Eric Cantor is giving a very important speech today
WASHINGTON — Republican aides are calling out the White House for scheduling President Barack Obama's remarks on avoiding the sequester at the same time House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is delivering...
View ArticleThey're Gone: The Monopoly Iron and Saturday Postal Delivery
A brief diary about loss in changing times.WASHINGTON — The Postal Service is expected to announce on Wednesday morning that it will stop delivering letters and other mail on Saturdays, but continue to...
View ArticleLiving in a Zero TV World
In November of 2003, I unplugged my television, put it in a garage and with that I was done watching programmed TV.We had some great times together. Saturday morning cartoons, the Thunderbirds, the...
View ArticlePresident Obama: If you’re a U.S. person, the NSA is not listening to your...
President Obama spoke with Charlie Rose in an wide-ranging interview discussing Syria, Iran, security and surveillance that will air tonight. The video of the entire interview is below, followed by...
View ArticleThe Snowden Case: A Cut-and-Dried Case of Violating a Non-Disclosure Agreement
If you set aside the politics of the Edward Snowden case, which is a really tough thing to do at a place like Daily Kos, what Snowden did is a run-of-the-mill violation of a non-disclosure agreement.In...
View ArticleUPDATED: Ecuadoran President Ego Checks Ecuardoran Co-President Julian Assange
This report originally came from Univision and it was shared with the Journal.Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has declared Edward Snowden's special travel document to be invalid because he doesn't...
View ArticleR.I.P. AltaVista
We met at work, AltaVista and I.It was so long ago, I can't remember who introduced us, but once we met we were inseparable. Back then, when the internet was still new and bubbling, other people...
View ArticleEcuadorian President Correa Gives VP Biden An Earful
On Friday, Ecuadorian President Rafael President Correa received a call from Vice President Biden about granting asylum status to classified data leaker Edward Snowden.He said he had told the US...
View ArticlePutin Orders Snowden to Stop Leaks
Edward Snowden just had another wrench thrown into his travel plans.USA Today reports that if Edward Snowden wants to receive asylum from Russia, he has to stop leaking U.S. secrets, something that he...
View ArticleIn Letter to Ecuador, Snowden Says U.S. Is Persecuting Him
(Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden broke his silence on Monday for the first time since fleeing to Moscow to say he remains free to make new disclosures about U.S. spying...
View ArticleUPDATED: Snowden Withdraws Russian Asylum Request, Most Countries Reject His Bid
According to WikiLeaks, classified data leaker Edward Snowden has sought asylum in 21 countries.Here are the latest developments on those requests.Russian news agencies Tuesday quoted President...
View ArticleREVEALED: Warrantless Access of 99% of Android Phones
Ninety-nine percent of Android phones contain a "master key" flaw that allows hackers to access all apps inside the phone, according to Jeff Forristal, CTO of Bluebox Security. The flaw leaves Android...
View ArticleFrom WikiLeaks: Edward Snowden's Full Statement to Human Rights Groups
Hello. My name is Ed Snowden. A little over one month ago, I had family, a home in paradise, and I lived in great comfort. I also had the capability without any warrant to search for, seize, and read...
View ArticleNo Momentum: Snowden Still Stuck in Russia
There are no signs that fugitive data leaker Edward Snowden will be boarding a flight to any of his Latin American asylum destinations anytime soon.'No invitation'Asked what Mr Snowden's future was,...
View ArticleHere we go again: Wis. man faces trial for shooting teenage neighbor
Here we go again.MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jurors were selected Monday in the case of a 76-year-old white man charged with gunning down a 13-year-old black boy last year on a Milwaukee sidewalk over a theft...
View ArticleZimmerman Juror Book Deal Nixed
Sharlene Martin of Martin Literary Management LLC: “After careful consideration regarding the proposed book project with Zimmerman Juror B37, I have decided to rescind my offer of representation in the...
View ArticleEric Holder talks about having The Conversation with his son
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke about the Trayvon Martin case in very personal terms at the NAACP convention today in Orlando, Florida:Holder recalled how his father talked to him years ago "about...
View ArticleEric Holder to Russia: Don't Grant Snowden Asylum Since He Won't Be Tortured...
In a letter dated July 23, Attorney General Eric Holder assured his counterpart in Russia, that there is no basis for the country to grant temporary asylum to Eric Snowden, since he will not be...
View ArticleGlenn Greenwald To Testify Before Congress About the NSA
NSA surveillance critics to testify before Congress: I'll be there via video http://t.co/...— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 26, 2013From the Guardian UK.Congress will hear testimony from critics...
View Article'Criminal Case Against Officer in Unarmed Youth’s Death Falls Apart'
Eighteen months after a police officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager in the bathroom of his home in the Bronx, the criminal case against the officer has collapsed, as a grand jury declined to bring...
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