US sees Israel, tight Mideast ally, as spy threat

Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo Associated Press 7/28/2012

The CIA station chief opened the locked box containing the sensitive equipment he used from his home in Tel Aviv, Israel, to communicate with CIA headquarters in Virginia, only to find that someone had tampered with it. He sent word to his superiors about the break-in.

The […]

SOPA mutates into much worse CISPA, the latest threat to internet free speech

Ethan A. Huff Natural News 4/21/2012

Just because SOPA and PIPA, the infamous internet “kill switch” bills, are largely dead does not mean the threat to internet free speech has become any less serious. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), also known as H.R. 3523, is the latest mutation of these internet censorship […]

Remember what we told you about the NDAA? Read this and tell us we have nothing to fear

Beaufort Observer 3/23/2012

We recently published an article about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It stirred up a ruckus, all the way to Sen. Richard Burr’s office. Our contention was that several provisions in the NDAA are unconstitutional. We contended that the sections 1021, 1022 and 1031 provided for the indefinite detention of American […]

Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth

David Carr The New York Times 2/26/2012

Ms. Colvin, who covered many of the Arab uprisings, died after a round of attacks in Syria. Ivor Prickett/The Sunday Times, via European Pressphoto Agency. Click on the image to enlarge.

Last Wednesday in the White House briefing room, the administration’s press secretary, Jay Carney, opened […]

Obama Appoints Maria del Carmen Aponte as Ambassador to El Salvador

Erick Erickson RedState.com 8/19/2010

This is huge news coming on the heels of Barack Obama’s support for the Ground Zero Mosque.

He has appointed Maria del Carmen Aponte to be Ambassador to El Salvador.

Three United States Senators have a hold on her nomination. Why? Because she had a longterm relationship with a top Cuban […]

Tech at Night: Google, National Security Agency

Neil Stevens RedState.com 7/9/2010

…The two big stories I’m seeing are that Google’s Street View spying troubles are coming home to the US, and the NSA is apparently expanding its mission to protect US communications from foreign agents in a new and potentially troublesome direction.

For the most part, Google has been having troubles in […]

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