Reported participants in NSA surveillance review panel spell likely failure...
(EndTheLie) – If ABC News is right about the individuals participating in the group slated to review the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs, the group is likely to be a complete and...
View ArticleNSA surveillance goes beyond Orwell’s imagination – Alan Rusbridger
See Also: (RussiaToday) – Brazil’s Rousseff to UN: US surveillance an ‘affront’ – Read More Here Guardian editor says depth of NSA surveillance programs greatly exceed anything the 1984 author could...
View ArticlePoliticians move to protect NSA surveillance as officials dodge questions
(EndTheLie) – A significant conflict is brewing in Washington between those seeking to protect the rights of Americans and those seeking to protect the surveillance programs of the National Security...
View ArticlePolls Continue to Show Majority of Americans Against NSA Spying
(EFF) – Shortly after the June leaks, numerous polls asked the American people if they approved or disapproved of the NSA spying, which includes collecting telephone records using Section 215 of the...
View ArticleInvestigation launched in Luxembourg over Skype’s links to NSA surveillance...
(EndTheLie) – The data protection commissioner in Luxembourg has launched an investigation into Skype’s covert involvement with surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency (NSA),...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald leaving the Guardian in pursuit of something new
(EyesOpenReport) – Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who has been at the forefront of leaking NSA surveillance information provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, has decided to leave his post at the...
View ArticleCountries respond to NSA surveillance
France summons U.S. ambassador, Mexico condemns spying (EndTheLie) – Both France and Mexico have responded to the surveillance program of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Monday, with France...
View ArticleMarco Rubio: NSA Surveillance No Big Deal
Crown prince of the Tea Party movement believes NSA here to stay (KurtNimmo) – Senator Marco Rubio, the crown prince of the Tea Party movement, says NSA snooping is a fact of life. In response to...
View ArticleNSA Surveillance of the Pope a Good Thing
(KurtNimmo) – Because it will anger a lot of Catholics. Worldwide, there are over a billion Catholics. In the United States, there are over 78 million, about 25 percent of the population. Imagine if...
View ArticleUN steps in to rein in NSA surveillance
(RussiaToday) – While Spain and Germany are the latest countries to complain to the US about the scope of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs, 21 countries (led by Germany and Brazil)...
View ArticleAdvisory board calls for new limits on NSA surveillance, addresses many major...
(EndTheLie) – The panel tasked with advising the Obama administration on the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs recommended new limits on the agency’s spying practices, according to...
View ArticleObama Administration Offers Flimsy Excuse for NSA Surveillance
Weakly defends NSA lies and misrepresntations (KurtNimmo) – On Sunday, National Security Advisor Susan Rice told Leslie Stahl and 60 Minutes that the NSA did not lie to the American people. The agency...
View ArticleKnow Nothing President Makes Excuses for Wrecking the Fourth
A teleprompter reader left out in the cold as the national security state gains steam (KurtNimmo) – Obama’s aides claim he was surprised to learn about NSA surveillance. “Mr. Obama was surprised to...
View ArticleWhy Obama’s Dubious Promise to End NSA Surveillance Is Meaningless
President has broken virtually every promise he’s ever made (PaulWatson) – Barack Obama will call for an end to the NSA’s warrantless collection of telephone metadata of Americans during a speech...
View ArticleWhy Obama Speech Spells No Change to Global Surveillance
(BreakingTheSet) – Abby Martin calls out Obama’s long awaited speech regarding NSA surveillance, dissecting aspects of the speech that suggest no real change to global surveillance policies. The post...
View ArticleRNC Calls NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional
GOP conveniently forgets it supported programs during Bush years (KurtNimmo) – On Friday the Republican National Committee passed a resolution denouncing the NSA’s unconstitutional surveillance...
View ArticleTech Companies and NSA Surveillance: Questions, Contradictions, and Economic...
(ElectronicFreedomFoundation) – Today, President Obama is meeting with prominent American tech companies to discuss the ongoing NSA spying controversy. This comes just two days after Rajesh De, the...
View ArticleFusion Centers: A Dangerous Part of the Surveillance State
(EFF) – While NSA surveillance has been front and center in the news recently, fusion centers are a part of the surveillance state that deserve close scrutiny. Fusion centers are a local arm of the...
View Article65 Things We Know About NSA Surveillance That We Didn’t Know a Year Ago
(EFF) – It’s been one year since the Guardian first published the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order, leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, that demonstrated that the NSA was...
View ArticleMore Evidence for the Chilling Effects of NSA Surveillance
(ElectronicFrontierFoundation) – Human Rights Watch and the ACLU today published a terrific report documenting the chilling effect on journalists and lawyers from the NSA’s surveillance programs...
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