CIA handling of torture report triggers feud with Congress, DoJ investigationAFP Photo / Saul Loeb The US Justice Department is investigating the CIA over alleged malfeasance at the spy agency. The probe is linked to a bitter feud between the CIA and its congress watchdog stemming from a classified report on agency interrogation of terror suspects.
Legal marijuana grower readies for two-year federal prison sentenceAFP Photo / Justin Sullivan A California man plans to turn himself into law enforcement on Monday afternoon and begin serving a two year prison sentence that he says was handed down “for working at a pot shop that was legal in my state.”
5 Mindfulness Steps That Guarantee Increased Success And VitalityIn my training as a family therapist years ago, I began to see clearly that the ways in which we view ourselves and the world around us, in fact, alters our lives and our experiences dramatically. As science has proved, “The observer affects the observed,” or put another way, what you believe, you will live.
Who Tried to Silence Drone Victim Kareem Khan? – The InterceptIn the early morning hours of February 5, a group of armed men – some dressed in Pakistani police uniforms – appeared at Kareem Khan’s home, awoke him and his family at gunpoint, and took him away in an unmarked vehicle.
The internet is fuckedIn a perfect storm of corporate greed and broken government, the internet has gone from vibrant center of the new economy to burgeoning tool of economic control. Where America once had Rockefeller and Carnegie, it now has Comcast’s Brian Roberts, AT&T’s Randall Stephenson, and Verizon’s Lowell McAdam, robber barons for a new age of infrastructure monopoly built on fiber optics and kitty GIFs.
Florida Cops’ Secret Weapon: Warrantless Cellphone TrackingPolice in Florida have offered a startling excuse for having used a controversial “stingray” cellphone tracking gadget 200 times without ever telling a judge: the device’s manufacturer made them sign a non-disclosure agreement that they say prevented them from telling the courts.
EFF Fights National Security Letter Demands on Behalf of Telecom, Internet CompanySan Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed two briefs on Friday challenging secret government demands for information known as National Security Letters (NSLs) with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The briefs-one filed on behalf of a telecom company and another for an Internet company-remain under seal because the government continues to insist that even identifying the companies involved might endanger national security.
FDA “Visits” Celebrated Organic Produce Farmer | The Alliance for Natural Health USAFebruary 25, 2014 This is not good news. Jim Crawford started New Morning Farm in Maryland many decades ago. He was young and idealistic. He had little or no money and had to start small. He believed in sustainable agriculture and wanted to produce fresh and healthy produce to sell in farmers’ markets to the urban public.
Engineers Allege Hiring Collusion in Silicon ValleySAN FRANCISCO – Tech companies love new ideas, unless they belong to someone else. Then any breakthroughs must be neutralized or bought. Silicon Valley executives know all too well that a competitor’s unchecked innovation can quickly topple the mightiest tech titan.
Indianapolis cops must allow citizens to film police activity after $200k settlementPhoto by Steve Baker / flickr.com The terms of a recently settled lawsuit in Indianapolis, Indiana will require the city’s police force to remind officers that it’s legal for civilians to videotape on-duty cops, but it will also cost the department more than just that.
Supreme Court hands police more power to conduct warrantless house searchesReuters/Jonathan Ernst The US Supreme Court has ruled that police may search a home without obtaining a warrant despite the objection of one occupant if that occupant has been removed from the premises. With its 6 to 3 decision in Fernandez v.
Bush cyberczar: NSA created ‘the potential for a police state’The former cyber advisor under President George W. Bush had some harsh words for the United States National Security Agency during an address in California on Monday: “get out of the business of fucking with encryption standards.” That was the recommendation that famed cyberczar Richard Clarke made while speaking earlier this week at the at the Cloud Security Alliance summit in San Francisco.
Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQBritain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal.
Lawrence Lessig Settles Fair Use Lawsuit Over Phoenix Music SnippetsSan Francisco – Prof. Lawrence Lessig has settled his lawsuit against an Australian record label over the use of clips of a popular song by the band Phoenix in a lecture that was later posted online. Liberation Music, which represents Phoenix in New Zealand, claimed the clips infringed copyright, demanded YouTube take down the lecture, and then threatened to sue Lessig.
Who is Behind Regime Change? “Revolution Business” NGO Supported by Wall Street and US IntelligenceWho is Behind Regime Change? “Revolution Business” NGO Supported by Wall Street and US Intelligence Exposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated with Intelligence Firm Stratfor Serbia’s Srdja Popovic is known by many as a leading architect of regime changes in Eastern Europe and elsewhere since the late-1990s, and as one of the co-founders of Otpor!, the U.S.-funded Serbian activist group which overthrew Slobodan Milošević in 2000.
Russian General: “We Are At War” By General Leonid Ivashov26 February 2014 – Before It’s News In an interview published Feb. 5 by km.ru, Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the former foreign relations head of the Russian Ministry of Defense and current president of the Academy of Geopolitical Studies, issued a sharp warning about the nature of the strategic crisis unfolding in Ukraine: “Apparently they [officials of the European Union and U.S.
Judge Tosses Muslim Spying Suit Against NYPD, Says Any Damage Was Caused by Reporters Who Exposed It – The InterceptVoices Judge Tosses Muslim Spying Suit Against NYPD, Says Any Damage Was Caused by Reporters Who Exposed It A federal judge in Newark has thrown out a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for spying on New Jersey Muslims, saying if anyone was at fault, it was the Associated Press for telling people about it.
Finland No. 1, US sinks to 46th in global press freedom rankingsThe United States did not live up to the promise of the First Amendment last year, “far from it,” sinking to 46th in global press freedom rankings, a respected international nonprofit group said Wednesday. The U.S. plummeted 13 slots to 46th overall “amid increased efforts to track down whistle-blowers and the sources of leaks,” Reporters Without Borders warned in an annual report.
Traffic-stop recording led to woman’s wrongful arrest, suit claimsReuters / Jason Arnold A Florida woman has announced that she plans to file suit against the police department that left her locked up for a night after she recorded her conversation with an officer who pulled her over for a routine traffic stop. Lt.
Our Loss of Liberties in a Topsy-Turvy AmericaEach week, libertarian and former Congressman Ron Paul takes the time to talk with Money and Markets’ Charles Goyette on subjects ranging from our schools to the NSA and the Fed. Here are some of his most notable quotes.