The Chimerica Dream

By Pepe Escobar, TomDispatch Jun 21, 2013 With a set of cyber-campaigns -- from cyber-enabled economic theft and espionage to the possibility of future state-sanctioned cyber-attacks -- evolving in the shadows, it’s hard to spin the sunny “new type of great power relationship” President Xi suggested for the U.S. and China at the recent summit. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Google Fights for Transparency in FISA Court

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 The Internet giant's petition to the tribunal says its free speech rights have been violated because it is legally prohibited from discussing even the vaguest details of government surveillance requests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Say Hello to the ‘Super Rich’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2013 The 0.001% of the world comprise a class all of their own, spanning several nations and holding 40% of global wealth; some activists are turning away from industrial agriculture and back to the Native Americans' approach to harvesting; meanwhile, in an age flooded with tweets, videos and blogs, how are readers expected to wade through the news? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Say Goodbye to Unpaid Internships

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2013 Recent lawsuits could render the latest form of in-office slavery obsolete; an LGBT group visits a paradisiacal island to honor gays once relegated there under Mussolini's fascist rule; meanwhile, death squads in Honduras are still fueled by U.S. dollars. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Snowden: NSA Spying Targets China, ‘I Am Here to Reveal Criminality’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 13, 2013 The whistle-blower and former NSA spy said the PRISM program he helped expose last week extends to people and institutions in Hong Kong and mainland China, and that he has resolved to leave his fate to "the courts and people of Hong Kong." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

One American Who Isn’t for Sale

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 11, 2013 Whistle-blower Edward Snowden worked for a private company that got 98 percent of its $5.8 billion last year from the taxpayers, who are the same folks being spied upon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden Opens Up About NSA Leak

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 10, 2013 In an interview with The Guardian, the man who was revealed Sunday to be the source behind the British newspaper's recent NSA stories explains to Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill why he became a whistle-blower, when he decided to leak the documents, what he expects to happen to him now and whether he sees himself as another Bradley Manning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Intelligence Director Confirms Online Spying

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 7, 2013 The Obama administration has acknowledged using a secret program to spy on millions of customers of the biggest technology companies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )