Government

from the well,-look-at-that dept This morning, Senator Dianne Feinstein finally got angry over the abusive practices of the intelligence community that she oversees as head of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Historically, of course, Feinstein has […]

By Mark Nestmann Have you ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes at Transportation Security Administration airport checkpoints? Wonder no more. Recently, a former TSA screener wrote a tell-all article for Politico Magazine describing […]

Source: Voltaire Network According to the New York Times Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel proposed trimming the active-duty Army personnel down to its 1940 level [1]. The Army would be reduced to 440,000 men (against 566,000 […]

By Washington’s Blog               The alternative media has documented for 5 years that the government uses disinformation and disruption  (and here) on the web to discredit activists and manipulate public opinion, just like it smears traditional […]

by James Smith The chemical is used in making a high explosive, amongst other things. By James Smith Prepper Podcast Radio Network 7 Feb 2014 Today, the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) awarded City Chemical LLC […]

By Washington’s Blog Smart Meters: A Little Too Smart Smart meters allow the government, corporations and hackers to spy on you. As security expert Bruce Schneier points out, the entire concept of the “Internet of Things” – […]

Source: Liberty Crier What is the story behind all these federal agencies that keep attempting to purchase small arms and ammo? We’ve told you about these issues before… with DHS making huge purchase orders for […]

by emptywheel One of the examples I often raise to show how our government likely uses SIGINT to advantage specific businesses is the way the government helps Monsanto budge into markets uninterested in its products. […]

Lewis Wickes Hine “Shorpy Higginbotham, 14, greaser on the tipple at Bessie Mine” 1910A pretty simple and straight continuation from yesterday’s Inequality Leads to War and Crisis , if only to hammer into everyone’s head […]

By Mark Danner If you’re a man of principle, compromise is a bit of a dirty word. —Dick Cheney, 2013 From the March 6, 2014 issue of The New York Review of Books 1. In early 2007, […]