The New American Order

Welcome to 1% Elections, the privatization of the State, a fourth branch of government, and the demobilization of "We the People."

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ACLU With Wikipedia Sue NSA Over Online Surveillance

The lawsuit alleges that the NSA's mass surveillance of internet traffic, often called "upstream" surveillance, violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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How the Government Outsourced Intelligence to Silicon Valley

Palantir – with its carefully honed image as a countercultural spy outfit committed to privacy in the pursuit of national security – is a monstrous government snoop, mining our most intimate data.

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Watched While Driving: Five Important Questions About the Federal Vehicle Surveillance Program

The DEA is collecting hundreds of millions of records about cars traveling on U.S. roads – but who approved the program, where does the data go, and are there limitations on its use? No one seems to know.

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Pentagon Makes No Secret of Wanting to Monitor Social Change Activism

The U.S. military is increasingly concerned about the risks to social, political and economic stability from resource stress and climate change – and whether they might lead governments to collapse.

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Canada Casts Global Surveillance Dragnet Over File Downloads

The covert operation taps into Internet cables and analyzes records of up to 15 million downloads daily from popular websites commonly used to share videos, photographs, music and other files.

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Mass Surveillance Is Fundamental Threat to Human Rights, Says European Report

Europe’s top rights body says mass surveillance practices are a fundamental threat to human rights and violate the right to privacy enshrined in European law.

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Europe's Human Rights Chief: Mass Surveillance "Not Justified By Fight Against Terrorism"

In a direct challenge to the United Kingdom and other states, Nils Muižnieks has called for greater transparency and stronger democratic oversight of the way security agencies monitor the Internet.

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Lawrence Lessig Interviews Edward Snowden About U.S. Surveillance State

Snowden told the audience he engaged in civil disobedience because he believes the democratic system of government is not able to work when people don’t know what their government is doing.

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Twitter Sues U.S. Government Over Surveillance Disclosure Rules

The social media giant filed suit Tuesday against the Department of Justice and FBI, saying it's been "unconstitutionally restricted by statutes that prohibit and even criminalize" information disclosure.

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