Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits in Frustration With BureaucracyScathing resignation letter describes “profoundly dysfunctional” work environment
White House withholding over 9,000 docs in CIA torture probeReuters / Jim Young For the last five years, the White House has withheld over 9,000 top-secret documents from a Senate investigation of the CIA’s former detention and torture program. The report comes one day after the CIA was accused of interfering in the probe.
Nuclear regulators misled the media after Fukushima, emails showEmails obtained by journalists at NBC News reveal that officials at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission – the government agency that oversees reactor safety and security – purposely misled the media after the Fukushima, Japan disaster in 2011.
Tiny houses helping with homeless problem in U.S.MADISON, Wis. – While tiny houses have been attractive for those wanting to downsize or simplify their lives for financial or environmental reasons, there’s another population benefiting from the small-dwelling movement: the homeless.
ACLU appeals legality of NSA’s mass phone metadata collectionReuters / Susana Vera Civil rights attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union have filed an appeal with a federal court asking the judge to outlaw the National Security Agency’s collection of phone metadata after another court deemed the method of surveillance legal.
Texan exonerated from death row goes after prosecutorAfter surviving 18 years in prison and avoiding execution twice for murders he was eventually exonerated of, Anthony Graves of Texas is now going after the prosecutor who originally convicted him. Flanked by state lawmakers on Wednesday, Graves announced the Texas State Bar has officially decided to investigate former Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta, 73, for alleged professional misconduct regarding the case in question.
Historic: 1st state adopts plan to rein in fedsText smaller Text bigger The plan to put the brakes on Washington’s expansion of the federal government is under way. Convention of States confirmed that the Georgia legislature on Thursday passed the organization’s application “to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.” State Sen.
Democratic presidential candidate accuses US of provoking Ukrainian crisisDiverting from the typical Western line against “Russia’s invasion of Crimea,” former Ohio congressman and Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said it was driven by covert action by the United States.
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.