- US Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq to Cost $6 trillion
- FBI Checks Wrong Box, Places Student on No-Fly List—"The government contested a former Stanford University student's assertion that she was wrongly placed on a no-fly list for seven years in court despite knowing an FBI official put her on the list by mistake because he checked the 'wrong boxes' on a form, a federal judge said today." It's a War on Error.
- GOP Report Acknowledges That The U.S. Military Couldn't Have Changed Benghazi Outcome
- In Security Cases, Feds No Longer Get Benefit Of The Doubt
- Shaker Aamar: A Bitter Valentine's Day—The last British Guantánamo prisoner writes: "I live in the dark, knowing nothing. Here I am, cleared for release for seven years, more than half my time here. What, why, when, how, where? These questions have no answers, only total darkness." Emphasis mine.
- Suicide Bomber Instructor Blows Up Suicide Bombers-In-Training
- Pro and anti-Maduro marches gather thousands in Venezuela
- Thailand poll talks amid fresh anti-government protests
- Ukraine protesters vacate city hall after 3 months of occupation
- UK Government Official Gets Twitter Parody Account Closed Down For Mocking Politicians And Heads Of Large Companies—Twitter has reinstate the account.
- Saudi Arabia to shut down offending websites—"No attack on faith, community values to be tolerated."
- Turkey: journalists protest about media censorship
- Business boycott: Israelis feeling the pinch—"With the threat of EU economic boycotts hanging over Israel, business owners there say they are already starting to feel the pinch and are having to look for other, less lucrative export markets."
- Israel Prepares Media War Against Boycott Movement
- BDS a hate crime? In France, legal vigilance punishes anti-Israel activists—"Some 20 pro-BDS activists have been convicted under the so-called Lellouche law, which has put France at the forefront of efforts to counter the movement through legal means."
- EU 'spent £320 million on surveillance drone development'—"MPs furious as report reveals "out of control" EU is developing surveillance drones without 'any kind of democratic accountability.'"
- UK 'borrowed' US drones to carry out unreported strikes in Afghanistan
- Pakistan drone victim set to testify in Europe disappear
- The risk of reporting US drone strikes—"Yemen researcher says he received a death threat after investigating deadly wedding-convoy attack."
- Yemeni 'global terrorist' says he has counterterrorism advice for Washington—"The United States is doing more to stoke terrorism, here in the heartland of al-Qaeda's most active franchise, than to defeat it, he says. What the United States ought to do, he argues, is strengthen Yemen's state institutions — rather than create enemies by carrying out drone strikes."
- Australian Government To Buy Giant Drones Worth $3 Billion To Protect The Country
- How a Rogue Developer Got Apple to Approve a Drone Strike App
- The Navy's New $35 Billion Submarine Hunter Doesn't Even Work
- Why Would America Sell Saudi Arabia 15,699 Dangerous Missiles? Now We Know.
- Revolving Door Syndrome in the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Complex: The Best Government Money Can Buy
- Swiss fury over Saab 'meddling' in Gripen vote
- Fury as Army chiefs land jobs with UK defence companies
- Spying by N.S.A. Ally Entangled U.S. Law Firm—"A top-secret document, obtained by the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden, shows that an American law firm was monitored while representing a foreign government in trade disputes with the United States." NYT
- Debate: Was Snowden Justified? Former NSA Counsel Stewart Baker vs. Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
- 'Why Have You Gone to Russia Three Times in Two Months?'—Heathrow Customs Agent Interrogates Snowden Lawyer
- The NSA's Shadow Database
- Merkel, Hollande to discuss European communication network avoiding U.S.
- CSEC exoneration a 'mockery of public accountability'—"Watchdog rules CSEC not involved in tracking of Canadians."
- Indonesian minister says reports of Australia spying are 'mind-boggling'—"Marty Natalegawa says it's hard to believe Australia could let its spies help US officials locked in trade disputes with Jakarta." Abbott says it's was the "'the benefit of our friends."
- NSA Spying Poses "Direct Threat to Journalism," Watchdog Group Warns
- Journalists who broke NSA story in Guardian receive George Polk Awards
- Der Spiegel journalists on walking the fine line between informing the public and compromising NSA intelligence
- Congress must protect Americans from 'policing for profit'—"Motel owner lives through 'civil forfeiture' horror story."
- Good Samaritan Backfire or How I Ended Up in Solitary After Calling 911 for Help
- This Method is So Constitutional, the DEA Won't Even Release Its Name
- NYPD denies FOIA request for department FOIA guide
- Student journalist sues Otterbein for police records—"Student journalists at the liberal-arts college have battled Otterbein over its refusal to release records since the campus security force became a full-fledged police department of state-certified officers in 2011."
- Campaigner's lawyers challenge secrecy over police spy accused of lying in court—"John Jordan seeks explanation of why his conviction will be quashed after claims undercover officer gave false evidence."
- UK Cop Caught Framing Citizen Journalist On Camera—"A citizen journalist was assaulted and set up by a UK police officer late last week while covering a fracking protest in Barton Moss, England."
- Cops jailed for false baby-beating claim—'Two police officers in Barcelona have been sent to prison for two years for making a knowingly false accusation that a woman had beaten her baby, resulting in an eight-month legal separation between mother and daughter."
- In Brooklyn, a Longtime Critic of Police Policies Basks in a de Blasio Moment NYT
- Judge tosses gun charge in stop-and-frisk case—"A federal judge has tossed gun-possession charges against a Brooklyn man who claimed he was illegally searched...."
- New NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton Ditches Embattled Veteran Head of Internal Affairs
- NYPD's most-sued cop also among top overtime earners for past two years
- Assemblyman Boyland spills payola schemes to undercover cops
- Bloomfield acting police chief placed on paid leave after speaking out at council meeting—He "claimed that a councilman asked him to trade favors to ensure Behre's appointment as permanent chief." Watch his testimony: "No one owns the chief's position. It's not for sale."
- Fla. trooper who stopped cop sues after harassment
- Taxicab Authority investigator accused of illegally recording phone call—"Attempted whistleblower charged with recording telephone call without consent."
