Today in WTF: MBTA gives embarrassing video of woman’s fall to the press

Someone's brief embarrassing misfortune is now a national story, thanks to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA).

"Boston Woman on Scooter Has Escalator Spill"

NYPD propaganda machine misses a beat – or 14

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.

Terror Tuesday: When ‘moral’ is anything but

In late May, Scott Shane, along with co-author Jo Becker, made “Terror Tuesday” part of our vocabulary. 

“…pulling together all the data about…virtually every US citizen…”: NSA spying and the FISA Amendments Act

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Live: the Yes Men at HOPE 9

Binney: NSA is assembling dossiers on US citizens

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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.

When the surveillance state strikes: Who you gonna call?

We need a privacy revolution. Now. Before it's too late.

Tom Junod on “The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama”

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.

The drone-terrorism nexus

Terror Tuesday: Staking out the killing zone in the forever war

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.