Ten months after Edward Snowden’s first disclosures, three main legislative proposals have emerged for surveillance reform: one from President Obama, one from the House Intelligence Committee, and one proposal favored by civil libertarians. All the plans purport to end the bulk phone records collection program, but there are big differences – and a lot they don’t do. Here’s a More
If we continue to build the independent, people-powered media, greater numbers of people will build up immunity to the destructive misinformation of corporate media. By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers AlterNet February 7, 2014 CenterforMediaJustice.org Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/1000 Words In the last week, there were two major examples of how people-powered media can educate and More
Everyone knows about the military-industrial complex, which, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned had the potential to “endanger our liberties or democratic process” but have you heard of the “Deep State?” Moyers & Company February 21, 2014 Mike Lofgren, a former GOP congressional staff member with the powerful House and Senate Budget Committees, More
Everyone knows about the military-industrial complex, which, in his farewell address, President Eisenhower warned had the potential to “endanger our liberties or democratic process” but have you heard of the “Deep State?” Moyers & Company February 21, 2014 Mike Lofgren, a former GOP congressional staff member with the powerful House and Senate Budget Committees, More
We live in what the German political scientist Ernst Fraenkel called “the dual state.” Totalitarian states are always dual states. In the dual state civil liberties are abolished in the name of national security By Chris Hedges truthdig.com Posted on Feb 16, 2014 President Barack Obama announces James Clapper, left, as director of national intelligence during a ceremony in the More
Surveillance, in any land where it is ubiquitous and inescapable, generates distrust and divisions among its citizens, curbs their readiness to speak freely to each other, and diminishes their willingness to even dare to think freely. -Ariel Dorfman By Henry A Giroux, Truthout.org | Op-Ed Monday, 10 February 2014 09:15 (Image: Jared Rodriguez More
Surveillance, in any land where it is ubiquitous and inescapable, generates distrust and divisions among its citizens, curbs their readiness to speak freely to each other, and diminishes their willingness to even dare to think freely. -Ariel Dorfman By Henry A Giroux, Truthout.org | Op-Ed Monday, 10 February 2014 09:15 (Image: Jared Rodriguez More
No one has been charged in the three years since searches of antiwar activists’ homes. The Star Tribune also seeks access to case documents. By RANDY FURST Star Tribune.com Updated: January 31, 2014 Anti-war activists Mick Kelly (left) and Jess Sundin talked in 2011 about what they said were detailed plans regarding the FBI raids. (Photo: Jim Gehrz, Star More
Director of national intelligence condemns NSA whistleblower in blistering testimony to Senate intelligence committee. Above photo: On Wednesday January 29th, CODEPINK activists attended an Intelligence Committee hearing on “Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States.” The witnesses included John Brennan, Director of the CIA, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligences, James Comey, Director of More
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/84632516] Award-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore on Obama's NSA speech. January 20, 2014 truthdig.com CLICK THE WORDS "WATCH ON VIMEO." Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on TWITTER at Rise Up Times(@touchpeace). Rise Up More
[youtube=http://youtu.be/_4NRny7uyPQ] Published on Jan 21, 2014 President Obama announces sweeping, loophole-filled changes to American intelligence oversight. TheDailyShowWithJS Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on TWITTER at Rise Up Times(@touchpeace). Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, More
It’s Never to Protect Us From Bad Guys Above: James Otis arguing in court in Boston in 1761 against the Writs of Assistance, general search warrants that allowed British authorities to search colonists at will. Otis lost before the King’s courts but many see the seeds of the American Revolution in this case. By Washington's Blog January More
