STEALTH SURFING

“Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the western world are required by law to track nearly everything you do online. While the US government has been trying to hide their electronic wiretapping program as a state secret, the EU made theirs public by passing theData Retention Directive of 2006. Article 5, under “Categories of data to be retained”, lists the gory details of what is tracked. This is required for home phones, mobile phones, Internet telephony and e-mail. And depending on the country, this information will be kept for 6 months to 2 YEARS."


Rest of article here.

SURVEILLING EVERYTHING

What will happen when power-crazed governments across the globe have the technological capacity to record and analyze literally everything for immediate and future reference? Nothing good, of course.
Read this unnerving Brookings Institute report for more.

THE CODE

SUSAN LINDAUER ON THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO 9-11

You'll want to watch this. 

EXPLOITING DISASTER

Did US intelligence services use the 2005 Pakistan earthquake as cover for moving assets into the country? According to authors Marc Armbinder and DB Grady, they did.

More here.

DETROIT MURDER CITY

THE AFGHANISTAN DECEPTION

“Our current military leadership is so distorting the information it releases that the deterioration of the situation and the failing nature of our efforts is shielded from the American public (and Congress), and replaced instead with explicit statements that all is going according to plan. Not only is this type of behavior not representative of American values, it also works against our own interests.
(...)
For most people, it is quite simply irreconcilable with what we think we know, to seriously consider any senior military leader would intentionally tell the American public something that was untrue. In all probability our leaders do not consider what they are saying to be "lying" per se, but an effective part of "Information Operations (IO)" designed to protect the support of the American people for our troops in contact."

- Lt. Col. Daniel Davis

Here's a picture of the Afghan catastrophe you don't see too often. Why? Perhaps someone is making a concerted effort at not getting the truth to you. Well, at least some people are trying.
Full PDF here.

POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE WAR ON (SOME) DRUGS

“As an active duty veteran police officer, I would love to publicly join Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and freely speak out against the drug war. However, I am scared, yes scared, to join LEAP publicly. Although many active duty law enforcers are already speaking out publicly with LEAP and maintaining their careers (more on them later), I believe I would be punished by my department for my advocacy or perhaps even fired."

Full article here.