Review: How America Was Lost – From 9/11 to the Police/Warfare State

Paul Craig Roberts 5.0 out of 5 stars Most Credible Consistent Truth-Teller I Read…., February 21, 2014 I have been following Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of Treasury in the Reagan Administration, for years. Originally he specialized in economic commentary, and I was much taken with his hard-hitting critical commentary and particularly his …

Berto Jongman: Germany, France to mastermind European data network – bypassing US

Germany, France to mastermind European data network – bypassing US Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande will review plans to build up a trustworthy data protection network in Europe. The challenge is to avoid data passing through the US after revelations of mass NSA spying in Germany and France. Merkel has been one of the biggest …

Eagle: Citizen Summary of All the Ways US Government Tracks Citizens & Activists

How Do They Track Thee? Let Me Count the Ways… Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:00:00 PST By Foster Gamble with Nick Alheit As we said in the movie THRIVE, “Every phone call and email we send is collected and archived, and can be inspected at any time.” Some viewers were skeptical… “they wouldn’t do that even if they could, …

SchwartzReport: NSA Spies on US Law Firms Representing Foreigners

Further dimensions of the growing surveillance state that is placing the world under scrutiny. If you think this is just about terrorism you haven’t been paying attention. This is a growing information matrix whose purpose is to allow a small virtual corporate state elite that, in turn, controls the U.S. and other governments, to control …

Berto Jongman: GAO – U.S. intelligence agencies can’t justify why they use so many contractors

GAO – U.S. intelligence agencies can’t justify why they use so many contractors Brian Fung Washington Post, 14 February 2014 Private contractors play a huge role in the government, particularly in civilian intelligence services like the CIA. Contracting critics say it’s an addiction whose overhead costs drive up the federal budget and leads to data …

Pepe Escobar: NSA, Globalistan, and the Human Rat Brain Not Keeping Up with Predatory Technology

Pepe Escobar is the author of Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War (Nimble Books, 2007) and Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge. His new book, just out, is Obama does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). He may be reached at pepeasia@yahoo.com. The AI Wet Dream: Back to the …