- How the 'War on Terror' Became a War on the Constitution—"Since 9/11, power-hungry political leaders have eviscerated the First Amendment—and we've allowed them to do it."
- A federal judge will review US 'secret court' rulings to see if they were improperly kept under wraps
- Appeals court reverses decision in Chicago terrorism case—"An appeals court has overruled a groundbreaking decision by a Chicago judge to let lawyers for an alleged terrorist see classified surveillance evidence."
- CIA hatched plan to make demon toy to counter Osama bin Laden's influence WaPo
- 'Extremely disturbing' force-feeding tapes cited in Gitmo abuse case
- UK: Student Stabbed To Death On Essex Footpath 'Targeted For Muslim Dress'
- Man says apartment complex called his US flag a 'threat to Muslim community'
- The Colbert Report: Arrest of Benghazi Terror Mastermind
- No More Mr. Naïve Guy—"On the future of Iraq, President Obama is a cold-blooded realist."
- Eric Alterman Warns: Pundits and Partisans Are Up to Old Tricks in Iraq
- He blew it on Iraq, but makes sense now: Peter Beinart's thoughtful lessons—"If there's one Iraq war hawk worth listening to today, it's this one who's truly grappled with his mistake." Salon
- Karl Rove Unintentionally Predicted the Current Chaos in Iraq
- Petraeus: U.S. Must Not Become the Shia Militia's Air Force
- Iraq crisis: Britain and US must not meddle in Iraq, warns Saudi Arabia—"Saudi Arabia will oppose any US and British or regional intervention in Iraq against the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, the country's ambassador to London tells the Telegraph."
- 1,000,000 Iraqis have fled their homes as ISIS continues armed siege
- The War Nerd: Here's everything you need to know about "too extreme for Al Qaeda" I.S.I.S.
- The Fall of Iraq - What You Aren't Being Told
- Blast from the Past: Dahr Jamail on what happened in Fallujah in 2004: U.S. War Crimes in Iraq
- Maybe listening to Dick Cheney on Iraq isn't a good idea WaPo
- Blow: The Gall of Dick Cheney NYT
- Dionne: Dick Cheney, did you really want to go there? WaPo
- The Ed Show: Dick Cheney is still wrong on Iraq
- Watch: Fox's Megyn Kelly tells Dick Cheney, history 'has proven you got it wrong'
- Dick Cheney Should be Rotting in The Hague, Not Writing Editorials
- Interview with Dick Cheney (1994)
- WaPo's Dana Milbank Bombarded For Column On Benghazi Panel That Turned Ugly—Milbank fires back.
- The right's hateful freak show: Dana Milbank vs. Heritage Foundation's abuse Salon
- Why We Shouldn't Be Surprised By Heritage Foundation Event's Islamophobia
- Congress prepares to renew $40bn bill terrorism insurance law—"The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act has never covered a single company from terrorism costs and has earned $40bn in revenue for insurance companies. But Congress is too afraid to end it."
- South Dakota has Raked in $100 Million in Homeland Security Grants Despite No Known Terrorist Threats… Ever
- $40-billion missile defense system proves unreliable
- Golden Hammer: Pentagon sank $3 million in boats that never made it to Afghanistan
- House votes again to prevent retirement of A-10—"The U.S. House today overwhelmingly adopted an amendment to the 2015 defense appropriation bill that would prohibit the Pentagon from spending any money to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air support jet, a mainstay of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base."
- Supreme Court rules that 'straw' purchases of guns are illegal
- BLM Shooting Suspect Is Anti-Government Conspiracy Theorist With Pending Gun Charge
- Open-Carry Activists Return to Target With Assault Rifles—"The retailer is in the crosshairs of an escalating fight over Texas gun laws."
- Video Captures MI Police Struggling To Respect Gun-Toting Ranter's Open Carry Rights
- Deadly Brawl Tests "Make My Day" Self-Defense Laws
- Florida dad killed by neighbor's stray bullet as family welcomes home newborn
- Man accidentally shoots himself in penis
- House votes 293-123 to cut funding for NSA spying on Americans—"The amendment would also stop 'backdoors' from being built into tech products."
- Inspired by Edward Snowden, Lawmakers Want Missouri to Stand Against NSA Surveillance
- More Snowden Effect: Grayson amendment protects security standards from NSA
- New Ruling Shows the NSA Can't Legally Justify Its Phone Spying Anymore
- Citing "Intense Public Interest and Concern" Over Mass Surveillance, Judge Orders DOJ to Turn Over Secret Legal Opinions for Court to Review
- Court Overturns Sharing Of FISA Surveillance With Defense Lawyers
- How Secret Partners Expand NSA's Surveillance Dragnet
- U.S. officials scrambled to nab Snowden, hoping he would take a wrong step. He didn't. WaPo
- Petition with 150,000 signatures calls on France to grant Snowden asylum
- New Snowden Revelations on NSA Spying in Germany—"An analysis of secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden demonstrates that the NSA is more active in Germany than anywhere else in Europe -- and that data collected here may have helped kill suspected terrorists. "
- Interview with Ex-Stasi Agent: 'The Scope of NSA Surveillance Surprised Me'
- EU states let NSA tap data cables, Danish media say
- NSA helps foreign governments conduct mass surveillance at home
- NSA Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny It Uses The Phrases It Used On A Leaked Slide
- Mike Rogers Says Google Is Unpatriotic For Not Wanting NSA To Spy On Its Users
- Apple, Cisco, AT&T join Microsoft in fight against global search warrant
- Canada: Supreme Court Delivers Huge Victory for Internet Privacy & Blows Away Gov't Plans for Reform
- Hackers reverse-engineer NSA's leaked bugging devices—"Using documents leaked by Edward Snowden, hackers have built bugs that can be attached to computers to steal information in a host of intrusive ways."
