US Press Freedom Threatened (tags)
police state
anti-war
NSA's Fake War on Terror (tags)
NSA
Israeli Responsibility for Hacking Millions of French Phones? (tags)
Israel
NSA: Rogue Spying Writ Large (tags)
NSA
NSA: The Ultimate Spy Machine (tags)
Fed
America: Super-Bully Nation (tags)
America
Snowden and Latin America Expose Washington (tags)
One of America’s genuine heroes, Major General Smedley D Butler revealed in his memoirs the true, abhorrent nature of Washington’s foreign policy. Butler had led countless military operations in Central America and the Caribbean as a US Marines Corp commander in the era of «gunboat diplomacy» during the early 1900s. Years after his retirement, he spoke out candidly and ruefully of his highly decorated military service in a book entitled War is a Racket. Here is how Butler characterized with unsparing words his service for country in 1935, five years before his death:
Lawless NSA Global Spying (tags)
police state
Israeli Involvement in NSA Spying (tags)
police state
Freedom in America: Rest in Peace (tags)
police state
Internet Threatened by Censorship, Secret Surveillance, and Cybersecurity Laws (tags)
Internet and personal freedoms threatened
Senate hearing on CIA nominee: Democrats rubberstamp Bush police-state spying (tags)
The Senate hearing Thursday on the nomination of General Michael Hayden to head the Central Intelligence Agency demonstrates the bipartisan congressional support for the Bush administration’s assault on the democratic rights of the American people. While there were scattered criticisms of the methods of the Bush administration, particularly its failure to consult with Congress, every senator on the Intelligence Committee accepted the premise that the United States is engaged in a “war on terror” and that the Bush administration’s escalation of domestic surveillance and wiretapping is a product of that war.