Over the past year, we have learned that the New York Police Department, with 40,000 sworn officers and an annual budget of $3.9 billion, has built an intelligence apparatus to rival that of the FBI in a culture of total impunity.
In late May, Scott Shane, along with co-author Jo Becker, made “Terror Tuesday” part of our vocabulary.
Jacob Appelbaum and William Binney in NYC, 20 April 2012. Photo: Aaron Muszalski/ACLUm
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NSA whistleblower Bill Binney spoke at the HOPE 9 conference in New York City on July 14, 2012. After the talk he was interviewed by journalist Geoff Shivley; Tim Pool filmed the exchange and you can watch it above.
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You are a historic figure, Mr. President. You are not only the first African-American president; you are the first who has made use of your power to target and kill individuals identified as a threat to the United States throughout your entire term. You are the first president to make the killing of targeted individuals the focus of our military operations, of our intelligence, of our national security strategy, and some argue, of our foreign policy.
Days after Secretary of State Clinton parsed an apology for the deaths of 25 Pakistani soldiers in a US/NATO air attack last November, the CIA resumed its drone wars in Pakistan.
On July 6, a day after Pakistan ended the eight-month closure of its border to trucks supplying NATO forces at a cost to US taxpayers of some $800 million, a series of drone strikes in Northern Waziristan killed up to 24 people.
