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Obama
Surveillance Blowback (Historical Events, Increased Security After 9-11, Politics)

The making of the US surveillance state, 1898–2020.

Alfred W. McCoy
Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers (Media, Increased Security After 9-11, Politics)

What a country's treatment of its own citizens says about how it will treat non-citizens.

VideoNation and On The Earth Productions
Muslim surveillance
Political Violence and Privilege (Racism and Discrimination, Increased Security After 9-11, Profiling)

Why violent right-wing extremism doesn’t scare Americans.

Matthew Harwood
Army trucks
The Classic Military Runaround (Media, Increased Security After 9-11)

Your tax dollars at work keeping you in the dark.

Nick Turse
NSA
The Dictionary of the Global War on You (Law, Media, Increased Security After 9-11, Politics)

Definitions for a new age

Tom Engelhardt
Dick Cheney
Whistleblowers Are Not the Enemy (Increased Security After 9-11)

US politicians should check their history before going after whistleblowers for daring to challenge the excesses of state power.

Robert Scheer
Chinese and American flags
China's Pacific Dreams (Economic Development, Regions and Countries, Increased Security After 9-11)

How Washington’s and Beijing’s visions for the future may turn into a nightmare.

Pepe Escobar
NSA Director General Keith Alexander
America's Surveillance Net (Law, Increased Security After 9-11, The Constitution)

There is a revolution afoot—one that is being carried out by the government against the fundamental law of the land.

Jonathan Schell
A banner of Edward Snowden
Government Spying: Why You Can't 'Just Trust Us' (Law, Increased Security After 9-11, The Constitution)

For proof that the current surveillance programs are ripe for abuse, Americans need only look at what preceded them.

Marcy Wheeler
NSA court order
It's Time for a 21st Century Debate on Privacy and Surveillance (Law, Increased Security After 9-11, Lawsuits)

Public knowledge and legal opinion have yet to catch up to the massive state spying enabled by new technologies.

David K. Shipler

Blogs

Bradley Manning Sentenced to Thirty-Five Years in Prison—and Reactions
Greg Mitchell

A new and scary precedent for the prosecution of whistleblowers.

August 21, 2013
When Whistleblowers Disrupt Transparency
Tom Tomorrow

Obama would have started an open debate about the NSA's spying programs if Edward Snowden hadn't beaten him to it.

August 20, 2013
The NSA Comes Clean
Tom Tomorrow

The agency is either looking at you or looking out for you.

August 6, 2013
Edward Snowden E-Mailed Me! He Wants My Help Getting Millions Out of Hong Kong
Jon Wiener

His writing needs improvement.

August 4, 2013
Inside the Emergency-Management-Industrial Complex
Rick Perlstein

In which a chance encounter with a trade magazine inspires reflections upon the prophets, and profits, of fear.

July 29, 2013
Bradley Manning Awaits Verdict in Trial Tomorrow
Greg Mitchell

Manning still faces the most serious “aiding the enemy” charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

July 29, 2013
Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance
George Zornick

Is Congress moving towards putting a real check on the executive branch’s spying power?

July 23, 2013
The Sin of Journalism
Tom Tomorrow

Reporting may be the worst crime of all.

July 9, 2013
Journalist Hits 'The New York Times' for Calling Her 'Activist'
Greg Mitchell

Writer who has covered Bradley Manning hearings for months earns proper ID.

June 25, 2013
Seven Myths About Edward Snowden, NSA Whistleblower
Chase Madar

A handy myth-stripping guide to NSA surveillance and its whistleblower.

June 24, 2013
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