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3/8/17 Marcy Wheeler on the WikiLeaks document release about CIA hacking tools

by Scott Horton | Mar 8, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses WikiLeaks's exposure of the CIA's powerful hacking toolkit, what devices are most vulnerable to being exploited, and why this leak might be a Russian operation using WikiLeaks as a cutout to release sensitive documents.

News Roundup 3/8/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog

Drone strikes are up over 400% during the Trump presidency. Trump is carrying out a drone strike every 1.25 days. [Link] Wikileaks released documents from the CIA showing some of the programs within the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence. Some of the documents show...

Wikileaks: Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

by Wikileaks | Mar 7, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice

From https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/: Press Release Today, Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Code-named "Vault 7" by WikiLeaks, it is the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the...

Wikileaks Unveils ‘Vault 7’

by Scott Horton | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog

It's a huge cache of CIA docs -- apparently the CIA version of the Snowden docs, all about their hacking capabilities. Have at it.

News Roundup 3/7/17

by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 7, 2017 | Blog

Trump signs a new executive order reinstating the travel ban. This executive order does not include Iraq and does not include VISA holders. The new executive order lists several situations where people may be exempt from the travel ban. Trump is also stopping the...

Major Papers Target AG Sessions Over Russia

by Scott Horton | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog

On Wednesday night, the big three papers, the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall St. Journal, all ran articles attacking the Trump administration over their supposed "ties" to Russia. Yet, in the tradition of anti-Russia hype in the American media, on close...

Trump’s Attorney General’s Record on Privacy

by Kate Tummarello | Feb 10, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the country’s law enforcement has cleared the Senate. The Senate voted 52-47 on Wednesday to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions, whose record on civil liberties issues—including digital rights—has drawn fire from Democratic lawmakers...

Journalist Barrett Brown is out of jail – and has big plans

by Jeff Schechtman | Feb 8, 2017 | Featured Articles, Politics

Journalism, Activism, Hacktivism and a New Civic Platform Barrett Brown thinks big. Brown was released from federal prison on November 29 after four years of incarceration for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor. The hack — for which the hacker group...

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Leo examines the internet version of Enver Hoxha's scintillating multi-volume memoirs. Wokepedia should be avoided at all costs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zu0PVaBj7Q

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If you haven't seen The Pentagon Wars, take the time to see one of the only depictions on film of exactly how the Pentagon acquires systems that don't work. The film discussed the insane process of replacing the aging infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) in the US Army in...

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I am an artist therefore anything, I produce is art. Or, Anything I produce is accepted as art, therefore I am an artist. I pondered both outcomes, as I walked through the art gallery in the city. A combination of native works, landscapes that captured an Australia...