War on Terror
- Supreme Court rejects hearing on military detention case—"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Barack Obama's administration by declining to hear a challenge to a law that allows the U.S. military to indefinitely detain people believed to have helped al Qaeda or the Taliban."
- US senators remove requirement for disclosure over drone strike victims
- Judge Dismisses Case Against Blackwater Defendant
- State Department Gives 87% of Afghan Funds to Only Five Recipients
- Nursing mom wins $75K settlement from TSA over airport incident
FBI
- Dzhokhar bombshell: FBI pressed Tamerlan to become informant
- At the Tribeca Fest: Two bold documentaries expose FBI spying and entrapment
- FBI knew of zero-day attack on websites, let hackers use it—"NY Times reports Sabu directed attacks with Plesk exploit after arrest."
Domestic Terror
- Why it's time to take domestic terrorism seriously
- Minnesota militia member facing jail despite failure to prove terror plot
- Reports Back Op-Ed Linking Vets to Hate Groups
- Concerns growing about militia members at Bundy ranch
Israel and Palestine
- Abbas denounces murder of Jews in Holocaust as 'most heinous crime in modern era'
- Israeli push for visa-free travel to US faces test—"A campaign to allow Israelis to enter the United States without a visa is gaining steam in Congress, but is still running into a brick wall with the Obama administration over the U.S. government's most elementary demand: that the Jewish state provide the same treatment at its borders to all Americans, even if they are Arab or Muslim."
- MKs pan Kerry for saying Israel could become 'apartheid'—"Anti-Defamation League also slams Washington's top diplomat, who warned of aftermath of talks' collapse." Kerry goes oooops [Politico] but gets his message across.
NYT Fraud
- 'New York Times' Admits It Agreed to 'Gag Orders' in Israel
- New York Times Admits It Pushed Fabricated Evidence about Iraq, Syria and Ukraine
- In 'A Fragile Trust,' Jayson Blair Tries to Give Answers—"Samantha Grant's documentary, 'A Fragile Trust,' comes a decade after the fraud scandal at The New York Times perpetrated by the reporter Jayson Blair." NYT
Surveillance and Privacy
- Surveillance court rejected Verizon challenge to NSA calls program—"A ruling said that another judge's criticism of the NSA's data collection had been considered and rejected." WaPo
- Telecom firm fails in first known FISA court surveillance challenge—"Unnamed company challenged metadata surveillance in court for the first time but lost, an unsealed order reveals."
- Where's the White House on Warrantless Email Snooping?
- Mathematicians at the NSA and GCHQ: Is it ethical to work for spy agencies?
- DC thinks it can silence a new Snowden, but the anti-leak hypocrisy is backfiring—"The Obama administration's latest secrecy guidelines would make Deep Throat spin in his grave. Good thing the floodgates are about to open on drones"
Whistleblowers
- Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Says Americans Have 'Lost the Republic'—"Daniel Ellsberg says that whistleblowers are the last people able to stand up to the federal government."
- The glamorous life of a whistleblower: Working a dead-end job for minimum wage—"Long before Snowden made headlines, Peter Van Buren shined light on the State Dept. Then the other shoe dropped..." Salon
- Hillary Clinton Mocks Snowden, Displays Her Ignorance When It Comes to Whistleblowers
Tech Tracking
- The White House Wants to Issue You an Online ID
- Verizon's mobile advertising will now use your desktop browsing habits
- Reddit Frontpage Ads Get Location Targeting
Your Rights Online
- Brazilian Congress passes Internet bill of rights
- Russia Internet sovereignty: Vladimir Putin is tightening his grip on the Internet
- Weibo: We can't censor our users enough to satisfy the Chinese government Salon
Net Neutrality
- If John Kerry Thinks the Internet Is a Fundamental Right, He Should Tell the FCC
- Congress screwed up net neutrality, not the FCC
- Obama Has Not Kept His Promise to Enforce Net Neutrality
- Internet service providers charging for premium access hold us all to ransom—"An ISP should give users the bits they ask for, as quickly as it can, and not deliberately slow down the data."
- Could new net neutrality rules fuel piracy?
- The Costs of Internet 'Fast Lanes'
- FCC Offers E-mail Address to Field Neutrality Complaint
- Turncoat? FCC says new Internet 'fast lane' rules won't kill net neutrality
- FCC chairman says he won't let ISPs snuff out the next Google or Amazon—"'I won't hesitate' to declare ISPs common carriers, Wheeler writes."
Comcast vs. Netflix
- Comcast Has About 76 Lobbyists Working Washington On The Time Warner Cable Merger. This is Why.
- Comcast sells 1.4 million customers to Charter ahead of Time Warner Cable merger
- Comcast accuses Netflix of lying as public feud escalates
- After Comcast, Netflix signs traffic deal with Verizon
Haxx0red
- U.S., UK advise avoiding Internet Explorer until bug fixed
- Zero-day Flash bug under active attack in Windows threatens OS X, Linux too—"Adobe issues emergency update for exploits targeting Syrian dissidents."
- After Heartbleed, NSA reveals some flaws are kept secret—"The White House explains the government's process when deciding whether to withhold knowledge of a security vulnerability -- 'There are legitimate pros and cons to the decision to disclose.'"
- Tech giants, chastened by Heartbleed, finally agree to fund OpenSSL —Thousands of sites and devices still vulnerable.
- Easter egg: DSL router patch merely hides backdoor instead of closing it—"Researcher finds secret 'knock' opens admin for some Linksys, Netgear routers."
- You've Got Hacked: AOL Confirms 'Significant Number' of Mail Users Hit
