Whistle-Blower: Bush’s NSA Spied on ‘All Americans’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2009 Russell Tice helped blow the whistle on Bush's warrantless wiretapping program back in 2005, but the revelations don't end there. On Wednesday's "Countdown," the former NSA analyst said the agency had "monitored all communications" and specifically targeted journalists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Can You Hear Me Now? Telecoms Paid to Give Team McCain More Bars

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2008 It's hard to get cell reception in an out-of-the-way place like Sedona, Ariz., but it helps if you sit on the Senate committee that oversees the telecommunications industry. The Washington Post has learned that AT&T and Verizon, both of which have lobbying ties to the McCain campaign, provided cell towers for the McCains' ranch at no charge to the couple. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FCC Cashes In on Spectrum Auction

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2008 After two months and 261 rounds of bidding, the FCC announced Tuesday that it has raised a total of $19.6 billion from the sale of the U.S. wireless spectrum. The revenue, slated to fund "public safety and digital television transition initiatives," is nearly double what Congress had previously estimated for the publicly owned spectrum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Story With Legs

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Feb 26, 2008 It seems odd, but for John McCain it was a blessing to have the chance to bury questions about his dealings with lobbyists beneath an alleged sex scandal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top Court Sets Back the Foes of Bush’s Wiretaps

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2008 The Supreme Court rejected an appeal related to the Bush administration's warrantless wiretap program on Tuesday, offering no explanation. The American Civil Liberties Union and others have had a hard time proving the plaintiffs were spied on because the evidence they need is considered a government secret. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Verizon Admits Domestic Spying Role

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2007 Under pressure from Congress, Verizon has provided some insight into the government's domestic surveillance program. The telecommunications giant defended the legality of its actions, but admitted complying "as expeditiously as possible" when federal officials, without a subpoena, asked for telephone and Internet records. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taking Math to the Talking Myth

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Jul 19, 2007 As old stereotypes about the differences between men and women continue to resurface in the form of the latest book releases (see: "Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps" or "Men Are Clams, Women are Crowbars"), scientific evidence continues to refute them. What does the evidence show? What any chatty man or any woman of few words can tell you: The sexes are not so extremely opposite as we're made to believe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FCC Commissioner on Net Neutrality, the Future of Media and More

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2007 Jonathan Adelstein, one of five FCC commissioners, speaks with Truthdig about the battle to control America's airwaves, the value of an open and fair Internet and his initial thoughts on the XM-Sirius merger. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Bartlett Busted on Gas Prices

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2006 Chris Matthews nails the White House communications director on his claim that no one in the administration promised that gas prices would go down after the invasion of Iraq. Meanwhile, crude prices are holding above $72--a record high. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Harvard Telescope To Seek Out Alien Beams

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2006 The apparatus will search for light emissions from distant galaxies. Scientists say light beams would be a logical way for alien civilizations to attempt communication. 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 )

Top Climate Scientist Ravages Bush on ’60 Minutes’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2006 NASA scientist James Hansen says that in three decades of government work, he has "never witnessed such restrictions on the ability of scientists to communicate with the public." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )