Secrecy

Spying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty Groups

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:44:28 -0400

Spying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty Groups
by Nick Madigan

BALTIMORE - Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released documents show.

The Motivation for Blocking Investigations Into Bush Lawbreaking

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:53:33 -0400

The Motivation for Blocking Investigations Into Bush Lawbreaking

by Glenn Greenwald

Harper’s Scott Horton yesterday interviewed Jane Mayer about her new book, read more

US Still Shielding View of War Dead: Putting Her Foot Down and Getting the Boot

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:52:31 -0400

US Still Shielding View of War Dead: Putting Her Foot Down and Getting the Boot
by Dana Milbank

The ghost of Rummy is proving difficult to exorcise.Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tried to sweep out the symbols of his predecessor’s capricious reign, firing acolytes of Donald Rumsfeld and bringing glasnost to the Pentagon.

Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:42:27 -0400

Today’s Coverup of Surveillance Crimes and Barack Obama

by Glenn Greenwald

What we learned in December, 2005 that George Bush and the telecoms were doing — listening in on the private conversations of American citizens without warrants — is a felony under clear U.S.

August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:21:53 -0400

August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008

by Glenn Greenwald

The votes in the Senate on various amendments to the FISA “compromise” bill and to the underlying bill itself were originally scheduled for today, but have been postponed until tomorrow (Wednesday, July 9) to enable Senators to attend the funeral of Jesse Helms.

Obama, FISA and the Netroots

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:00:48 -0400

Obama, FISA and the Netroots
by Bob Ostertag

The Political Establishment and Telecom Immunity — Why It Matters

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:44:35 -0400

The Political Establishment and Telecom Immunity — Why It Matters

by Glenn Greenwald

Nancy Soderberg was deputy national security advisor and an ambassador to the United Nations in the Clinton administration.

How Dare They Rip the Fourth Amendment?

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:36:51 -0400

How Dare They Rip the Fourth Amendment?
by Joseph L. Galloway

Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love.

Journalist Charges Censorship by US Military in Fallujah

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:43:52 -0400

Journalist Charges Censorship by US Military in Fallujah
by Dahr Jamail

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.

Patriotism in the Time of Treason

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:05:55 -0400

Patriotism in the Time of Treason
by Lucinda Marshall