In an example of the worst timing ever, the National Security Agency (NSA) is now advertising for new employees in positions called “Digital Exploitation Specialists.” According to the NSA job description, the duties of the job are to “perform discovery
The Armed Citizen Project (ACP) has begun implementing its plan to arm single women and residents of neighborhoods in high crime areas by training 50 residents from Houston’s Oak Forest neighborhood. As reported by the Associated Press, these citizens receive
On Sunday, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the person who leaked information about the National Security Agency’s data collection programs should
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, refashioning himself as Professor Henry Higgins from Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, has spoken: good grammar is the key to success. Bloomberg’s remarks on a radio show barely preceded a report that delineated the poor
NSA leaker Edward Snowden, who claimed to The Guardian (UK) that he doesn’t “want to live in a society” that keeps tabs on all of its citizens, fled to Hong Kong in order to hide from the US government. Only
A new poll finds Dem Rep. Ed Markey and GOP candidate Gabriel Gomez in a statistical dead heat for the special Senate election two weeks from Tuesday. The poll, from GOP-firm McLaughlin and Associates, finds long-term House member Markey leading
Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks says the shooting spree of the “cowardly murderer” in Santa Monica was “premeditated.” Speaking at a June 8 news conference, Seabrooks talked of how the killing started with domestic violence–the shooter killed two family members before
On CNN’s State of the Union, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) ripped into Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) over Paul’s suggestion in 2012 that governmental portrayal of the war on terror battlefield being inside the United States opened the door to violation
On June 8 intelligence director James Clapper released details on the inner workings of PRISM–the collection program used by the Obama administration to monitor internet users. According to Clapper, PRISM does not “unilaterally” collect information, but relies upon court orders
Following on the assertion of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning that the IRS scandal had been “solved” and that Congress should “move on,” House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA)
On CNN’s State of the Union this morning, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) told Candy Crowley that the IRS scandal involving targeting of conservatives had been “solved.” Crowley asked, “As far as you are concerned, based on the information that you
On Sunday’s Face the Nation (CBS), Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) announced she would support the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform proposal. “Our immigration system is completely broken,” she said, calling the legislation “a thoughtful, bipartisan solution to a tough problem.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) plans to introduce an amendment to the Senate immigration bill that would give Congress, not the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the authority to determine whether the border is actually secure. One of the biggest concerns
In an attempt to deflect concerns about the government’s vast National Security Agency spying operation on Friday, President Barack Obama tried to empathize with critics of the program, suggesting that he, too, could be targeted once he left office. Given
Although the National Security Agency has protested that it does not have the capability to monitor all the surveillance on communications in the United States, it has been revealed that the agency has a data mining tool named Boundless Informant
James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, said Saturday that the leaks surrounding the gathering of information by the intelligence community are reckless and dangerous. He said, “Disclosing information about the specific methods the government uses to collect communications can
Two government officials have admitted that as many as 50 American companies are now feeding the analysts at the National Security Agency with real-time user data, including credit rating agencies and internet service providers. Some of the companies have been
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) speaking at an event for the Jefferson County Democratic Party in Kentucky said, “I can be really brief tonight and just say, Mitch McConnell sucks.” McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton said that Yarmuth ‘s remark was
