The NSA Trained Edward Snowden To Be An Elite Hacker
In 2010 the National Security Agency (NSA) taught Edward Snowden how to turn the world’s largest spy agency inside out. Snowden, through a NSA course that trains security professionals to think like hackers, acquired the skills he needed to quietly slip into NSA computer systems and gather the highly classified surveillance documents he leaked last month, Christopher Drew […]
When states monitored their citizens we used to call them authoritarian. Now we think it keeps us safe
America controls the sky. Fear of what America might do can make countries divert planes – all because Edward Snowden might be on one. Owning the sky has somehow got to me more than controlling theinternet. Maybe because I am a simpleton and sometimes can only process what I can see – the actual sky, rather than invisible […]
STOP using Google and Facebook if you fear US spying, says Germany
If you are worried about the US spying on you, you need to stop using Google and Facebook, Germany’s top security official has warned. Internet users who fear their data is being intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency’s should stay away from American websites run through American servers, Interior Minister […]
BREAKING NEWS: Iceland to grant Snowden citizenship
The issue was raised this morning by MP and former Minister of the Interior Ögmundur Jónasson, which could be decided before the weekend, all the pieces are in play, all they need to do is complete the formal approval process. Some are worried that this bill could be delayed by a piece of fisheries legislation […]
Seven Reasons to Reform Food Stamps
Newscom Food stamps were a popular topic of conversation last month as Congress debated the farm bill. This decades-old Great Society program is in much need of reform for at least seven reasons: Food stamp spending has surged. Costs have been climbing since the program began in the 1960s, recession or not. Over roughly the […]
More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics
Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. (To see survey question […]
Drug Trafficking: Cartels Take to the Caribbean
Newscom Drug cartels have increasingly trafficked through the Caribbean to evade law enforcement, but the U.S. Coast Guard is struggling to keep up. The U.S. has been successful working with our allies in targeting drug trafficking organizations and decreasing violence through programs like the Central American Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) and the Merida Initiative in […]
How Many “Friends” Does the State Department Really Have?
A new State Department inspector general’s report accuses State of buying friends—or, more precisely, boosting its “likes” on Facebook to up to 2 million—by spending taxpayer dollars on Internet advertising to the tune of $630,000. This is definitely not your father’s State Department at work. Apparently having trouble driving traffic to its websites, in 2011, State […]
Live Broadcast: Morsi Ousted by Egyptian Military
Green search lights shone from the street as fireworks explode in the distance at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. The main thoroughfare was packed with Egyptians in tense anticipation of the end of the 48-hour deadline the Egyptian military has given for President Mohammed Morsi to either resign or agree to some sort of compromise. The cheering […]
Zimmerman Prosecutor Angela Corey Criminally Indicted By Citizens’ Grand Jury For Falsifying Arrest Warrant
Posted by National Liberty Federation on July 03, 2013 OCALA, Fla., July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Florida State‘s Attorney Angela Corey has been indicted by a citizens’ grand jury, convening in Ocala, Florida, over the alleged falsification of the arrest warrant and complaint that lead to George Zimmerman being charged with the second degree murder of […]
VIDEO: California Police Become Judge, Jury, and Executioner; Shoot & Kill Man’s Dog for Filming Raid
HAWTHORNE (CBSLA.com) — A video posted online apparently shows Hawthorne police officers fatally shooting the dog of a man filming a nearby barricade situation, an attorney said Monday. The undated video posted June 30 on YouTube shows a man driving a rental car up to an apparent police barricade at 137th and Jefferson and then […]