Anonymous Plans Series of Leaks to Show Intelligence Community’s Vulnerability
Anonymous hacked into Booz Allen Hamilton, a US public consulting firm who primarily does work as a federal contractor for the US government on defense and homeland security matters. They infiltrated...
View ArticleLiveblogging the ‘Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers’ Hearing
(photo: Project Counsel) The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime & Terrorism, chaired by GOP Representative James Sensenbrunner, is holding a hearing on the “Protecting Children from Internet...
View ArticleMy Own Farewell to Emptywheel
As Marcy and bmaz leave and Jeff Kaye and I step in to take up the responsibility of chronicling the growing bipartisan consensus among the American corporate and political class that civil rights and...
View ArticleIn Court, ACLU Defends US Citizen Detained & Threatened by FBI with Torture
Amir Meshal (photo: The Public Record) The ACLU was in court today to defend a US citizen, who was illegally detained and mistreated by US officials in Kenya and Ethiopia. The citizen, Amir Meshal, a...
View ArticleObama Has Decriminalized Torture: Do Americans Care?
From President Barack Obama’s inauguration to now, he has treated the issue of torture and the legalization of this supreme violation of human rights as an inconvenience. Obama has kept the possibility...
View ArticleDecision in Julian Assange Extradition Appeal Postponed: Sweden Created This...
A decision in WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange’s extradition appeal hearing is not expected for three weeks, as the court has reserved judgment whether he should be extradited to Sweden to be...
View ArticleWired Magazine Finally Releases Entire Manning-Lamo Chat Logs: What’s Revealed?
(updates below) Finally, Wired magazine released the complete, unedited chat logs between Pfc. Bradley Manning, the accused whistleblower to WikiLeaks, and Adrian Lamo, the known hacker who turned...
View ArticleRelease of Full Manning-Lamo Chat Logs Shows Logs Raise Questions on...
For over a year, the technology magazine Wired has had some command over what the public knows about Pfc. Bradley Manning, alleged whistleblower to WikiLeaks. The magazine since June possessed the...
View ArticleSen. John McCain Renews Push for Senate Committee to Halt WikiLeaks’...
(photo: Wikimedia Commons) On Wednesday, Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona renewed his push for the creation of a temporary Senate committee to investigate WikiLeaks and the hacktivist group...
View ArticleQuantico Brig Staff Mostly Ignored Recommendations Medical Staff Made on...
A Freedom of Information Act request for documents on accused whistleblower to WikiLeaks Pfc. Bradley Manning’s treatment at Quantico Marine brig, filed by POLITICO, reveals on multiple occasions...
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