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The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters The Invisible World of Software Backdoors and Bounty Hunters

It's increasingly clear that the online world is, for both government surveillance types and corporate sellers, a new Wild West where anything goes.

Feb 6, 2014 / Pratap Chatterjee

This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners

This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners This Band Billed the Pentagon $666,000 for Using Its Music to Torture GITMO Prisoners

Industrial rock band Skinny Puppy doesn't want its music to be used "as a weapon."

Feb 5, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman

The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman The Philippines Raises a Chinese Bogeyman

President Benigno Aquino compares China’s offshore assertiveness to Hitler’s Sudetenland grab.

Feb 5, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties

A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties A Rocky Year May Lie Ahead for India-US Ties

On human rights, nuclear energy, climate change and more, the US and India are set to clash. 

Feb 5, 2014 / Barbara Crossette

Bull in China’s Shop

Bull in China’s Shop Bull in China’s Shop

The urbanization of China and infusion of Western forms amounts to a second Cultural Revolution.

Feb 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

Alberta Government Quietly Funded Researchers Behind ‘Independent’ Report Boosting Keystone XL

Alberta Government Quietly Funded Researchers Behind ‘Independent’ Report Boosting Keystone XL Alberta Government Quietly Funded Researchers Behind ‘Independent’ Report Boosting Keystone XL

The Canadian government quietly funded a major report boosting the Keystone XL.

Feb 4, 2014 / Lee Fang

Is Glenn Greenwald a Criminal?

Is Glenn Greenwald a Criminal? Is Glenn Greenwald a Criminal?

The Republican in charge of the House Intelligence Committee says journalists should be prosecuted for reports based on Edward Snowden’s leaks.

Feb 4, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect

Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect Army Finds Key to Improving Soldiers’ Mental Health, and It’s Exactly What You’d Expect

To prevent mental illness in American soldiers, bring them home.

Feb 4, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

Has the NSA Wiretapping Violated Attorney-Client Privilege?

Has the NSA Wiretapping Violated Attorney-Client Privilege? Has the NSA Wiretapping Violated Attorney-Client Privilege?

A document leaked by Edward Snowden, along with interviews with lawyers representing terrorism suspects, reveal a disturbing loophole in this once-sacred legal principle. 

Feb 4, 2014 / Nicolas Niarchos

The Super Bowl of War: Three Decades of Failure in Afghanistan

The Super Bowl of War: Three Decades of Failure in Afghanistan The Super Bowl of War: Three Decades of Failure in Afghanistan

War is just another game the US loves to play.

Feb 4, 2014 / Robert Scheer

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