Lockheed Martin’s Desert Hawk III allows target tracking, would be great for police use, company says

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On proof, lies and expecting the worst from the surveillance state

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Secret drug war deployment of NSA intelligence evidence of mission creep

Ever since Edward Snowden’s leaks began to trickle out of Glenn Greenwald’s space at the Guardian, many in the United States have wondered aloud: “How often is this NSA-collected data used in non-terrorism, criminal prosecutions in the United States?”

A number of insights gleaned over the past week point to some very distressing possible answers.

Surveillance, lies, and the advancing transparency wave that can’t be stopped

Equating leaks to the press with treason: the Bradley Manning prosecution and the future of journalism

Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology project, spoke with Huffington Post Live about the Manning prosecution:

Clapper won’t tell the public whether NSA collects Americans’ cell-site location data in bulk

Who benefits from the Bradley Manning prosecution?

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Wyden: “The government’s authority is limitless.”