Google’s Wi-Fi Plan Stirs Big Brother Concerns

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 The company's free wireless service in San Francisco would allow Google to monitor all its users' whereabouts--ostensibly to serve up location-specific advertising. The feeling you just got? That would be the hairs on the back on your neck rising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scott Ritter Argues That Iran Poses No Real Threat

Staff / Truthdig Apr 9, 2006 Former intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter cuts through a recent L.A. Times story which claimed that "Iran could manufacture enough highly enriched uranium to build a bomb within three years." He provides a rather technical, but extremely convincing, argument for why it is unlikely that Iran could pose a nuclear threat anytime soon. (video: h/t Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Amazon Changes ‘Abortion’ Queries

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2006 Until recently, a user who typed in "abortion" received a prompt asking, "Did you mean adoption?" The online retailer has since erased the prompt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )