Online Activism Archive
Today, Russia reportedly placed 2,000 troops in Crimea, inside Ukraine, while President Obama hastily organized a press conference to state that “the United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine.” Here’s
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a presidential hopeful and leading non-interventionist voice in the Republican Party, believes the United States should seek “respectful” relations with Russia and avoid antagonizing President Vladimir Putin over the ongoing political turmoil in Ukraine, where a Kremlin-backed government collapsed last
The following is the latest revelations from Edward Snowden as revealed by Glen Greenwald. (Scroll down for the full docs.) While these docs detail tactics used to train British agents, it is highly likely that America’s NSA is using the same tactics. Remember, we
Top-secret documents from the National Security Agency and its British counterpart reveal for the first time how the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom targeted WikiLeaks and other activist groups with tactics ranging from covert surveillance to prosecution. One classified document from Government
In a stunningly blunt interview with The Daily Beast, the Director of National Intelligence, General James Clapper, admitted that the NSA should have revealed that they were collecting the records of American’s phone records years ago. Wait till you hear what else he said.
Late Wednesday, the Washington Post published a story quoting Mattie Fein, identified as the ex-wife and spokesperson of conservative attorney Bruce Fein, saying that Paul and Cuccinnelli had used Bruce Fein’s legal work without fully compensating him, and that the filing in the lawsuit was identical to one
UPDATE: A huge bombshell just put out by NBC in collaboration with Glenn Greenwald. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The NSA and GCHQ are snooping on Facebook and Youtube and, apparently, in real-time. (The Guardian 1/27/13) The
German Television Channel NDR does an exclusive interview with Edward Snowden. This is probably the most sought after interview in the entire solar system by serious journalists. Enjoy.
A furious Rep. Peter King threw down the gauntlet today announcing his long anticipated switch to the Democratic Party. The RNC on Friday called the NSA surveillance program “unconstitutional” in a resolution, urging a “halt” of the efforts and “a full public accounting” of the
Would you like to know Edward Snowden’s main beef against the NSA’s bulk collection of (everyone’s) data? Here it is–in two points–as delivered during his live Q&A last Thursday. And, I must say, I wholeheartedly agree. Here’s the original question followed by Snowden’s response.
