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Surveillance vs. Infrastructure: When a Country Falls Apart

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What characterizes the beginning stages of an empire in decline? Is it war, famine, disease, moral decay, or all of the above? There is...   Read More

Lessons of Iraq should be applied to Syria

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Interventionists have successfully pushed President Barack Obama into increasing military involvement in Syria. Their rationale feels eerily similar to the reasons used for the invasion of Iraq....   Read More

Is NSA exaggerating its surveillance successes?

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Has the National Security Agency exaggerated the importance of some of its sweeping surveillance programs? That’s what agency critics are charging after top US security officials defended...   Read More

Transportation security doesn’t include the freedom to molest

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) treats American travelers like cattle being chuted to a civil liberties slaughterhouse. Thanks to a federal appeals court, citizens have a...   Read More

FBI Admits That Obeying The Constitution Just Takes Too Much Time

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While much of the news coverage of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s Congressional hearing this week focused on his admission that the FBI has used drones domestically,...   Read More

IRS Using Tax Dollars For Porn, Wine, $100 Lunches?

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The IRS is already under fire and this story won’t help. In addition to the Star Trek, Gilligan’s Island and line dancing videos, it turns out...   Read More

Executive Branch crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S.

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Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of Americans’ phone records, the Obama administration was pressing a government-wide crackdown on...   Read More

The Other Snowden Drama: Impugning the Messenger

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As a pure story, it’s tough to beat the Snowden saga. Man of intrigue? Roger. Crusading reporter? Check. A powerful government in hot pursuit?...   Read More

On the Brink of Another War

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President Barack Obama stands on the brink of engaging the United States in another war of choice in the Middle East. Ostensibly because the...   Read More

FBI director admits domestic use of drones for surveillance

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The FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance purposes, the head of the agency told Congress early Wednesday. Robert Mueller, the director of the Federal...   Read More

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