China To Weigh Snowden's Fate
China will consider whether NSA leaker Edward Snowden is an asset or liability to China's state security, Teddy Ng and Zhang Hong of the South China Morning Post report.And after China determines that,...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Had A Secret Online Identity While Working For US Spy Agencies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While working for U.S. intelligence agencies, Edward Snowden had another secret identity: an online commentator who anonymously railed against citizen surveillance and corporate...
View ArticleI've Decided I'm Okay With The Government Collecting My Phone Records*
After much consideration, I think I'm fine with the U.S. government collecting my phone records (subject to certain conditions, as spelled out below).I'm not certain about this yet. If you make some...
View ArticleThousands Of Companies Swap Sensitive Data With US Agencies In Exchange For...
Thousands of companies work closely with U.S. national security agencies by swapping sensitive trade information for benefits including access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the...
View ArticleA Commander In A Nazi SS-Led Unit Has Been Living In Minnesota Since 1949
BERLIN (AP) — A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living...
View ArticleRussian Lawmaker Accuses US Of Fabricating Chemical Weapons Evidence To...
A senior Russian lawmaker and Syria's government are accusing the U.s. of fabricating evidence of chemical weapons use by the regime of Bashar al-Assad to justify intervention in the 27 month-old civil...
View ArticleArmy Kills Competition To Replace Service Rifle
The Army announced today it is formally concluding its Individual Carbine competition without selecting a winner to replace the M4 Carbine.“None of the carbines evaluated during the testing phase of...
View ArticleSo, Now That Edward Snowden May Blab US Secrets To China, Do You Still Think...
Last weekend, after 29 year-old government contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself to be the source of several major U.S. intelligence leaks, most people regarded him as a hero.Snowden, most people...
View ArticlePentagon Project Wants To Decrease Human Control Of Drones
The U.S. Defense Department has launched a research initiative aimed at potentially building autonomous robots in a few years — machines increasingly able to perform a greater range of tasks without...
View ArticleHere's The 'Specific Evidence' Of The US Hacking China That Snowden Might Spill
Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker who has turned the United States intelligence apparatus upside-down, said that he won't be extradited back home without a fight.That fight won't take him to Britain in...
View ArticleLawsuit Over CIA 'War Crimes' Probe Points To The Underbelly Of Secret Ops
On Friday an active CIA officer is bringing a lawsuit to pressure the agency to finish a war crimes investigation regarding a secret overseas paramilitary operation, John Hudson of Foreign Policy...
View ArticleThis Awesome Video Shows Several U-2 Crash Landings
The U-2 Dragon Lady is probably one the most difficult plane to land in the world.That’s why, U-2 spyplanes need chase automobiles to supervise take offs, landings (and touch and gos).Such sport cars...
View ArticleMicrosoft Has Alienated US Troops With Always-Online Xbox One - Troops Look...
Boy did the Xbox One make a splash when Microsoft revealed that the console had to be connected to the Internet to play games past 24 hours.We decided to talk to a few Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers...
View ArticleHere's The Legal Loophole That Allowed The Santa Monica Shooter To Own A Gun
Santa Monica police said Thursday that the man who went on a shooting rampage that killed five people last week built the semiautomatic rifle he used in the attack using components he purchased from...
View ArticleUS Government Will Allow Tech Firms To Release Information On Surveillance...
Several tech companies have reached an agreement with the government over the release of information on surveillance requests, Reuters reports.From Reuters:Facebook became the first to release...
View ArticlePRISM Is Just Part Of A Much Larger, Scarier Government Surveillance Program
What makes Prism shine? National Security Agency's megadata collection from Internet pipelineWASHINGTON (AP) — In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp....
View ArticleGuantánamo Prisoners Singing Akon's 'Locked Up' While Being Force Fed Is...
The hunger strike among prisoners, and consequent force-feeding of them, at Guantánamo Bay detention facility has grown to involve 104 of the 166 prisoners as of Saturday, Ben Fox of The Associated...
View ArticleFacebook And Microsoft Finally Allowed To Disprove 'Hyperbolic And False'...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, a modest victory...
View ArticleNEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS OWNER: Vladimir Putin Stole My Super Bowl Ring, And...
Patriots owner Robert Kraft claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin stole his 2004 Super Bowl ring on a visit to Russia in 2005, The New York Post reports.From The Post:“I took out the ring and...
View ArticlePORTRAIT OF THE LEAKER AS A YOUNG MAN: Edward Snowden Has Always Been A...
Raised in the NSA's shadow, a life of disillusionment, a decision to leak secrets...FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the U.S. capital, residents...
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