Berto Jongman: Six Government Lies on Videotape?

Surveillance Has the Gov’t Lied on Snooping? Let’s Go to the Videotape By Kara Brandeisky and Stephen Suen, ProPublica Published July 30, 2013 Since Edward Snowden leaked a trove of documents detailing the NSA’s sweeping surveillance programs, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper acknowledged that part of his congressional testimony in March was “erroneous.” But …

Berto Jongman: YouTube (11:49) NSA Whistleblower Russ Tice on Russia Today Detailng NSA Targeting Supreme Court, Flag Officers, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Many Members of Congress, Barack Obama BEFORE He Won Senate Election, Etc. — at Direction of Vice President Dick Cheney

Does the US Intelligence Community have NSA-sourced leverage that allows it to avoid — to refuse — being sequestered?  Is there a shadow government?  These are questions asked on this program.  Is Dick Cheney still in charge?  What’s different?  “The Orwellian scale.”  “Post office taking a photo of every envelope.”

Marcus Aurelius: Anyone Can Hijack a Ship or Airplace Via GPS —

This is on the governments that failed to be responsible about cyber-security from day one. EXCLUSIVE: GPS flaw could let terrorists hijack ships, planes The world’s GPS system is vulnerable to hackers or terrorists who could use it to hijack ships — even commercial airliners, according to a frightening new study that exposes a huge …

Chuck Spinney: Sick People at the Aspen Summit — “Extermination” Fantasies of the Empire

What kind of people are running American?  Here are some insights. Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit Security Forum participants expressed total confidence in American empire, but could not contain their panic at the mention of Snowden. AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal, July 25, 2013  Seated …

Ray McGovern: General Hayden’s Glass House

Gen. Hayden’s Glass House By Ray McGovern July 21, 2013 Editor Note: Official Washington’s national security/mainstream media incest was on scandalous display when ex-NSA chief Michael Hayden posed as a CNN analyst to denounce Edward Snowden for exposing surveillance excesses that Hayden had a hand in creating. Former National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden should …

Owl: Tom Engelhardt Rogue Superpower –From Tragedy to Farce?

“Sooner or later, the architecture will determine the acts”: The Resurrection of the Totalitarian Beast in Washington D.C. This is a long article well worth reading entirely, but if you have only for a small amount of timet, here’s two key takeaways worth pondering: “Consider, for instance, a superior piece of recent reporting by Eric …