Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Wyoming Welder Faces $75,000 a Day in EPA Fines for Building Pond on His Property
March 15th, 2014Via: Fox News: All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in brook and brown trout, ducks and geese. It was a place where his horses could drink and graze, […]
Russia Blocks Access to Independent News Sites
March 14th, 2014Via: EFF: Russia’s government has escalated its use of its Internet censorship law to target news sites, bloggers, and politicians under the slimmest excuse of preventing unauthorized protests and enforcing house arrest regulations. Today, the country’s ISPs have received orders to block a list of major news sites and system administrators have been instructed to […]
Britain: One of Prime Minister’s Closest Aides Arrested, Allegations Related to Child Porn
March 12th, 2014Via: Telegraph: One of David Cameron’s closest aides has been arrested on suspicion of offences relating to child pornography. Patrick Rock, who was one of the government’s advisors on policy for online pornography filters, was arrested last month after police examined computers in No 10 Downing Street. Mr Rock resigned as a policy advisor to […]
How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware
March 12th, 2014Via: First Look: Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems that reduce the level of human oversight in the process. The classified files – provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden – contain new details about […]
Department of Homeland Security Conducting Drug Raids?
March 12th, 2014Via: Gothamist: A number of East Williamsburg and Bushwick residents were surprised by a combined federal and NYPD raid on Devoe Street early Sunday morning. Some were disturbed by a loud, low-flying helicopter, while others were simply stopped from going home because the street was blocked off. Witnesses spotted a big Department of Homeland Security […]
Department of Homeland Security Reads Woman’s Email, Questions Her About Relationship with Man at Airport
March 8th, 2014Via: Indy Star: Christine Von Der Haar has heard President Barack Obama and national security officials insist the U.S. government isn’t spying on ordinary citizens. The Indiana University faculty member doesn’t believe them. Not after what happened to her at the Indianapolis airport. Von Der Haar says in a federal lawsuit that she was illegally […]
Barrett Brown: Charges Related to Publishing URL Dropped
March 5th, 2014Via: IT News: United States prosecutors today said they have dropped eleven charges against journalist Barrett Brown – including for publishing a hyperlink in an online chat forum – in one of the closest watched digital liberties trials yet.
Obama Is Complicit in Suppressing the Truth About Torture
March 5th, 2014Via: The Atlantic: President Obama is complicit in suppressing the truth about CIA torture of prisoners. That’s clear from the fact that the Senate intelligence committee’s $40 million, 6,000-page torture report is still being suppressed 15 months after being adopted.
Barrett Brown Faces 100 Years in Prison for Posting Hyperlink to Site Containing Hacked Material in Chat Room
March 4th, 2014Update: Charges Related to Publishing URL Dropped *phew* Via: IT News: United States prosecutors today said they have dropped eleven charges against journalist Barrett Brown – including for publishing a hyperlink in an online chat forum – in one of the closest watched digital liberties trials yet. — Via: Guardian: Lawyers acting for Barrett Brown, […]
Mayor of London: The State Should Abduct Children of Thought Criminals
March 2nd, 2014Via: BBC: Muslim children who risk radicalisation by their parents should be taken into care, Boris Johnson has said. Writing in his weekly Daily Telegraph column, the London mayor said such children were victims of child abuse. Mr Johnson said they should be removed from their families to stop them being turned into “potential killers […]
