by Joe Wolverton Documents obtained by The Guardian (U.K.) reveal that the court that was ostensibly created to keep the federal domestic spy apparatus from invading the rights of Americans is actually routinely giving the National Security Agency (NSA)...

by Anthony Martin Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has leveled a stinging and heavy indictment against the U.S. government in the Edward Snowden case. Snowden is the former NSA intelligence official who blew the whistle on the agency’s broad-based surveillance...

by Mark Hosenball U.S. intelligence agencies are worried they do not yet know how much highly sensitive material is in the possession of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, whose whereabouts are unclear, several U.S. officials...

by Ali Papademetriou Saturday at the yearly Netroots Nation political conference, California democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi made comments on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs that have caught the attention of millions of Americans recently, considering leaked...

by Ezra Van Auken America’s role in the two-year Syrian war has been broader than many officials make it seem. From giving Israeli fighter jets the “green light” to conduct air strikes on Assad’s equipment convoys to...

by JD Tuccille The massive communications surveillance in which the United States and British governments (and possibly other states) are engaged are being overlooked in the international frenzy over Edward Snowden’s flight for freedom, emphasized attorney Michael...

by Zach Weissmueller “If there’s one thing that values, it’s secrecy,” says Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) staff attorney Mark Rumold. “They’ve been allowed to operate in ways that aren’t always consistent with the public’s understanding...

by Drew Guarini Yahoo fought PRISM, and PRISM won. Court records obtained by The New York Times show that Yahoo had fought back against the National Security Agency’s broad requests for user data in 2008. The company, which provides email...

by Ali Papademetriou Government involvement within the food industry not only promotes corporatism with food giants but also cripples family farming. One of the most recent yet long-term cases involves Amish dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger. In June...

by Ezra Van Auken Last Thursday afternoon the Obama administration declared that Syria’s opposition to President Bashar al-Assad would be receiving lethal aid, something the administration had publicly held off from since the middle of Syria’s war....