France Plans to Implement Universal Biometric IDs
France seeks to implement a variant of a biometric ID database that was nixed by its courts. Will this succeed and set a dangerous precedent?
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Will Trump Be Rolled by the Republican Establishment?
If Trump is serious about policies like rebuilding infrastructure and reducing foreign conflicts, can he prevail over his party’s establishment?
Read more...Creating a National Security State ‘Democracy,’ Or How the American Political System Changed and No One Noticed
The stealthy rise of America’s new fourth estate.
Read more...Louis Proyect: Snowden
A review of Oliver Stone’s movie on Edward Snowden.
Read more...A Hard Look at the War Criminals, Um, Hawks Who Say “Never Trump”
The hawks who are throwing bricks at Trump forgot that they are living in glass houses.
Read more...NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack
Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.
Read more...Pentagon Allowed to Supply Military Gear Directly to Homeland Security Dept. for ‘War on Immigrants’
Military-style policing gets another boost, this with targeting immigrants as the pretext.
Read more...American Police State: Secret Service Controlling Journalist Access to Conventions by Arbitrary, Secretive, No Appeal Screening Process
Welcome to a press gag Secret Service style.
Read more...In America’s Drone Wars, Collateral Damage Comes Home
Why you should care about America’s drone wars: among other things, they radicalize populations against us and traumatize the operators.
Read more...“This is Just Evil”: Massive Private License Plate Database Tracks Car Locations Over Years
Large-scale logging of time and location stamped license plate data, retained over years, means Big Brother knows where you have been.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: Six National Security Questions Hillary, Donald, Ted, Marco, etc., Don’t Want to Answer and Won’t Even Be Asked
In the realm of national security, election 2016 promises to be not just a missed opportunity but a complete bust.
Read more...What’s Your Threat Score?
Pre-crime has arrived.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Google Sarcasm, or How I (and the Entire Industry) Make a Living
Richter describes what it’s like as a publisher to be subject to the vagaries of Google Adsense.
Read more...The Internet of Things – Supplied or Demanded?
An intriguing comparison of how the Internet of Things is being sold in the US and Japan.
Read more...Matthew Cunningham-Cook: How the TPP Will Create a Medical Privacy Hellscape
Yet another reason to oppose this truly awful, anti-people deal.
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