Berto Jongman: Greenwald on NSA & US Hypocrisy

Reader comments are also useful. Some Facts About How NSA Stories Are Reported Several members of the august “US Journalists Against Transparency” club are outraged by revelations in yesterday’s New York Times (jointly published by der Spiegel) that the NSA has been hacking the products of the Chinese tech company Huawei as well as Huawei itself …

Review: Still Ours to Lead – America, Rising Powers, and the Tension Between Rivalry and Restraint

Bruce Jones 4.0 out of 5 stars One Third Provocative, One Third Delusional, One Third Ignorant, March 22, 2014 I was given this book as a gift, by someone who knew I can recite from memory the ten high level threats to humanity (as identified and prioritized by the UN High Level Panel on Threats, …

Steven Aftergood: ODNI Rethinks Secrecy and Openness in Intelligence — 25 Years Late, Neither Credible nor Effective, Still Missing the Point!

ODNI Rethinks Secrecy and Openness in Intelligence By leaking classified intelligence documents, Edward Snowden transformed public awareness of the scale and scope of U.S. intelligence surveillance programs. But his actions are proving to be no less consequential for national security secrecy policy. “These leaks have forced the Intelligence Community to rethink our approach to transparency …

Mini-Me: NSA Says Its Water Use is TOP SECRET – We Do Not Make This Stuff Up!

Huh? The NSA Says its Water Bill Should be Top Secret Robert McMillan WIRED, 03.19.14 The National Security Agency has many secrets, but here’s a new one: the agency is refusing to say how much water its pumping into the brand new data center it operates in Bluffdale, Utah. According to the NSA, its water …

Berto Jongman: Tim Berners-Lee Calls for Online Magna Carta – a Global Constitution and Universal Bill of Digital Rights

Web Inventor’s Bold Call: Time for ‘Online Magna Carta’ Tim Berners-Lee issues call for “a global constitution – a bill of rights” to defend digital rights – Andrea Germanos, staff writer As the World Wide Web celebrates its 25th anniversary Wednesday, Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the system, is calling for an online ‘Magna …

Berto Jongman: NSA Malware for Millions of Computers

NSA Malware Designed to Infect Millions of Computers Anthony M Freed Tripwire, Mar 12, 2014 First Look’s digital publication The Intercept is reporting that classified documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the National Security Agency is developing “groundbreaking surveillance technology” designed to infect millions of computers with surveillance malware.