When the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted the online accounts of legally targeted foreigners over a four-year period it also collected the conversations of nine times as many ordinary Internet users, both Americans and non-Americans, according to an investigation by The Washington Post. Nearly half of those surveillance files contained names, email addresses or other […] Continue reading → 
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WikiLeaks to name second country where the NSA is said to be recording the content of phone calls, despite warnings from Glenn Greenwald that this could “lead to deaths” WikiLeaks has pledged to reveal the name of a second country that is having virtually all of its mobile phone calls recorded by the US National […] Continue reading → 
“It’s just the way we live” Senator John McCain told a radio show recently that Americans should “accept” the notion that their private conversations are being recorded by the government, even in the privacy of their own homes. McCain was asked by host Dan Patrick what his thoughts were on the Donald Sterling controversy, in […] Continue reading → 
pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.ca Or so John Kerry claims? Or so the Telegraph is reporting John Kerry claiming this?And let’s read the claim of proof..Ukraine separatists push east as UN intercepts Moscow orders Please take note that this is such explosive proof it warrants just a few sentences in this entire article. John Kerry, the US secretary of state, […] Continue reading → 
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) is moving substantial parts of its U.S. headquarters in Torrance, California, to suburban Dallas as the world’s largest automaker seeks savings from its U.S. sales unit, said people familiar with the matter. Employees will be informed of the plan tomorrow, said the people, who asked not to be identified disclosing private […] Continue reading → 
Thousands of audio and video recorders to protect passengers from “train derailments” New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced its plan to install several thousand audio and video recorders on its commuter trains Wednesday, reportedly in response to federal safety recommendations. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, several derailments last year have prompted the need […] Continue reading → 
Joseph MarksNextGov The Food and Drug Administration is looking for a contractor to monitor social media chatter about the drugs and other products it regulates and how that chatter shifts as a result of FDA risk warnings, solicitation documents show. The agency is looking for a contractor that can provide historical information about the sorts […] Continue reading → 
“Gunshot detectors” in classrooms surpass Big Brother in 1984 and the real East German Stasi In a stinging similarity to the telescreens of 1984, schoolchildren will soon be monitored in real-time through surveillance sensors mounted inside the classrooms of a charter school in Oakland, California. What a typical elementary school classroom looks like in America. […] Continue reading →