- LinkedIn must face privacy lawsuit over contact reminder emails, says judge—"A federal judge said on Thursday that LinkedIn must face a lawsuit by customers who claimed it violated their privacy by accessing their external email accounts, downloading their contacts' email addresses and soliciting business from those contacts."
- Following TrueCrypt's bombshell advisory, developer says fork is "impossible"—"TrueCrypt developer withholds permission, suggests 'starting from scratch.'" Something is very fishy—or canary-ish—about this.
- eBay pulls sales of Chinese 'spyware phones'
- Judge allows US Marshals' seizure of stingray records, dimisses lawsuit—"What began as request for info on cell tracking records turns into surreal tale."
- Cops hid use of phone tracking tech in court documents at feds' request—"ACLU uncovers e-mails regarding Stingray devices borrowed from US Marshals Service."
- Stingray Documents Show Law Enforcement Using 'Terrorism' To Obtain Equipment To Fight Regular Crime
- Legal experts: Cops lying about cell tracking "is a stupid thing to do"—"Deception in legal filings could lead to bad consequences for police, attorneys."
- State Legislators Discussing Laws That Will Put Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras Inside Private Businesses
- When the Pentagon Wants to Predict Unrest, It's Time to Be Unpredictable
- How an FBI Informant Helped Orchestrate the Hack of an FBI Contractor
- Removal of border agency's internal affairs chief raises alarms—"James F. Tomsheck's removal was designed to sooth critics who say the agency has been too soft on misconduct, abuse and corruption. But his supporters say he is a scapegoat for a broken and byzantine hierarchy."
- UK: Green party peer put on database of 'extremists' after police surveillance—"Political movements of Jenny Jones and Green party councillor Ian Driver were recorded, though neither have a criminal record."
- Facebook and the First Amendment: Supreme Court to Consider Online Threats
- The senate is still trying to jam through its hugely controversial cybersecurity bill
- Social media mass surveillance is permitted by law, says top UK official—"Charles Farr's statement marks first time government has commented on how it exploits the UK's legal framework to operate mass interception."
- Google will be forced to make a company disappear—"Inspired by the 'right to be forgotten,' a Canadian court has ordered Google to delete links to a company."
- How to Anonymize Everything You Do Online
- Appeals court throws out $340,000 online libel ruling—"CDA Section 230 prevents 'the speech-chilling threat of the heckler's veto.'"
- How your inbox looks after becoming Internet Enemy #1—"The mayor of Peoria, Illinois, meets anonymous online commenters."
- US Secret Service wants software to "detect sarcasm" on social media
- Julian Assange Asks The US To Drop Wikileaks Investigation—"Julian Assange has asked the US Attorney General Eric Holder to respect the principles of free speech and dissolve the Grand Jury investigation into Wikileaks, or resign."
- G20 whistleblower protection laws lacking—"The majority of whistleblower protection laws in G20 countries fail to meet best international standards despite a public pledge to shield whistleblowers from retaliation, a new report has found."
- US Circuit Court Questions Whether Whistleblower Protections Apply Abroad—"A circuit court on Monday probed whether whistleblower protections apply abroad during oral arguments of a case where a former staffer is suing Siemens AG over alleged retaliation." WSJ
- Polish authorities search premises of weekly that revealed tape scandal —"Polish authorities searched the premises of Wprost, the news magazine that published tapes of officials' conversations that have embarrassed to the government, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said on Wednesday."
- Passport Office orders inquiry over photographs leaked to Guardian—"MPs and unions say inquiry is heavy-handed and a waste of money after photographs show stacks of passport applications."
- Facebook Is Now Using Your Browsing History to Target Advertising—Also: Facebook Lets Users Opt Out of Targeted Ads
- Facebook will track users outside of the site, says 'people want more targeted advertising'—Riiiight.
- Creepy Facebook personality test could be dream for advertisers, nightmare for privacy WaPo
- Why online tracking is getting creepier—"Online marketers are increasingly trying to track users offline as well."
- Ars tests Internet surveillance—by spying on an NPR reporter—Also: Listen to the results of our Internet spy project
- Resistance Is Futile: Apple And Google Are Going To Track Your Location No Matter What
- Android no longer reveals app permission changes in automatic updates
- iOS 8 strikes an unexpected blow against location tracking
- How Nest Is Already Using All That Data From Its Army of Smoke Alarms
- AT&T Waits a Month to Notify Customers of Data Breach—"Hackers breached AT&T Mobility and stole social security numbers and call records. AT&T won't say why it waited a month to notify affected customers, and that's a major concern, according to CIO.com blogger Bill Snyder."
- Nokia paid millions of euros in ransom—"MTV News Investigative Team reveals that Nokia became a target of extortion and ended up paying several millions of euros in ransom. The case is unsolved."
- Domino's Pizza blackmailed over mass data leak
- Hacker infects Synology storage devices, makes off with $620,000 in Dogecoin
- Teens Hack Into ATM Just to Let Everyone Know They Can—White-hats.
