- A Deadly Mix in Benghazi—"The reality behind the deadly attack on American outposts is murkier and more complex than initially believed." Despite what Issa keeps yammering about. NYT
- Private talks between Tony Blair and George Bush on Iraq war to be published—I smell censorship in the air.
- CNN Poll: Afghanistan war arguably most unpopular in U.S. history
- The US Has Bombed at Least Eight Wedding Parties Since 2001
- I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on—"Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn't)."
- Amazing details from the drunken Moscow bender that got an Air Force general fired—"Maj. Gen. Michael Carey drank heavily and often on his official trip to Russia." WaPo
- 2013 in Review: The Year the NSA Finally Admitted Its "Collect It All" Strategy
- The most Kafkaesque paragraph from today's NSA ruling—"[Judge] Pauley is essentially saying that the targets of the order have no recourse to challenge the collection of their personal data because Congress never intended for targets to ever know that they were subject to this sort of spying." Judiciary failing its check-and-balance role. WaPo
- Glenn Greenwald: 'A Lot' More NSA Documents to Come
- Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit—"The NSA's TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency's top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting."
- Shopping for Spy Gear: Catalog Advertises NSA Toolbox—"After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies through a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices."
- IT firms lose billions after NSA scandal exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden
- Phone companies say 'no way' to storing phone data for NSA—"Phone companies are against an NSA advisory panel recommendation that would have them -- instead of the NSA -- store phone metadata for an extended time, reports The Washington Post."
- Senator Wants Cybersecurity Answers from Automakers
- Interview with NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney: Afraid We're Spreading Secret Government Around World
- Snowden lawyer: Supreme Court must weigh in on NSA
- Why the Pentagon's many campaigns to clean up its accounts are failing
- Forgotten by Most Americans, Iraq is Still a Source of Profits for U.S. Weapons Makers
- Sen. Sanders on Pentagon bloat
- No Austerity for Military Budget in 2014—"The bill is a massive spending program on the war economy with no justification in a time of austerity and limited security threats."
- Google Punishes Rap Genius for SEO Tactics
- Google announces ban on 'multi-purpose' Chrome extensions
- The Day Google Had to 'Start Over' on Android—"Google was building a secret mobile product to fend off chief rival Microsoft. Then Apple announced the iPhone, and everything changed."
- 'Twas(n't) the Software Patent Before Christmas—All about iA Writer Pro's disingenuous "patent".
- Patent troll bill taken up by Senate, but some say "slow down"—"Senators want to rein in the trolls, but not rile the universities."
- Newegg "back on track" after beating patent troll at ITC
- Opinion: DRM has always been a horrible idea
- Reuters Misuses DMCA "Copyright" To Cover Up Its Attacks on Press at UN
- Netflix Schedules Massive Purge for Jan. 1—Better start binge-watching.
- New Beyonce Album Won't Be Available at Target—"Retailers fears early digital rush will harm physical sales."
- YouTube's Content ID System Will Take Away Your Money If You Dare Sing "Silent Night" war
- Using copyright to keep repair manuals secret undermines circular economy—"Electronics manufacturers are denying consumers access to repair manuals, and it's working against the environment."
- 50 Years of Chinese Aviation Knockoffs—"These Chinese aircraft look familiar, but they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
- Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules NYT
- German Court Pulls Orders Granted To Copyright Troll U+C; Grants Injunction Against Future Demand Letters
- Lawyers for Metro East man win big against porn 'trolls'
- US carriers agree to unlock customers' phones after pressure from FCC—"You'll get a remote unlock after paying off your contract."
- Shameless Carriers
- Flipside: T-Mobile honcho teases fourth 'Uncarrier' phase is on the way
- Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion—"For years, the key rationale given by broadband providers for implementing data caps was that it was the only way they could deal with 'congestion.' [...] The reality, of course, is that data caps are all about increasing revenue for broadband providers -- in a market that is already quite profitable."
- Editorial: Americans pay more, get less for broadband
- U.S. Struggles to Keep Pace in Delivering Broadband Service Salon
- AT&T sends mixed messages with 1Gbps FTTH service
- How US Internet service might get better—and worse—in 2014—"Fiber buildouts and threats to net neutrality make next year worth watching."
- Target Confirms PIN Data Also Stolen In Credit/Debit Card Hack
- French agency caught minting SSL certificates impersonating Google—"Unauthorized credentials for Google sites were accepted by many browsers."
- BBC server taken over by Russian hacker at Christmas—"Attacker tried to sell access to server used by corporation for uploading files before being spotted by cybersecurity firm."
- Software that exposes faked photos NYT
- 100% of the image restored using a version containing between 1 and 10% of the information
- Zoom, enhance. Corneal reflections can reveal bystanders
