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2013/09/04

Bruce Schneier: How Advanced Is the NSA’s Cryptanalysis — And Can We Resist It?

How Advanced Is the NSA’s Cryptanalysis — And Can We Resist It? Bruce Schneier WIRED Magazine, 09.04.13 The latest Snowden document is the US intelligence “black budget.” There’s a lot of information in the few pages the Washington Post decided to publish, including an introduction by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. In it, he …

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2013/09/04

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 …

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2013/08/302013/08/30

Steven Aftergood: INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BUDGETS REVEALED IN WASHINGTON POST

INTELLIGENCE AGENCY BUDGETS REVEALED IN WASHINGTON POST Secret intelligence agency budget information was abundantly detailed in the Washington Post yesterday based on Top Secret budget documents released by Edward Snowden. See “U.S. spy network’s successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary” by Barton Gellman and Greg Miller, Washington Post, August 29. The newly …

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2013/08/302013/08/30

Neal Rauhauser: Cost of Secrecy versus Diplomacy

Budget Comparison Usually when we get information about black programs it’s the result of two or more errors on the part of Congressmen. One will give a budget for a certain area, another will describe black ops as a percentage of that number, and then we get the actual figure. This time thanks to Edward …

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2013/08/29

Rickard Falkvinge: The First Global Civil War (Over Civil Liberties)

The First Global Civil War Civil Liberties – Lionel Dricot: Manning, Snowden, Assange, Miranda, The Guardian. With each passing day, we receive confirmation of a truth that many would prefer to ignore: we are at war. An undeclared, relatively quiet war, but nonetheless a war. Unlike a conventional war, a civil war has no well …

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2013/08/242013/08/24

Marcus Aurelius: Conflicted About Ethics, Secrecy, & the Public Interest

COMMENTS: 1. This is one of more internally contradictory pieces I can remember reading; 2. Mark Bowden certainly knows a thing or three about perpetuating compromise of classified information since he’s done bunch of it; 3. Bowden harkens back to old saying, “.. there are good secrets, there are bad secrets, and there are non-secrets …

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2013/08/22

Berto Jongman: Bill Quiglewy in Salon on 13 Things USG Trying to Hide from US Public

13 things the government is trying to hide from you Our government is intentionally keeping massive amounts of information secret from voters By Bill Quigley This article originally appeared on Alternet. “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act. As we see …

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