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We’ve been a bit under the weather, and consequently a very lonnngggg collection today of headlines for the world of spies, security, operators, militarists, hackers, and deep politics. Our first headline comes from Al Jazeera America: Report...

The war on terror’s methods of mass surveillance and remote warfare are not unique. The US is also addicted to covert tools in its ‘war on drugs’, with disastrous consequences. In April 2015, USA TODAY broke a story with the headline: “US secretly tracked...

It's evil, lawless and authoritarian. And NSA as leaker Snowden has shown us, its aims are to be all-powerful. Editor's Note:This is the first article of a four-part series by Fred Branfman on the U.S. Executive Branch's military, police and intelligence...

I am delighted to be able to be in Washington and speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. For more than half a century this think tank has been at the forefront of international research and analysis, helping decision makers navigate...

  By The European Parliament. This Briefing note aims at providing the LIBE Committee with background and contextual information on PRISM/FISA/NSA activities and US surveillance programmes and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental...