Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. (RT) In virtually its last gasp, the Obama administration has quietly given the National Security Agency wider powers to share intercepted surveillance data with 16 other government agencies, including the FBI, DEA and CIA, before applying privacy protections. Intelligence officials and the …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. (ZH) — Just hours after NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden urged President Obama to “save [Chelsea Manning’s] life by granting him clemency,” Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange says he will agree to be extradited to the United States if the president grants clemency to …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. In an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun, two former, high-ranking intelligence officials tore apart the Obama administration’s vocal and as-yet unproven claim The Russians interfered with the U.S. election — and hacked systems of the Democratic establishment — to ensure a Donald …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Thanks to what’s known as the Internet of things — the growing number of ‘smart’ devices and appliances connected to the web and each other — will be used by police to solve violent crimes. Your fridge, law enforcement says, might help …

The revival of the Cold War attitudes between the U.S. and Russia are just the beginning of the an expanding scene of digital vulnerabilities and shocks to the system that could shut down the grid, cut off grocery and supply lines or leave millions without power in the cold. With …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Americans interested in their privacy rights and rights to unreasonable searches and seizures, afforded to them under the U.S. Constitution’s 4th Amendment, may want to invest heavily in effective data encryption software, because if the government has its way, those rights, especially …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Continuing in the tradition of sacrificing everyone’s privacy to pursue a ‘war’ on the tactic of terrorism, the U.S. government has begun requesting social media identities from foreign travelers. Politico first reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved an addition …

A major threat to liberty is the assault on the right to discuss political issues, seek out alternative information sources, and promote dissenting ideas and causes such as non-interventionism in foreign and domestic affairs. If this ongoing assault on free speech succeeds, then all of our liberties are endangered. One …

Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Former Texas U.S. Representative Ron Paul has issued a warning, on the heels of president elect Donald Trump’s successful bid for the White House, to beware of the shadow government pulling political scenes behind closed doors. Paul made his remarks on RT, …

Reuters just reported that the Internet/email company Yahoo Inc. created a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails to comply with a “classified government directive.” The company complied with a classified U.S. government demand, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of …