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Tom Atlee: Nothing to Hide? NSA Can Still Strip Search You Electronically…

Navigating a Web where “nothing to hide” doesn’t help you or democracy be safe Having nothing to hide is no guarantee of avoiding trouble due to NSA surveillance, which can create an environment of fear, a suppression of cultural creativity, and opportunities for politically targeted suppression, generally degrading democracy.  The erosion of privacy can be …

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Marcus Aurelius: Reuel Marc-Gerecht on NSA High Cost – Low Return — Robert Steele Comments

The Costs And Benefits Of The NSA The data-collection debate we need to have is not about civil liberties. By Reuel Marc Gerecht Weekly Standard, June 24, 2013 Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal …

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Josh Kilbourn: VIDEO from Hong Kong — Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance — REACTIONS + New Details

Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA’s history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong guardian.co.uk, Sunday 9 June 2013 • Q&A with …

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Reflections on Insanity & Integrity + Reflections RECAP

I’ve been watching three areas the past few months: 01  Afghanistan and the non-existent exit strategy 02  NSA and the implosion of accountability in the US IC 03  Veteran suicides, active duty sexual assaults, and “the German disease” From where I sit, the senior leadership across the national security community and deep into every corner …

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SchwartzReport: Plastic Guns Drive Home the Criminal Insanity of “The Western Way” of Security

It is amazing how an inexpensive technological development can render irrelevant billions of dollars of investment. In this case the security apparatus of Homeland Security. When I did the original 3-D printing story about three years ago the printers cost $50,000. Just a few weeks ago, when these printers hit the news big time the …

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