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Welcome to the Future of Construction: 3-D Printing

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2014 A company printed 10 small buildings in Shanghai in just one day; Ron Paul explains his thoughts on Bitcoin; meanwhile, the Supreme Court is pondering whether cops require warrants to look through cellphones. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Eight Things I Miss About the Cold War

By Jon Wiener, TomDispatch Jan 16, 2013 It couldn’t be a sadder thing to admit, given what happened during the Cold War, but -- given what’s happened in recent years -- who can doubt that the America of the 1950s and 1960s was, in some ways, simply a better place than the one we live in now? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Arrest Warrant Issued for Musharraf

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2011 An arrest warrant has been issued for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. He is wanted in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a candidate for the country’s presidency who was killed in a gun-and-suicide-bomb attack during a rally in 2007. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

No Warrant Necessary for Cell Phone Searches in California

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2011 The California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers in the Golden State don't need a warrant to be able to peruse the cell phones of those under arrest -- a decision that may have troubling implications and may eventually involve the U.S. Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Getting Phone Data Without Warrants

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2006 Officials from the Dept of Homeland Security and the FBI are paying private data brokers to gather personal phone record information--circumventing the need to obtain warrants for such data It's ironic that some federal agents are availing themselves of this potentially illegal service; other federal agents (from the FCC) are already investigating the practice See "Feds Probe Sale of Private Phone Records" And earlier: All Your Phone Call Records Are for Sale, Cheap. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Buzzflash: “Tyranny Creeps In…” at the NSA

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 "The NSA's gathering of phone call records of millions of Americans is "something that would make the late Leonid Brezhnev proud of Bush -- and [Gen.] Michael Hayden, the Pentagon apparatchik, who saw it through," Buzzflash writes in an editorial. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FBI Discloses Its Own Warrantless Spying Info

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2006 The Justice Dept. pored through the bank, library or telecom records of 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents--without a court's approval. Apparently this was legal--it's just the first time the FBI is publicly disclosing hard numbers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Whistle-blower: AT&T Colluded With NSA on Wiretaps

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2006 AT&T gave the National Security Agency open access to its customers' phone calls and Web-surfing activities, according to a former AT&T employee cooperating in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit against the company The full story and a public statement by the whistle-blower . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Bill Allows Warrantless Spying

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2006 OK, OK, it's not time to get hysterical yet This one doesn't look likely to pass, but Four senators have introduced a bill that would allow the NSA to eavesdrop, sans warrant, for up to 45 days GOP Sen Arlen Specter objected, saying the law would allow government to "do whatever the hell it wants" Oh Right What a departure that would be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congress Declares War on Ports Deal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 The House committee votes 62-2 to block the White House from allowing the UAE to acquire six major US ports At the same time, however, Senate Republicans handed the president a victory by approving a plan to allow Bush to spy without warrants The New York Times says "rebellion" is in the air, but that's mostly because of the ports The spying program, although under some Senate control, is basically a win for Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Panel Blocks Spy Probe

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2006 Senate Republicans shut down a Democratic-led proposal to investigate Bush's eavesdropping program. Instead, a White House-approved seven-member panel will oversee the effort. White House-approved? You gotta be kidding. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )