- Bradley Manning trial 'dangerous' for civil liberties – experts
- Journalists file suit against Manning trial secrecy—"Plaintiffs including Glenn Greenwald and Julian Assange demand press, public access to trial and documents." Salon
- Crowdfunded Stenographer Denied Press Pass To Cover Transcriptless Bradley Manning Trial
- Assange Statement on the First Day of Manning Trial
- Hacker Who Turned Bradley In Takes Witness Stand
- Friend of Bradley Manning Drops Lawsuit Against Feds Over Seized Laptop—"The plaintiff, David Maurice House, says that the government has agreed to delete its copy of the data taken from his machine, and to hand over any notes agents made about the contents of his hard drive. 'They're giving us exactly what we wanted,' says House."
- David Westin: Leaks Help Protect National Security
- NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily—"Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama."
- Massachusetts student facing terrorism charges for Facebook post—"Cameron D'Ambrosio held for more than a month in jail without bail after referencing Boston bombing in social media post."
- Judge: Child porn suspect doesn't need to decrypt files—"Earlier court order requiring a Wisconsin suspect in underage porn case to decrypt his hard drives for the FBI by the end of the day Tuesday -- or face contempt of court -- has been lifted."
- Iowa City to ban red-light cameras, drones, and license plate readers too—"Red-light camera hatred in Hawkeye State morphed into three-in-one privacy bill."
- Internet Surveillance and Free Speech: the United Nations Makes the Connection
- Judge orders Google to comply with FBI's secret NSL demands—"A federal judge tells the company to comply with the FBI's warrantless National Security Letter requests for user details, despite ongoing concerns about their constitutionality."
- Secret Court Document Finds Spy Techniques Unconstitutional, Justice Department Fights To Keep It Hidden
- Feds say they can search your laptop at the border but won't say why—"Creating a 'suspicion-based' policy would be 'operationally harmful,' DHS says."
- The FBI Wants To Charge Companies $25k A Day For Not Helping Them Spy On You
- Schneier: The Problems with CALEA-II—"The FBI wants a new law that will make it easier to wiretap the Internet."
- New terror stance worries Republicans
- U.S. Admits for First Time Drones Killed 4 Americans—"The acknowledgment that Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric, and three others were killed in Yemen and Pakistan came one day before President Obama was to deliver a major speech on national security." NYT
- Obama faces opportunity on Gitmo and drone strikes
- 'You have given al Qaeda a golden ticket'
- Lawyer: Soldier to plead guilty in killing of 16 Afghan villagers
- Are the dark days returning to Iraq?
- Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
- Man killed during Boston Marathon bombing probe admits role in triple homicide
- Officials: Man who knew Boston bombing suspect was unarmed when shot
- The FBI Changes Its Story (Again) on the Ibragim Todashev Shooting
- 'Don't interact, don't talk, they are not humans' - Gitmo guard's basic orders
- Guantanamo guard converts to Islam, demands release of detainees
- House bill would block funds for closing Gitmo—"GOP-authored bill would de facto keep open detention center by blocking means to move detainees." Salon
- Umbrella mistaken for assault rifle
- LAPD confronts Call of Duty 'Ghost' statue in tense standoff
- Britain's Eton College asks teenage candidates to justify shooting protesters
- WikiLeaks Cables Reveals Bush, Obama Pressured Germany, Spain Not To Probe Torture
- Imprisoned CIA Torture Whistleblower John Kiriakou Pens "Letter from Loretto"
- Torture Victim's Body Is Found Near U.S. Base, Afghans Say—"Afghan investigators said the man was seen in a videotape being tortured at the hands of an Afghan-American translator for an American special forces unit." NYT
- White House promises veto of GOP spending plan—"The White House stepped in Monday with a veto threat against a House GOP plan to advance a round of 2014 spending bills that would ease sequester-imposed cuts on the Pentagon while forcing even deeper cuts on non-defense programs."
- Pentagon Has No Idea What 108,000 Contractors Are Doing
- Anthrax drug brings $334 million to Pentagon advisor's biotech firm—"Biowarfare consultant Richard J. Danzig urged the government to stockpile a type of anthrax remedy. But he had a stake in one such drug's success."
