Data-Grabbing ‘Stingrays’ Are Attacking Our Civil Liberties

Thor Benson / Truthdig Nov 12, 2015 The secrecy surrounding police use of these "anti-terrorism" devices in ordinary criminal investigations is a big and growing problem, ACLU experts say, one that puts some defendants at an unfair and illegal disadvantage. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Apple’s Big Reveal: iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Go Large, the Apple Watch Arrives

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 9, 2014 As expected, Apple on Tuesday unveiled its new iPhone models, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and they represent an upgrade in more ways than one. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Edward Snowden: Surveillance, Spying Practices Have Brought U.S. to ‘Brink of the Abyss’

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 14, 2014 Edward Snowden has just been granted three more years of asylum in Russia, and the former NSA contractor-turned-whistle-blower is understandably choosy about whom he meets with in person. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Open Doubts About the ‘Internet in a Box’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 29, 2012 The open-source "FreedomBox" promises “turnkey” privacy, anonymity and security while surfing the Internet. But development problems may ensure it never escapes the feverish dreams of open Internet advocates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A New Standard for Oxymoronic Newspeak

David Sirota / Truthdig Jun 29, 2012 As Wired's Spencer Ackerman reports, "Surveillance experts at the National Security Agency won't tell two powerful United States Senators how many Americans have had their communications picked up by the agency [because] it would violate your privacy to say so." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Data Mining for a New American World

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Apr 4, 2012 I was out of the country only nine days, hardly a blink in time, but time enough, as it happened, for another small, airless room to be added to the American national security labyrinth. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Mike Farrell on Troy Davis and Political Cowardice

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2011 On this week's episode of Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Mike Farrell on Troy Davis, the battle for Latino voters, 9/11 by the numbers and Robert Scheer on America's record poverty.On this week's Truthdig Radio: Mike Farrell on Troy Davis, the battle for Latino voters, 9/11 by the numbers and Robert Scheer on America's record poverty. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Magazine Publishes Full Manning-Lamo Chat Logs

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2011 More than a year after Pfc. Bradley Manning was arrested on suspicion of passing tens of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, Wired magazine has released the full record of the conversations between Manning and former hacker Adrian Lamo that led to Manning's imprisonment. Previously, the logs had appeared only in redacted form, a situation that generated criticism in some quarters. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Lies Our Teachers Are Telling Us

Staff / Truthdig Jan 1, 2011 What rights do you have on an airplane, the political honesty of one’s own eyes, and Virginia’s school textbooks are chock full of lies. These gems and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

White House Explores Global Warming’s Health Benefits

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2007 The White House should hand out pamphlets featuring stock photos of squealing, happy children and serene-looking seniors entitled "Global Warming And You!" after spokeswoman Dana Perino's startling musings about possible "health benefits" of global warming. Perino made the comments, with a disclaimer, in speaking with reporters Wednesday at the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Test-Tube Meat May Be En Route to Dinner Table

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 Dutch scientists are working on growing artificial pork out of pig stem cells. Efforts to mass-produce it are underway. This use of stem cells may have the unintended effect of uniting militant vegans and evangelical right-to-life'ers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blockbuster Report: AT&T Allows NSA to Spy on Entire Internet

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2006 This is the big one, folks Wired News unearths internal AT&T documents that show how the telecom company, at the behest of the government, built "secret rooms" in cities across America that enable the NSA "to look at every individual message on the Internet and analyze exactly what people are doing" Story and AT&T internal documents Wired News explains why it published the story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )