We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act. As we see it, there is now a significant gap between what most Americans think the law allows and what the government secretly claims the law allows. This is a problem, because it is Read More…
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“LulzBoat” Sets Sail: Anonymous Hacks NSA, CIA, FBI, NASA, & Releases Massive Dox
After such a long wait, the LulzBoat officially set sail once again to pirate the open data waters of the world’s internet servers; this time under the banner: #AntiGovernment. Hacker “Mw@0day” of LulzSec Global produced what should be considered one of the most interesting and relevant hacks of recent time, continuing to ante up to Read More…
Watch: The New Trailer for Oliver Stone’s Biopic of Edward Snowden
‘Run, hide, live to tell the truth’ The first trailer for Snowden, Oliver Stone’s biopic of whistleblower Edward Snowden was released on Wednesday, offering a glimpse of the forthcoming film that depicts Snowden’s entry into the National Security Agency (NSA), his 2013 release of mass surveillance documents, and his subsequent escape to Hong Kong. The film Read More…
Is TOR Browser an NSA “Honeypot”?
With the continuing rise of Little Brother’s Truth Movement, internet anonymity (for personal and activist reasons) has quickly moved itself to the forefront of some of the most crucial and immediate debates of present day–and far from being a clear-cut answer, whether or not internet Anonymity is a technically feasible possibility is still being answered Read More…
Declassified Secret Letter Exposes Warrantless Surveillance Program as Ineffective Sham
(TFTP) The government recently declassified a secret letter, written in 2002 laying out the executive branch’s initial legal justifications for the vast expansion of electronic surveillance after September 11, 2001. Like many others, it was written by former DOJ Office of Legal Counsel attorney John Yoo, and it was directed to the then-presiding judge of the Read More…
Your Metadata Taken by the NSA Will Now be Shared With All Agencies: The Same Data They “Haven’t” Been Collecting for Years
In recent years this country has undergone some massive shifts regarding the average American’s personal privacy. Primarily, after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration began an effort to remove any barriers that impede different parts of the government from working closely and sharing information, primarily in regards to terrorism, yet the reach has gone far Read More…