Ben Franklin Was Right About the NSA

No other nation we know of so thoroughly sifts through the world’s communications, bugs 35 key leaders, targets individuals for assassination by CIA drones or U.S. special forces and stores every word its citizens ever sent.

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Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Calls Spy Agencies' Encryption Cracking "Appalling and Foolish"

The computer scientist who created the world wide web has called for a "full and frank public debate" over Internet surveillance by the National Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ, says the system of checks and balances has failed.

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Spain Reports NSA Tracked 60 Million Phone Calls In a Month

The Spanish newspaper El Mundo reproduced a graphic illustrating that the NSA spied on tens of millions of phone calls in the country late last year, widening the net of European nations and leaders under heavy U.S. surveillance.

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Thousands March on Washington Demanding End to Surveillance

Masses of protesters aligned with the coalition Stop Watching Us assembled on the 12th anniversary of the Patriot Act to urge Congress to reform the legal framework that supports the government's secretive online data gathering network.

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Snowden Reveals NSA Spying on Mexican Government and President

The NSA intercepted Mexican government communications, read text messages and listened to phone calls of President Enrique Pena Nieto, and hacked private email servers across Latin America.

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Cashing in on Catastrophe: How to Stop the Climate Crisis Profiteers

Rather than burying their heads in the sands, political and business leaders are maintaining the pretense to tackle climate change while actually focusing instead on how to manage its impacts—through militarization-—in the interests of elites.

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Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?

The Department of Homeland Security recently purchased 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition and is acquiring heavily armored tanks which have been seen roaming the U.S. streets. It's clear this is meant for unrest at home, and not abroad.

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The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution

Vast troves of U.S. secrets get regularly leaked by skilled teams of government officials engaged in propaganda campaigns to influence public opinion — posing a far graver threat to national security than revelations by Edward Snowden.

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Hedges: The Sparks of Rebellion

With the decimation of U.S. manufacturing along with the dismantling of our unions and opposition parties, we will have to search for different instruments of rebellion.

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Occupy Wall Street, Two Years On: We're Still the 99%

Two years ago, in scores of encampments across America, a new generation found its calling.

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