Keith Alexander, Peter King

Outgoing NSA Chief Confident Of ‘Reporter-Gag’ Legislation On Fed Leaks

Keith Alexander also criticized the media in the process of suggesting Congressional legislation to make it a crime to report on leaked government information was in the works.

by Les Neuhaus

Obama Chooses SOPA Lobbyist To Negotiate Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty

Many of the corporations and groups poised to benefit most from TPP are traditional Democratic supporters or major donors to the president’s election campaigns.

Obama Chooses SOPA Lobbyist To Negotiate Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty

President Barack Obama nominated Robert Holleyman as deputy U.S. trade representative on Thursday.

Holleyman is the former president of the Business Software Alliance, a trade organization that counts Apple, IBM, Microsoft and other top software firms among

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Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

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Wikileaks: US Pushes To Strengthen Sweeping Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights’ Treaty

Wikileaks released documents of U.S. secret negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

Wikileaks: US Pushes To Strengthen Sweeping Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights’ Treaty

As the saying goes, “if you don’t succeed the first time, try, try again.” Despite the defeats of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the Protect IP Act (PIPA), the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and a host of other intellectual property rights laws, the Obama administration is stubbornly pushing forward in strengthening

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Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

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Halloween Horror: Lawmakers Stir Up Scary Legislation In 2012

(MintPress) – Ask Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson what the scariest bill signed into law over the past year was and he often cites the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). During interviews and the third party presidential debate, Johnson has berated Congress and the president for their handling of the country since the calendar turned […]

Halloween Horror: Lawmakers Stir Up Scary Legislation In 2012

(MintPress) – Ask Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson what the scariest bill signed into law over the past year was and he often cites the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). During interviews and the third party presidential debate, Johnson has berated Congress and the president for their handling of the country since the

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Cybersecurity Bill Defeat Adds To Long List Of Failed Internet Legislation

(MintPress) – Nearly a week ago, a GOP filibuster blocked a cybersecurity bill that would have created security standards for the computer systems that oversee the country’s most important infrastructure, such as mass transit systems and power grids. The bill has since been shelved by Congress, but President Barack Obama has insisted that America has not […]

Cybersecurity Bill Defeat Adds To Long List Of Failed Internet Legislation

(MintPress) – Nearly a week ago, a GOP filibuster blocked a cybersecurity bill that would have created security standards for the computer systems that oversee the country’s most important infrastructure, such as mass transit

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Inside The European Parliament’s Rejection Of ACTA

(BRUSSELS) – On July 4, the European Parliament (EP) rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 478-39 with 165 abstentions, dealing a blow, probably fatal, to the treaty whose stated aim is to enhance international cooperation in the fight against Intellectual Property Rights infringements, namely counterfeit goods and online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual material. In other […]

Inside The European Parliament’s Rejection Of ACTA

(BRUSSELS) - On July 4, the European Parliament (EP) rejected the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 478-39 with 165 abstentions, dealing a blow, probably fatal, to the treaty whose stated aim is to enhance international cooperation in the fight against Intellectual Property Rights infringements, namely counterfeit goods and online

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CISPA Legislation Takes Anti-piracy Bills And Guises Them As Cyber-security Tactics

(MintPress) – After thousands of websites went dark in January in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill and its counterpart, Protect IP Act (PIPA) – both restrictive Internet legislations – the bills were shelved and not revisited. After what was widely deemed a victory for the Internet community, new legislation takes aim at censoring […]

CISPA Legislation Takes Anti-piracy Bills And Guises Them As Cyber-security Tactics

(MintPress) – After thousands of websites went dark in January in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill and its counterpart, Protect IP Act (PIPA) – both restrictive Internet legislations – the bills 

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