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NSA, CIA Team Up, Tap Cell Phones to Find Drone Strike Targets

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Tweet Drones have changed warfare forever. Governments that possess them can now silently kill virtually anyone from the safety of a desk miles away, without warning and without risking the lives of any personnel. Such lethal convenience presents new challenges … Continue reading

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Celebrities say “Stop Watching Us”

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Tweet Celebrities are not hired for being deep thinkers. They are hired for accurately portraying emotions they aren’t actually feeling. So the phenomenon of celebrities using their fame for political advocacy has always struck me as a little weird. I … Continue reading

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iPhone’s Fingerprint ID Technology May Threaten Privacy

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Tweet Apple’s iPhone is one of the most popular smartphones in the world. Millions of people use the device to surf the web on the go, to perform an ever-expanding array of functions via third-party applications, and to communicate with … Continue reading

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US Army’s Star Trek War Room Is a Replica of the Starship Enterprise

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Tweet Government spending is completely out of control. Bureaucrats and politicians are poor stewards of taxpayers’ hard-earned funds, and the Department of Defense is no exception. Foreign Policy is reporting that officials brought in an expensive Hollywood set designer to … Continue reading

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Former President Jimmy Carter Backs Snowden, Blasts NSA Spying

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Tweet Since leaving office, former US President Jimmy Carter has taken some controversial stances, particularly when it comes to foreign policy and the protection of some civil liberties. During his presidency, he governed as a devout statist, with disastrous policies … Continue reading

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Free Ringtone by They Might Be Giants Mocks the NSA, Permanent War

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Tweet In recent months, the National Security Agency’s spying scandal has been dominating the headlines, as mainstream Americans now realize that their phone calls and emails are being hijacked by an intelligence service that allows newly-hired private contractors to access … Continue reading

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Justin Amash attacks the NSA with a curve ball

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Tweet You know, prior to 9/11 the very existence of the NSA was the stuff of conspiracy theory. We used to call it “No Such Agency” because if you talked about people acted like you were talking about Men In … Continue reading

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A unusually diverse coalition of activists sues the NSA

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Tweet What do marijuana advocates, Muslim activists, gun licensees, and environmental groups all have in common? They sued the NSA yesterday. A big stack of advocacy groups all joined forces in a lawsuit against the NSA, the Justice Department, the FBI and … Continue reading

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John Cusack Blasts Mainstream Media Coverage of Snowden, NSA

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Tweet Hollywood actor John Cusack is best known for his roles on the silver screen, but he also serves on the board of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Though few famous actors and actresses have challenged the policies of … Continue reading

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Front404 Puts Party Hats on Spy Cams for Orwell’s Birthday

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Tweet We are truly living in the age of George Orwell. His book Nineteen Eighty-Four, in particular, has a prophetic quality, considering that it was written in the early 20th century yet describes events that could take place in today’s news … Continue reading

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