A new report indicates the passage of the USA Freedom Act did not prevent the U.S. National Security Agency from collecting 151 million records of Americans’ phone calls in 2016. In 2015 the U.S. Congress passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill which was touted as a victory against the intrusive eyes and ears of the National Read More…
Derrick Broze
Former Department Of Defense Science Adviser Debunks Claims Of Syrian Chemical Attacks
As the United States and Western allies march closer to full-scale conflict with Syria, many of their claims are now being scrutinized and dissected by a skeptical public. On April 4, residents of the town of Khan Shaykhun suffered a chemical gas attack that reportedly killed 74 and injured 557. Despite a lack of evidence or Read More…
Trump’s Pick For FDA Attempts To Distance Himself From Big Pharma
Critics are calling attention to the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and President Trump’s nominee to the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Scott Gottlieb is promising to recuse himself from more than 20 companies he is involved with should he be accepted as the head of the Food and Drug Administration. Gottlieb made the promise after Read More…
Harvard Engineers Plan New “Real World” Geoengineering Experiment
At a recent geoengineering conference two Harvard engineers announced plans for a real-world climate engineering experiment beginning in 2018. The science of geoengineering has increasingly become a part of the public conversation around climate change and an ever-controversial topic within the scientific community. Geoengineering is a type of weather modification (or climate engineering) which has been Read More…
The Trump Administration Is Attempting To Block Testimony On CIA Torture
President Trump has invoked state secrets privilege in an effort to prevent the two psychologists who created the CIA’s torture program from testifying in court. The lawsuit against the two architects of the Central Intelligence Agency’s torture program has dragged on for nearly two years, with the CIA attempting to limit or completely block attempts to hold the Read More…
Is The Trump Administration Reversing Support For WikiLeaks?
After months of public support for WikiLeaks, President Trump’s administration is now considering punishing WikiLeaks for the release of leaked CIA documents. “I love WikiLeaks.” That’s how presidential candidate Donald Trump described his feelings for the anti-secrecy organization at a rally in October 2016. Trump was celebrating WikiLeaks for their release of documents leaked from the Democratic National Read More…






