NSA's Massive Utah Datacenter Having Serious Electrical Problems: Has Already Had 10 Fiery ExplosionsIt's no secret that government computing projects tend to be something of a boondoggle for government contractors. There are way too many stories of projects that are massively over-budget while never actually working. It's almost to be expected these days. Still, when it came to the NSA's infamous Utah data center they've been building over the p... (more)
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James Clapper Thinks That NSA Employees Will Sell Out Our Nation After A Few Days Without A Paycheck With the government shutdown entering its second week, there's been a lot of discussion (and disagreement -- mostly disagreement) as to what constitutes an "essential" service. To many in the intelligence field, that question has already been answered -- anything related to "national security" remains essential.
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BBC Caught Staging Syria Chemical Weapons Propaganda?
Within 2 hours of posting this story, the BBC filed a copyright claim with YouTube to get the 45 second clip removed. This shows how nervous the BBC is about this information coming to light. News organizations routinely rely on dubious copyright claims to censor damaging revelations. ... (more)
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Polls Continue to Show Majority of Americans Against NSA SpyingShortly 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 Patriot Act and collecting phone calls and emails using Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The answer then was a resounding no, and new polls released in August and September clearly show Americans' inc... (more)
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Government 'Shut Down' Doesn't Prevent Opening of $2 Billion NSA Spy CenterThe so-called “government shut down” and the furloughing of thousands of non-essential federal employees has not prevented the opening of a $2 billion dollar NSA spy center in Utah which will snoop on Americans’ private emails, Google searches and phone calls.
As we highlighted yesterday, the shut down will only affect the tiny amount of services government provide... (more)
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Downloading Is Mean! Content Industry Drafts Anti-Piracy Curriculum for Elementary Schools
Listen up children: Cheating on your homework or cribbing notes from another student is bad, but not as bad as sharing a music track with a friend, or otherwise depriving the content-industry of its well-earned profits.
That’s one of the messa... (more)
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TSA To Roll Out "Covert Surveillance" VansIn another indication of how the TSA is expanding its turf way beyond airport security, the federal agency is about to roll out high-tech vehicles that will utilize secret technology to conduct “covert surveillance operations” in cities around the country.
According to a synopsis posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website (PDF), the TSA is set to purchase technology to retrofit three vans in Arlington, VA, Chicago, IL, and San Francisco, CA in order to co... (more)
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NSA Spied on MLK, US Senators and Other Vietnam War Critics, Documents ShowNSA documents that were declassified this week show that the agency—which has come under increased scrutiny for its dragnet surveillance practices—heavily surveilled and tapped the phones of high-profile critics of the Vietnam War, including Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and two U.S. senators including Idaho Democrat Frank Church.
They were joined on the NS... (more)
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'A Total Joke': 'Independent' Review of NSA Not Actually Independent Intelligence Director James Clapper exempted the panel from rules requiring it to conduct its business publicly (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)The panel of 'outside' experts, appointed by President Obama to investigate the controversial NSA spying program for civil liberties violations, is not independent at all, but rather, functions under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and is comprised of Democratic Party insiders, Associated Press revealed in a report released Sunday.... (more)
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New California Regulation on Political Bloggers Will Chill Free SpeechYesterday the California Fair Political Practices Commission approved a dangerous regulation that will subject political bloggers to disclosure rules.
The regulation forces campaign committees to report on their campaign finance statements the names of people they pay to post "favorable or unfavorable" political messages about "a candidate or ballot measure" on a website, blog, ... (more)
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