show email surveillance under Obama

The Obama administration permitted the National Security Agency to continue collecting vast amounts of records detailing the email and Internet usage of Americans for more than two years, new documents reveal. Continue reading

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June 27, 2013

Inventor of World Wide Web accuses West of hypocrisy

The British computer scientist, who invented the Web in 1989, accused the West of “insidious” online spying after whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked details of the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) dragnet telephone and internet surveillance programs, implicating US and UK in a wave of international criticism. Continue reading

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June 25, 2013

Snowden sought Booz Allen job to gather evidence on NSA surveillance By Lana Lam

Edward Snowden secured a job with a US government contractor for one reason alone – to obtain evidence of Washington’s cyberspying networks, the South China Morning Post can reveal. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Google Handed Over Emails of Wikileaks Volunteers to U.S. Government By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

After receiving secret court orders, Google handed over data from the Gmail accounts of two former Wikileaks volunteers to the U.S. government. The orders, revealed on Friday by the two targets, are a snapshot of the rumored federal grand jury investigation into Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Under Electronic Surveillance of US Special Services By Nil NIKANDROV

The CIA and the NSA (the US National Security Agency) whistleblower Edward Snowden (who temporarily had found refuge in Hong Kong and now [is someplace else]) has demonstrated once more the global reach of US electronic surveillance which, no doubt, is a kind of criminal activity. He looked really deep into what the NSA does… Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Is the Government Spying On You Through Your Own Computer’s Webcam Or Microphone?

We documented earlier today that – if you are near your smart phone – the NSA or private parties could remotely activate your microphone and camera and spy on you. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Video: Where is Edward Snowden? Glenn Greenwald on Asylum Request, Espionage Charge; More Leaks to Come

The international mystery surrounding National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has deepened after the former U.S. intelligence contractor failed to board a flight as expected from Moscow to Havana today. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Glenn Greenwald Tells Comcast and DOJ Lackey David Gregory to Shove It By Mark Karlin

If you haven’t heard about the shellacking Glenn Greenwald gave David Gregory on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, June 23, here’s a little background. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

NSA Spying: So They Are Listening In, After All By Tom Burghardt

Despite a stream of mendacious twaddle from President Obama, congressional grifters and spook agency mouthpieces like Office of the Director of National Intelligence head James Clapper, FBI Director Robert Mueller and NSA chief General Keith Alexander, it turns out our guardians are listening in to America’s, and most of the world’s, telephone conversations after all. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Washington v. Edward Snowden: The “Russia -China Connection” By Stephen Lendman

Snowden’s targeted for doing the right thing. He exposed US wrongdoing. He did so responsibly, legally, and at great risk. He sacrificed financial security and potential freedom. He deserves praise, not prosecution Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

US: One Step Removed From Full-Blown Fascism By Rob Urie

The history of recent decades has government spy agencies hiring ‘private’ companies to carry out the activities they are legally prohibited from carrying out. This makes government assertions regarding spying on citizens a game of three-card monte—the testimony of government officials is calculated to be irrelevant to actual activities. Continue reading

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