SchwartzReport: NSA Has Not Foiled a SINGLE Terrorist Plot + NSA Meta-RECAP

Here is what I believe is a correct assessment concerning the creation of the national security state in which we live today. Absurd amounts of money have been spent, and civil liberties abridged to an unprecedented degree, on the basis of a threat consisting of little gangs. It is transparently disproportionate, there has to be …

Berto Jongman: Seymour Hersh on OBL Raid Story One Big Lie + Raid Meta-RECAP

Seymour Hersh: Bin Laden Raid “One Big Lie” Pulitzer-prize wining journalist slams “pathetic” US media for failing to challenge White House Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com September 27, 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh says that the raid which killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 is “one big lie” and that “not one word” of the …

Berto Jongman: Kenneth Roth in Politico – When Will Obama Get SDerious About NSA Reform?

When will Obama get serious about NSA reform? Kenneth Roth Politico, September 4, 2013 Last week, President Obama met with the five-member review board that he recently appointed to review the National Security Agency’s (NSA) controversial electronic surveillance program. The review board is part of the president’s effort to build confidence in the surveillance program and …

Marcus Aurelius: Snowden NSA Revelations Piss Off Rest of Government As They Realize What They Have NOT Been Getting From NSA or CIA

Who would have thought — tragic farce aka absurdist theater? Other Agencies Clamor For Data N.S.A. Compiles By Eric Lichtblau and Michael S. Schmidt New York Times, August 4, 2013 , Pg. 1 WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s dominant role as the nation’s spy warehouse has spurred frequent tensions and turf fights with other …