Over 500 authors from across the world speak out against state surveillance
Authors from across the world have signed a petition condemning state surveillance like that carried out by the NSA, as revealed by Edward Snowden earlier this year. Their petition, which… Read more »
The American Library Association defends “freedom to read and research” from NSA surveillance
The American Library Association is supporting legislation from Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.), known as the USA Freedom Act, that would limit the powers of the NSA surveillance program. The documents… Read more »
German writer refused entry to the United States
In a move of spectacular classiness, at a moment when we don’t actually have a government, the zombie form of the US government (though, like a beating telltale heart, the… Read more »
Change.gov, how you’ve changed
When the Obama administration launched Change.gov back in 2008, shortly after winning the election, it seemed to indicate good things about the president and his staff: that they were web-savvy,… Read more »
Meet the artists documenting America’s secret trials
With media attention focused almost exclusively this week on the NSA leaker Edward Snowden, currently evading criminal charges in Hong Kong, it’s easy to forget that closer to home, another… Read more »
Does nobody read USA Today? The surprising furor over NSA spying
In 2005, New York Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau published a story detailing how the Bush administration had allowed the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on phone calls… Read more »
What do NSA contractors read, other than your email?
With the revelation this Sunday of the identity of Edward Snowden, government whistleblower and the coolest former CIA technical assistant you know, scrutiny has fallen on the contractor for whom… Read more »