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I'm currently traveling and so don't have time to write extensively about this or any other issue for the next few hours, but want to quickly draw attention to a few shocking revelations regarding the FCC's (heavily redacted) report on Google password and email snooping via its Street View program.
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Among the presenters at the Drone Summit yesterday in Washington DC was Chris Woods, a journalist with the Bureau of Invesitgative Journalism (TBIJ). His reporting contributed to TBIJ's groundbreaking study on the effects of the US drone war on the ground in Pakistan, an inquiry other journalism outfits had not seen fit to explore.
OK, maybe that’s a little harsh. But it’s hard to know how else to characterize Tom Gjelten’s segment on NPR this morning, “Could Iran Wage a Cyber War on the U.S.?”
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"If Americans don't care about privacy, this will just keep going, and we don't know where it will end," says Andrew Napolitano of Fox News.
Here's an idea of where it could end, and what you can do to stop the growing, technocratic police state.
The State of Virginia, where the homeland security industrial complex of “Top Secret America” has flourished since 9/11, has given its neighbor, the US Congress, a surprising slap in the face.
As @piombo points out, this is reminiscent of the story about the German cop who spied on his daughter, only to get hacked in retaliation.
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The above video shows what happens on the ground when the US bombs people from afar with flying robots.