How Alfred McCoy Stalked the CIA From Its Heroin Trail to the Surveillance State
Alfred McCoy’s soon-to-be-released book on the CIA is already rocking boats. This post adapted from it shows why.
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Feds Concede Can’t Search Cloud Data at Border for US Citizens
Feds can’t search cloud data at the border for US citizens, but they can seize your devices; others must comply with requests to gain entry.
Read more...US Backs Away from Blanket Laptop Ban, Imposes New Airline Security Regime Instead
The US pressing tougher security rules– including a bigger role for US agents– under threat of imposing a total ban on laptops in aircraft.
Read more...George Washington: Special Prosecutor Mueller Is a Political Hack
Robert Mueller epitomizes what is wrong with the Washington establishment.
Read more...Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Signs Law Imposing Hefty Fines and Lengthy Jail Terms for Anti-Pipeline Protests
Oklahoma becomes the first state to enact an anti-trespass law aimed at pipeline protests. Will this spark a national trend targeting protest and dissent?
Read more...Trump Team Turns On Wikileaks Co-Founder Julian Assange
TRNN interview with Glen Ford about reports that Trump team is mulling filing criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Read more...Newspaper Owned By Fracking Billionaire Leaks Memo Calling Pipeline Opponents Potential “Terrorists”
States such as Oklahoma and North Dakota lead the way in repressing protest over pipeline and fracking activities.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Crossing the U.S. Border with Electronic Devices
Ideas for how to protect yourself against border searches.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Explosive WikiLeaks Release Exposes Massive, Aggressive CIA Cyber Spying, Hacking Capability
A look at some implications of the Wikileaks Vault 7 release of CIA documents.
Read more...Empire in Decay as Trump Spying Allegations Fly
Astonishingly, Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, is willing to say that the CIA may have arranged for spying on Trump.
Read more...Vanity Fair Acts as Democratic Party Enforcer Against Greenwald, NC, Others; Train Wreck Ensues
James Wolcott had a hissy fit in Vanity Fair last week against parties he deems not sufficiently fixated on toppling Trump, including NC.
Read more...Cambridge Analytica: BINGO!
Our Marina Bart was alone in debunking the supposedly miraculously propaganda powers of Cambridge Analytica, which the Guardian just trashed.
Read more...John Helmer: Parsing the Dossier on Trump’s Alleged Russian Bedroom Antics
A close reading of the “golden showers” dossier, including sources, methods, and reported payments for information.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How Police Use Military Technology to Secretly and Persistently Track You
How police are using military technology to spy on you even better.
Read more...Marcy Wheeler: On “Fake News”
If “fake news” is a problem, then it’s a condemnation of the marketplace of ideas largely created by the US.
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