Category Archives: Surveillance state

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Signs Law Imposing Hefty Fines and Lengthy Jail Terms for Anti-Pipeline Protests

Oklahoma becomes the first state to enact an anti-trespass law aimed at pipeline protests. Will this spark a national trend targeting protest and dissent?

Trump Team Turns On Wikileaks Co-Founder Julian Assange

TRNN interview with Glen Ford about reports that Trump team is mulling filing criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Newspaper Owned By Fracking Billionaire Leaks Memo Calling Pipeline Opponents Potential “Terrorists”

States such as Oklahoma and North Dakota lead the way in repressing protest over pipeline and fracking activities.

Gaius Publius: Crossing the U.S. Border with Electronic Devices

Ideas for how to protect yourself against border searches.

Gaius Publius: Explosive WikiLeaks Release Exposes Massive, Aggressive CIA Cyber Spying, Hacking Capability

A look at some implications of the Wikileaks Vault 7 release of CIA documents.

Empire in Decay as Trump Spying Allegations Fly

Astonishingly, Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, is willing to say that the CIA may have arranged for spying on Trump.

Vanity Fair Acts as Democratic Party Enforcer Against Greenwald, NC, Others; Train Wreck Ensues

James Wolcott had a hissy fit in Vanity Fair last week against parties he deems not sufficiently fixated on toppling Trump, including NC.

Cambridge Analytica: BINGO!

Our Marina Bart was alone in debunking the supposedly miraculously propaganda powers of Cambridge Analytica, which the Guardian just trashed.

John Helmer: Parsing the Dossier on Trump’s Alleged Russian Bedroom Antics

A close reading of the “golden showers” dossier, including sources, methods, and reported payments for information.

Gaius Publius: How Police Use Military Technology to Secretly and Persistently Track You

How police are using military technology to spy on you even better.

Gaius Publius: Best Buy National Repair Techs Routinely Search Customer Devices, Act as “Paid Informers” for FBI

Best Buy’s repair operations are part of the surveillance state.

Corporate Censorship of Independent Sites Has Begun

The corporate war on progressive outlets has started.

Former Employee Sues Google, Claims It Maintained an Internal Spy Network That Encouraged Workers to Snitch on Each Other

Google looks to have been too clever by half in how far it has gone in trying to silence employees.