Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 9, 2015
Seekers after truth everywhere will thrill to the message of a new short film that draws a line from one of the 20th century’s most respected independent journalists to the dogged investigators of our day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigMay 5, 2015
According to a report in The Intercept, the Snowden documents describe extensive use of keyword searching as well as computer programs designed to analyze and extract the content of voice conversations and to flag conversations of interest. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 24, 2015
“We’re not banning you, we’re just not allowing you access,” a security officer told reporter Ryan Gallagher when he showed up at one of the world’s largest annual counterterrorism events. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 8, 2015
A Transportation Security Administration checklist that presents yawning, throat clearing and staring at one’s feet as "suspicious" behavior targets undocumented immigrants, Intercept reporter Jana Winter tells “Democracy Now!” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 30, 2015
A Transportation Security Administration checklist obtained by The Intercept lists throat clearing, whistling and “exaggerated yawning” in airports as suspicious behavior. “Democracy Now!” speaks to The Intercept’s Cora Currier about the revelation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 21, 2014
The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald and Peter Maass have revealed the identity of a "key apologist" for the CIA's torture program, an official whom multiple news outlets have described as responsible for "a long string of significant errors and malfeasance" that put her "competence and integrity" in doubt, even by some within the agency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 19, 2014
In a few days, the U.S. Army will position in the skies over Maryland two billion-dollar blimps capable of monitoring activity in an area the size of Texas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 24, 2014
A key part of Wall Street's $300 million expenditure on the recent midterm elections is the goal of moving as much of working Americans' $3 trillion that sits in unguarded government pension funds into "privately managed, high-fee investments" as possible. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 15, 2014
The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald writes that a report recently released by the United Nations' top official for counterterrorism and human rights rejects the "key argument often made by American defenders of the NSA." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 27, 2014
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Truthdig columnist says, "People don't want to be occupied and they're not going to stop until we leave." Also: The best banned books, The Intercept's digital bodyguard and why the war in Syria is probably not legal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 7, 2014
In a revelation that seems to vindicate long-aired warnings about how state intimidation worsens the corruption of a press already defanged by the implosion of its financial model, documents obtained by The Intercept show that a prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times "routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 1, 2014
"A single, uncorroborated source of information -- including a Facebook or Twitter post" -- is enough to put innocent foreigners and Americans on a watchlist of "known" and "suspected" terrorists shared with foreign and domestic agencies as well as private contractors, ACLU legislative counsel Arjun Sethi writes at The Guardian on Saturday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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