Showing posts with label NSA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NSA. Show all posts
Friday, June 05, 2015

TGIF: Power Thrives in Complexity

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In a democracy citizens prevent the government from abusing them by staying informed and exercising their “rights” under the system. They m...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

The National-Security State Lives

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Sen. Rand Paul accomplished something worthwhile when, almost single-handedly, he saw to it that Section 215 of the Patriot Act expired. Fo...
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Monday, June 01, 2015

Thanks, Rand Paul

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I'm pretty sure the NSA will continue to spy on us one way or another, but that should not detract from Rand Paul's unswerving effor...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Let the Clock Run Out on the NSA

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Regarding the feverish effort either to reauthorize, “reform,” or abolish the National Security Agency’s collection of our phone and email ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Phone Surveillance Must End

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You probably are not a terrorist. Chances are the government doesn’t even suspect you of knowing a terrorist. Even so, the National Securit...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Are Journalists More Trustworthy than State Personnel?

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Art Silber says no, and he's right. Edward Snowden leaked a ton of documents, but the Guardian says it has published only 1 percent -- ...
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Friday, August 16, 2013

TGIF: The Phony Trade-Off between Privacy and Security

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When we're told that we must trade some privacy to gain security, don't believe it. Read about it here .
Saturday, June 29, 2013

This Week's Scribblings

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Op-ed:  "Big Brother, Not Snowden and Greenwald, Is the Story" Snowden and Greenwald have not “aided the enemy” — unless the Ame...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Media Priorities

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If the television talking heads spent half the time discussing NSA spying that they spend sneering at Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald, th...
Monday, June 17, 2013

Just Wondering

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Has the NSA spying ceased pending the debate?
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Friday, June 14, 2013

TGIF: It’s Not Edward Snowden Who Betrayed Us

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TGIF this week cuts through the NSA fog to show that how one comes down on the controversy depends on whether or not one trusts power.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Op-ed: Obama Speaks with Forked Tongue on Surveillance

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My take on the revelations about the NSA's spying.  Bottom line: Obama says, “If people can’t trust not only the executive branch bu...
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