- Christie stuck in a jam over GWB lane closings—"A cache of private messages linking Governor Christie's office to vindictive lane closures at the George Washington Bridge plunged the administration into a deep crisis, threatening Christie's national profile as a straight-talker and feeding criticism that his administration has used its power to bully political enemies."
- 9 Times Chris Christie Denied Using a Bridge for Political Revenge
- 10 things you absolutely need to know about the George Washington Bridge scandal
- 15 Chris Christie Controversies You Missed Politico
- Rachel Maddow Presents New Chris Christie Bridge Scandal Theory
- Chris Christie Fires Top Aide, Apologizes for Bridge Scandal—Was Bridget Kelly "merely a patsy in attempt to shelter Port Authority cronies, himself?"
- The Daily Show: The NeverEnding Sorry
- How not to respond to scandal—Republicans would rather you look elsewhere.
- NJ State Senator to Call for Feds on Bridge Lane-Closing Scandal
- Christie: Three Possibilities (Two Require That He Resign)
- New N.J. documents show extensive coverup in Fort Lee traffic shutdown WaPo
- New Jersey turns on Chris Christie after bridge fiasco threatens ambitions
- Why We're Marching Across New Hampshire to Honor Aaron Swartz
- The law used to prosecute Aaron Swartz remains unchanged a year after his death WaPo
- Members Of Congress Ask Eric Holder To Try Again In His Explanation Of The Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz
- On the anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz, Anonymous hacks MIT again
- Aaron Swartz: The Documentary—Coming soon.
- Teen Reported to Police After Finding Security Hole in Website—So, no good deed goes unpunished.
- Hacker arrested for Exposing Steubenville Rape Case Faces more Jail Time Than Convicted Rapists
- Senator Leahy Tries To Sneak Through Plans To Make Merely Talking About Computer Hacking A Serious Crime
- Ellsberg: On Secrecy, Oaths, and Edward Snowden
- Former NSA whistleblowers plead for chance to brief Obama on agency abuses
- Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows—"Burglars who broke into an F.B.I. field office in 1971 and stole files that revealed the extent of the bureau's surveillance of political groups are only now revealing their identities." NYT
- Bonnie Raines: Democracy needs whistleblowers. That's why I broke into the FBI in 1971—"Like Snowden, we broke laws to reveal something that was more dangerous. We wanted to hold J Edgar Hoover accountable."
- CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Prison Broke Promise of Nine Months in Halfway House, Will Resume Letters
- UN ruling on whistleblowers shows limits to accountability—"UN investigators blew whistle on watchdog office, suffered retaliation."
- The Snowden effect? Whistleblowing sees sharp rise
- 2014 -- The Year Of The Whistleblower
- Obama to announce changes to NSA surveillance on Jan. 17 WaPo
- NSA makes final push to retain most mass surveillance powers
- NSA phone record collection does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says WaPo
- John McCain seeks congressional investigation into 'broken' NSA
- NSA and GCHQ activities appear illegal, says EU parliamentary inquiry—"Civil liberties committee report demands end to indiscriminate collection of personal data by British and US agencies."
- Effort To Shut Off The NSA's Water Supply Goes Bipartisan In California
- 2014: The year of encryption
- At least eight security experts boycott prominent security conference over NSA ties WaPo
- Stephen Colbert urged to cancel speech for NSA-linked privacy firm RSA
- IRTF Chair Refuses Removal of NSA Employee as Co-Chair of Crypto Working Group
- What It's Like When The FBI Asks You To Backdoor Your Software—"When an FBI agent casually approached Nico Sell about installing a backdoor into her secure messaging program, the agent did not know what he was in for."
- We were pressured to weaken the mobile security in the 80's
- Glenn Greenwald: There are more Snowden documents on Israel—"Continued imprisonment of Jonathan Pollard attests to the hypocrisy of the U.S. administration, Greenwald tells Israel's Channel 10."
- CSE admits it 'incidentally' spied on Canadians
- UK schools fingerprinted over 800K children, third without parental consent - watchdog
- A Short History of Unsavory Tech Snooping
- Disney World Tracks Visitors With New "Magic" Wristbands—"Disney admits that they "collect certain information from you while you are at select locations throughout the Resort," but the company swears that data thefts won't happen, and also they'll only use the bands' info to market to people over the age of 13."
- Ford VP: 'We have GPS in your car, so we know what you're doing'
- How To Track Vehicles Using Speed Data Alone—"Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that works out a vehicle’s destination using only its starting location and speed throughout its journey."
- Bank of America employs 20 full-time social media spies, watches anarchists and occupy protesters
- Google Data Chief Says 'Flawed' EU Privacy Law Is Dead
- We should be worrying about Google's assimilation and consolidation, and here's why
- Google+ Is Getting Harder And Harder To Avoid
- How to prevent Google+ users from e-mailing you
- Sorry, Google+, We Still Won't Come to Your Party
- 'Bell is not above the law,' says man awarded $21K for privacy breach
- New facial recognition app 'creepy', says kids entertainer Raffi
- Anonymous search tool DuckDuckGo answered 1bn queries in 2013—"The 'anti-Google', which searches the web without tracking or monitoring the user, now answers 4m queries a day."
- Stop Asking Me for My Email Address—"If you can't tell me how my personal information is going to be protected when you ask for it, don't expect me to give it you. And you should do the same when someone asks you for that information." NYT
- Blast from the Past: Never Give Your Information To 10 Minute Old Startups