While small glimpses into the governmental monitoring of the Occupy Wall Street movement have emerged in the past, there has not been any reporting -- until now -- that details the breadth and depth of the degree to which the nation's post-September 11, 2001 counter terrorism apparatus has been applied to politically engaged citizens exercising More
A Bradley Manning event with Birgitta Jonsdottir [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=szUgQImKD1g#at=710] A panel in New York City on April 5, 2013. Editor's Note: Alexa O'Brien has provided primary independent coverage of the pre-trial hearing, as has Kevin Gosztola. Â Bjrgjtta Jonsdottir is from Iceland and helped create WikiLeaks' "Collateral Damage." Â An interesting panel that includes discussion of the corporate More
A Bradley Manning event with Birgitta Jonsdottir [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=szUgQImKD1g#at=710] A panel in New York City on April 5, 2013. Editor's Note: Alexa O'Brien has provided primary independent coverage of the pre-trial hearing, as has Kevin Gosztola. Â Bjrgjtta Jonsdottir is from Iceland and helped create WikiLeaks' "Collateral Damage." Â An interesting panel that includes discussion of the corporate More
Fears Confirmed: Domestic Drones 'Fly Regularly' in US Airspace Watchdog publishes new flight map, 'takes surveillance to a whole new level' Lauren McCauley, staff writer Published on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Common Dreams The EFF released a new map that tracks the location of drone flights across the US. (Image: EFF)Digital watchdog the Electronic Frontier More
Fears Confirmed: Domestic Drones 'Fly Regularly' in US Airspace Watchdog publishes new flight map, 'takes surveillance to a whole new level' Lauren McCauley, staff writer Published on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Common Dreams The EFF released a new map that tracks the location of drone flights across the US. (Image: EFF)Digital watchdog the Electronic Frontier More
FBI’s Abuse of the Surveillance State is the Real Scandal Needing Investigation That the stars of America’s national security establishment are being devoured by out-of-control surveillance is a form of sweet justice by Glenn Greenwald Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by The Guardian via Common Dreams The Petraeus scandal is receiving intense media scrutiny obviously due to its salacious aspects, More
FBI’s Abuse of the Surveillance State is the Real Scandal Needing Investigation That the stars of America’s national security establishment are being devoured by out-of-control surveillance is a form of sweet justice by Glenn Greenwald Tuesday, November 13, 2012 by The Guardian via Common Dreams The Petraeus scandal is receiving intense media scrutiny obviously due to its salacious aspects, More
Petraeus Scandal is Reported with Compelled Veneration of All Things Military The reverence for the former CIA Director is part of a wider religious-like worship of the national security state. by Glenn Greenwald via CommonDreams.org Saturday, November 10, 2012 by the Guardian/UK A prime rule of US political culture is that nothing rivets, animates or delights the More
Petraeus Scandal is Reported with Compelled Veneration of All Things Military The reverence for the former CIA Director is part of a wider religious-like worship of the national security state. by Glenn Greenwald via CommonDreams.org Saturday, November 10, 2012 by the Guardian/UK A prime rule of US political culture is that nothing rivets, animates or delights the More
CHALLENGING DRONOTOPIA A report of the 2012 Know Drones Tour to Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia and suggestions for further action. By Nick Mottern October 20, 2012 www.knowdrones.com 2 Introduction This is a report about an educational expedition on US drone warfare and drone surveillance that George Guerci and I undertook into parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania More
CHALLENGING DRONOTOPIA A report of the 2012 Know Drones Tour to Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia and suggestions for further action. By Nick Mottern October 20, 2012 www.knowdrones.com 2 Introduction This is a report about an educational expedition on US drone warfare and drone surveillance that George Guerci and I undertook into parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania More
The Problem of the New York Police Michael Greenberg  OCTOBER 25, 2012 New York Review of Books New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, District Attorney Cyrus Vance, and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly at a press conference announcing the arrest of Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh on terrorism charges, May 12, 2011. (Mary Altaffer/AP Images) Over the More
