- US the biggest threat to world peace in 2013 – poll
- Are we on the brink of war? Academic sparks debate by drawing comparisons between 1914 past and 2014 present
- A New Memoir by John Rizzo, the C.I.A.'s Lawyer—"Rizzo concludes that Bush has lately invented a memory of himself as someone who was well informed and decisively in favor of waterboarding certain Al Qaeda prisoners, when, as far as Rizzo can tell, Bush seems not to have known at the time what the C.I.A. was doing."
- Ibragim Todashev's Father Writes Open Letter to Obama, Releases Photos Surrounding Son’s Death
- Canada is headed in the wrong direction, majority says in poll
- What's Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada's Science Libraries?—"Scientists reject Harper gov't claims vital material is being saved digitally."
- Jamie McDonald: Cross-Canada runner 'beaten up'—The British fundraiser's bag, "which contained film footage of his journey as well as cash and credit cards, was stolen", and fortunately, was quickly found.
- Michigan says children need to be protected from seeing 'WAR SUX' on a license plate—"Resident sued on First Amendment grounds."
- Are the U.S. media as transparent as the U.S. government?
- Losing Aaron—"After his son was arrested for downloading files at MIT, Bob Swartz did everything in his power to save him. He couldn't. Now he wants the institute to own up to its part in Aaron's death."
- The Top 25 Most Censored Stories of 2013
- The primary NSA issue isn't privacy, it's authority—"At heart, the NSA debate is about what the government is allowed to do with what it knows and who is overseeing it."
- America's Internal Checkpoints—"Refuseniks fight back against feds demanding papers."
- NYPD Cites Mosaic Theory, Favored By FBI And NSA, To Deny Access To Budget Records
- NYPD a 'quasi-military organization,' according to outgoing top-cop Ray Kelly
- Incoming Boston Mayor Opposes AR-15s For Beat Cops
- 'JFK Customs destroyed 11 of my instruments'—According to their "logic", those bamboo flutes were "agricultural products" that would have introduced "exotic plant pathogens" into the US. What's agricultural is the bullshit they're spinning.
- Judge won't let student challenge electronics searches at US border—"French-American says he was regularly searched at border for years." Where does this leave you?
- A Generation Later: What We've Learned about Zero Tolerance in Schools—"[Z]ero tolerance does not make schools more orderly or safe—in fact the opposite may be true."
- New York Times: Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower—"Considering the value of his leaks and the N.S.A. abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden should be offered clemency or a plea bargain." And then there are those who want to see him 'hanged'. NYT
- Whistleblower Edward Snowden is tech person of year
- What Snowden really revealed—"Government agencies empowered after 9/11 have been transforming themselves into the real holders of power in the US."
- State Dept. whistleblower has email hacked, deleted—"The personal e-mail account of a State Department whistleblower was hacked, and four years worth of messages — some detailing alleged wrongdoing at the agency — were deleted, The Post has learned."
- British Ex-Spy Launches Fund to Support Whistleblowers Like Snowden
- Whistleblowing Rippling into New Corners
- Whistleblowers: Information Warriors for the Modern Age
- Would NSA surveillance have stopped 9/11 plot?—Was Bin Laden determined to strike in US?
- Judge on NSA Case Cites 9/11 Report, But It Doesn't Actually Support His Ruling
- President Obama claims the NSA has never abused its authority. That's false—"The facts that we know so far – from Fisa court documents to LOVEINT – show that the NSA has overstepped its powers."
- Ex-NSA chief calls for Obama to reject recommendations
- Glenn Greenwald Says NSA, GCHQ Dismayed They Don't Have Access To In-Flight Internet Communication
- ACLU sues for details of U.S. surveillance under executive order
- Germany should ban U.S. contracting companies passing data to NSA: report
- Sen. Sanders: Is the NSA Spying on Congress?
- Court Backs Shielding of Legal Memo on Phone Records—"The memo allows telephone companies to hand over customers’ calling records to the government without a subpoena or court order, even when there is no emergency, according to a 2010 Justice Department inspector general report. The details of the legal theory, and the circumstances in which it could be invoked, remain unclear." NYT
- The Supreme Court Logic That Could Destroy Privacy in America—"It's dangerous for courts to continue adhering to Smith vs. Maryland, a decision that was made before the advent of big data."
- Julian Assange rails against surveillance on Today programme
- Five Privacy Predictions for 2014
- NSA claims it thwarted BIOS malware plot that could have destroyed the US economy. Of course, it's nonsense
- NSA Hackers Get the 'Ungettable' With Rich Catalog of Custom Tools
- NSA Uses Windows Error Messages To Spy On People
- NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption WaPo
- NSA Engineers Are 'Not As Good' As Valley Engineers, Former NSA Employee Says
- Email is broken - but Dark Mail Alliance is aiming to fix it—"Edward Snowden's email provider is teaming up with secure communications firm Silent Circle to try and fix email for good."
- Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone Backdoors, Is Unaware Of Alleged DROPOUTJEEP Snooping Program
- I Decided to Delete All My Facebook Activity—"It was hard."
- Facebook Sued Over Alleged Scanning of Private Messages
- You think Facebook is free? Well, it'll only cost you your private life—"Digital behemoths have perfected surveillance as a business model."
- Facebook wants to know if you trust it. But it's keeping all the answers to itself. WaPo
- Does Facebook Reveal All?
- Facebook 'dead and buried' as teens switch to Snapchat and Whatsapp—"Teens are embarrassed to even be associated with the social network as more and more parents attempt to 'friend' their children."
- 11 Reasons You Should Quit Facebook In 2014
- Guilty Verdict in First Ever Cybercrime RICO Trial—"The key question facing the jurors wasn't whether Camez was a crook, which the defense conceded, but whether the website on which he did business amounted to an organized criminal enterprise comparable, as a legal matter, to the Mafia or a Los Angeles street gang."
- Apple won't cooperate with antitrust probe, lawyer charges—"An attorney appointed to monitor Apple's behavior following an e-book antitrust ruling says the company is obstructing his investigation."
- Alleged Snapchat hackers explain how and why they leaked data on 4.6 million accounts
