And this is from 2010…
The sheer scale of the NSA’s abuses are difficult to fathom. In the flurry of information, did you catch that the NSA “monitored the content of all email and text communications in the Salt Lake City area” during the 2002 Winter Olympics? (WSJ 8/21/13)
The following tracks are now available for listening (from NPR) from Bob Dylan’s new release, The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10. Check back for updates… Click the image to hear a 45 min sampler! Available now for pre-order. iTunes: http://smarturl.it/BDX_iTunes Amazon: http://smarturl.it/BDX_amz Went To See The Gypsy
The groundbreaking new article on the NSA’s domestic spying is behind a paywall. Here’s the basics: WSJ: NSA can vacuum up “roughly 75% of all U.S. Internet traffic.” Retains “contents of emails.” Yep. http://t.co/ttuZMvaAEw — Declan McCullagh (@declanm) August 21, 2013 NSA Retains content
(UPDATED 8/20/13) We have entered bad Pakistani rip-off of a James Bond movie territory…and I apologize to Pakistan–words have simply failed me! UPDATE: The Guardian also has a LIVE BLOG on the detention of David Miranda for 9 hrs by UK security officials. Here’s
*Scroll down for video of Rand Paul on FOX NEWS Sunday. Thanks to Tom Woods for sharing this gem: We first heard about this over at EconomicPolicyJournal.com, where this tweet (since deleted) by Geithner ghostwriter and Time magazine senior national correspondent Mike Grunwald was highlighted: Surprised? Establishment
Remember the guy who urged that Ron Paul be banned from future GOP primary debates for suggesting the U.S. might have been attacked ‘for a reason other than being the awesomest country in the world?’ (As Tom Woods put it.) Well, he just tweeted
The owner of an encrypted email service used by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden said he has been threatened with criminal charges for refusing to comply with a secret surveillance order to turn over information about his customers. “I could be arrested for this action,”
Interesting little article from 1994… …Licciardello crouched in a heavily padded barrel, a human target should the bull decide to charge. Hawkins waited near the barrel, holding his big inner tube. A dummy with a George Bush mask stood beside the clown, propped up
I am convinced that one of the easiest and best ways to support a cause and spread a message is through letters to local papers. It is also very cost effective, as in free. A well written, eye catching letter in a paper’s opinion