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Category: FBI/NSA/CIA

Comey

Theory: Comey’s Pre-Election Letter Was Well Intentioned

March 25, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, FBI/NSA/CIA, Hillary Clinton, Justice, Legal issues/Law, Politics, Trump, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican from Utah made this statement on Monday at the House Intelligence Committee, “Every media organization, every political organization, every

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Citizen Four: The Oscars got this one right

February 24, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Democracy, FBI/NSA/CIA, Government, Literature/Arts/Film Leave a comment

Having missed it during its initial theater run, I finally got to see Citizen Four last night on HBO, the day after it won

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2014, the year I cut my cable and cancelled the NYT

January 9, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corruption, FBI/NSA/CIA, Foreign Policy, Media, War 2 comments

For me, 2014 was a year of profound revelation. It’s the year I came to fully understand the depth of the corruption of the United

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NSA data collection raises more questions than answers

January 8, 2014 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Courts, FBI/NSA/CIA, Human Rights, Privacy/surveillance, Technology Leave a comment

In his book, The Republican Brain, Chris Mooney describes how there are certain types of issues in which Democrats mimic the illogical positions of

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NSA leaker Snowden and the debatable definition of “heroism”

January 2, 2014 Renee Shur FBI/NSA/CIA, Ideas, Military, Privacy/surveillance, War One comment

Edward Snowden is back in the news with a story that the government may be considering offering him amnesty in exchange for return of

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A brief history of the U.S. surveillance state

July 26, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Civil liberties, FBI/NSA/CIA, Government, Privacy/surveillance, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Alfred McCoy over at TomDispatch.com has taken the time to provide us with a brief, sordid history of the U.S. surveillance state and proven,

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Jimmy Carter: “America no longer has a functioning democracy”

July 24, 2013 Madonna Gauding Banks, Civil liberties, Corporations, FBI/NSA/CIA, Privacy/surveillance Leave a comment

On Tuesday, July 16, at an event in Atlanta, ex-president Jimmy Carter made his blockbuster statement referring to, among other issues, the mass surveillance

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Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden was right to leave the U.S.

July 16, 2013 Madonna Gauding Civil liberties, FBI/NSA/CIA, Government, Obama, Privacy/surveillance Leave a comment

Snowden did what he did because he recognised the NSA’s surveillance programs for what they are: dangerous, unconstitutional activity. This wholesale invasion of Americans’

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Are we all eco-terrorists now?

July 3, 2013 Susan Cunningham Civil Rights, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, FBI/NSA/CIA, Missouri region, Privacy/surveillance, States, Technology, Terrorism Leave a comment

I wasn’t much interested in all of the hullabaloo about the government spying on our phone calls, emails, etc., until I read this article

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Obama to pick Bush Deputy Attorney General James Comey to head FBI

June 13, 2013 Madonna Gauding Banks, FBI/NSA/CIA, Obama, Privacy/surveillance Leave a comment

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) felt compelled to comment on Obama’s May 30 announcement of his choice of James Comey to head the

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