The Criminalization Of Truth: Obama And The World-Wide Assault On Journalism

Obama’s denunciation of the Bush administration now haunts him – he has become that which he condemned, but he makes no apologies.

Edward Rhymes
By Edward Rhymes
Remarking on the vice presidential debate, President Barack Obama tells reporters, "I think Joe Biden did great. I couldn't be prouder," as he returns to the White House in Washington after a day of campaign events in Miami, Thursday night, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

“Leaks related to national security can put people at risk. They can put men and women in uniform that I’ve sent into the battlefield at risk ... and so I make no apologies, and I don’t think the American people would expect me, as commander in chief, not to be concerned about information that might compromise their missions or might get them

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Secret Court Approves 100% Of U.S. Government Requests For Surveillance Of Citizens

A new report has experts worried this could be the textbook definition of “carte blanche” when it comes to domestic spying.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

A report released this week from the Justice Department showed that a secret federal court approved all 1,856 requests last year to physically search and/or electronically surveil people in the United States for “foreign intelligence purposes.” Established under the Nixon administration, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court gets its

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Drone Industry Sees Opportunity In Aftermath Of Boston Bombings

A week after the Boston bombings killed three and injured more than 180, the drone industry is using the tragedy as a marketing tactic, arguing that drones could have been key for capturing the attack on camera and alerting those responding to the scene. Michael Toscano, president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

A week after the Boston bombings killed three and injured more than 180, the drone industry is using the tragedy as a marketing tactic, arguing that drones could have been key for capturing the attack on camera and alerting those responding to the scene. Michael Toscano, president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

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CIA Facing Legal Action Over Domestic Surveillance Collaboration With NYPD

(NEW YORK) MintPress – It has not been a very good new year so far for the CIA. Shortly after Congress was sworn in on Jan. 3, lawmakers accused the agency of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film “Zero Dark Thirty” by allegedly telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
An officer gets into an NYPD vehicle. (Photo by Joi Ito)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – It has not been a very good new year so far for the CIA. Shortly after Congress was sworn in on Jan. 3, lawmakers accused the agency of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film “Zero Dark Thirty” by allegedly telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track him down. In a letter to the CIA released on

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Homeland Security Trying To Widen Use Of Domestic Drones — Again

(NEW YORK) MintPress – The United States Air Force first started to plan for the use of unmanned flights in 1959, after growing concern about losing pilots over hostile territory. They often relied on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for similar reasons in Vietnam, and drones, as they are now called, are known to have dramatically […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
Customs Border Patrol Air and Marine division blackhawk helicopter unmanned aerial vehicle Fort Huachuca Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

(NEW YORK) MintPress – The United States Air Force first started to plan for the use of unmanned flights in 1959, after growing concern about losing pilots over hostile territory. They often relied on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for similar reasons in Vietnam, and drones, as they are now called, are known to have dramatically changed the

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Gov’t Documents Suggest Drone Skeptics’ Biggest Fear Of Widespread Aerial Surveillance

(MintPress) – Since unmanned drones entered the domestic and national security arsenal in the mid-2000s, speculation of their intended domestic use has always taken precedent. Internationally, drones have predominantly been used as an additional military weapon to promote strikes on militants in countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Stateside, details of drone usage have been few and far […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
Customs Border Patrol Air and Marine division blackhawk helicopter unmanned aerial vehicle Fort Huachuca Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

(MintPress) – Since unmanned drones entered the domestic and national security arsenal in the mid-2000s, speculation of their intended domestic use has always taken precedent. Internationally, drones have predominantly been used as an additional military weapon to promote strikes on militants in countries such as Pakistan and

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