In-Q-Tel is reportedly investing in firms that monitor, collect, and analyze social media activities on platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Reflecting the CIA’s “increasing focus on monitoring social media,” the spy agency’s venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, has made investments in four social media mining and surveillance firms, The Intercept revealed Thursday. According to Read More…
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Whistleblower Thomas Tamm Agrees To Public Censure For Revealing Bush Era Spying
Thomas Tamm, a former attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, has agreed to be publicly censured for his role in exposing the U.S. government’s warrantless wiretapping program in 2004. Almost a full decade before the world learned the name Edward Snowden, Thomas Tamm helped educate the public about the Bush administration’s program for intercepting Read More…