- Why Taliban would talk as U.S. withdrawal looms
- New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
- Michael Hastings, 'Rolling Stone' Contributor, Dead at 33—'Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33." The LA Times reports that, "the body was burned beyond recognition."
- Mass. pair sues New York Post over Marathon bombing portrayal
- Police response training planned, but bombs hit first
- One Fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims receives over 200 applications, has $50 million
- House votes to block Obama plan to close Guantanamo
- US reveals Guantanamo 'indefinite detainees'—"The US has listed 46 inmates held at its military prison in Guantanamo Bay who it says it does not have the evidence to try but are too dangerous to release."
- The quagmire of Guantanamo—"As President Obama appoints an official to edge the closing of the facility, we ask if any real progress is being made."
- NFL implements new bag policy: Leave the purses at home—'Here's a list of items from the NFL that you will not be allowed to bring into stadiums: purses larger than a clutch bag, coolers, briefcases, backpacks, fanny packs, cinch bags, seat cushions, luggage of any kind, computer bags and camera bags or any bag larger than the permissible size."
- Off With Your Shoes: A Brief History of Airport Security
- Chewbacca Actor Battles TSA Over Light Saber Cane—"Peter Mayhew had a dust-up with TSA agents in Denver over his light saber-shaped cane."
- The Military-Industrial Complex Is Real, and It’s Bigger Than Ever—"President Eisenhower was ridiculed as a conspiracy theorist for his famous remark about the 'military-industry complex.' But Edward Snowden’s leaks have reminded us it's real, it's bigger and more wasteful than ever, and its bloat can even threaten our national security."
- Homeland security office creates 'intelligence spam,' insiders claim—"Booz Allen Hamilton, a multibillion-dollar consulting firm in Virginia, was hired to boost the operation. The company, which has hundreds of former CIA, FBI and high-ranking federal officials on its payroll, received a $2 million contract without competition in 2003. With almost no oversight by the Department of Homeland Security or Congress, the contract quickly ballooned to $73 million in spending – even while homeland security lawyers declared the arrangement contractually illegal, according to a Washington Post account at the time."
- Obama signs bill on lying about military medals—Predatory tactics like this to swindle money are despicable.
- Edward Snowden Q&A: Dick Cheney traitor charge is 'the highest honor—"The whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in NSA history answered your questions about the NSA surveillance revelations."
- Why Cheney is the Traitor, and Why we Can't Believe Obama on Safeguards.
- Whistleblowers are not traitors
- CNN Poll: Obama approval falls amid controversies—He doesn't need to be reelected anymore.
- Despite What the President Said, There's Nothing "Transparent" About a Secret Court Issuing Secret Rulings
- President Obama: If you are a US citizen the NSA can't listen to your calls, or target your emails—It depends on what the meaning of the words "can't" is.
- Does the government actually understand the 4th Amendment?—"NSA argues that it has 'probable cause' to surveil us at all times -- meaning we're all terrorist suspects. What?" Salon
- The Left's Phony Defense of Freedom—"The NSA scandal didn't just reveal PRISM. It also exposed serious hypocrisy in the Democratic Party."
- State photo-ID databases become troves for police
- Persuading David Simon—"I read with interest David Simon's recent blog post in which he responds to revelations that the NSA has been collecting the call records of all American mobile phone users."
- Patriot Act critics never had a clue—"True story: Outrage over the 2001 legislation centered around government access to library records." Salon
- The Representatives who voted against the Patriot Act, then got booted out of office
- Blast from the Past: Transparent Citizens, Invisible Government
- Universal, Self-Evident: I'm Not American but I Have Privacy Rights too, NSA
- Evidence that the NSA Is Storing Voice Content, Not Just Metadata
- He Told You So: Julian Assange, the NSA, and Edward Snowden—"In their book Cypherpunks, Julian Assange and three other Internet activists predicted much of what Edward Snowden revealed about the NSA."
- Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment
- Spygate Leaks Imperil State-Secrets Defense
- NSA Boss Asks Congress For Blanket Immunity For Companies That Help NSA Spy On Everyone
- It's Beyond Ridiculous That Email (But Not Mail) Has Been Left Out of Privacy Laws
