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More Than 1 Million People Urge Obama to Pardon Snowden

by TeleSur | Jan 16, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice

More than 1 million people signed onto a petition asking outgoing President Barack Obama to pardon former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, charged with espionage and theft of state secrets and documents. "Pardoning Snowden would show the world the U.S....

News Roundup 1/16/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 16, 2017 | Blog

Rudi Giuliani's cybersecurity firm's website is riddled with vulnerabilities that can make hacking the site easy. Trump recently named Giuliani as his cybersecurity advisor. [Link] A new report shows that it takes $2.6 billion to bring a new drug to market. This is a...

12/22/16 Marcy Wheeler on HPSCI’s deeply flawed report on Edward Snowden

by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show

"Emptywheel" Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses why the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) report on Edward Snowden is so "inexcusably shitty;" whether Snowden is actually working for Russia during his exile there; and how the government's failure...

Edward Snowden Interview

by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog

I mean it's Katie Couric. But it's a full 50 minutes and he said on Twitter it was very comprehensive. Watching now.

News Roundup 12/5/16

by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog

Trump picks Ben Carson to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. [Link] Air B&B settles its lawsuit with New York City. New York City passed a law that will fine people for advertising their apartments for less than a 30-day stay. Air B&B dropped the...

Snowden: Look to Yourself, Stop Obsessing over Presidents

by Jon Miltimore | Nov 18, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice

Whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden remains a fugitive at large, but that didn’t stop him from popping up and chiming in on the recent presidential election. Snowden, who in 2013 blew the lid on the NSA’s massive covert surveillance program,...

Hey, Trump: Pardon Snowden!

by Brittany Hunter | Nov 16, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice

During his first days as president, Barack Obama pledged to protect government whistleblowers. In fact, Change.org even highlighted this stance saying, “Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee...

Sign the Petition: Pardon Snowden!

by Scott Horton | Oct 1, 2016 | Blog

Time is running out for Dear Leader to pardon the American Hero Edward Snowden, who liberated the NSA files, before his term is up. With Hillary there's no way, and Trump wants to execute him, so it really is now or never. Go to PardonSnowden.org now and help put...

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Military Aviation Joins the Emerging Competency Crisis in the West

Trend-lines on military aviation accidents are edging upwards to rival in the commercial aviation industry in mishaps. Not only is this a barometer for readiness and training but an indicator for the emerging competency crisis plaguing the West. Peacetime military...

Horror Show: More Proof Troops Massacred Afghans After ISIS Attack at Kabul Airport

As we reported at the time, marines slaughtered innocent people after the bombing. The perfect clusterfu*k of an ending to a perfect clusterfu*k of a war. Watch US Marine’s GoPro footage that challenges Pentagon’s account of attack at Kabul airport...