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Breaking: Did Edward Snowden Try to Sneak Out of Russia on the Bolivian President's Plane?

Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:29:19 pm
Charlie Kaye of CBS News just tweeted a few minutes ago: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivian minister: President Morales' plane rerouted to Austria on suspicion Snowden on board. — Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeCBS) July 2, 2013 UPDATE at 7/2/13 5:43:23 pm AFP is now reporting that there's no Snowden in Vienna: AFP: Bolivia Leader ...

Guardian/Observer Publishes, Then Pulls New NSA Bombshell Story Featuring Birther Wayne Madsen

Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 4:27:33 pm
Wow, a massive fail by the Guardian/Observer tonight, as their latest BREAKING BOMBSHELL story on NSA spying features Birther (and all-around tin foil hat conspiracy theorist) Wayne Madsen: Revealed: Secret European Deals to Hand Over Private Data to America | World News | the Observer. The article's been pulled down now, ...

Facebook, Microsoft Release Data Request Numbers

Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:26:14 am
Throughout the ongoing NSA/PRISM scandal, one of the most incendiary accusations has been Glenn Greenwald's initial assertion that major tech companies such as Facebook, Apple, Google, and Microsoft were givng the US Government direct, unfiltered access to their servers. This access would allow the government to spy on people seemingly ...

Greenwald: We never claimed "direct access" was true

Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:01:39 pm
Today, in his regular "On Security and Liberty" Guardian column, Glenn Greenwald sought to address some of the criticisms of his PRISM reporting. As when asked about his "direct access" claims in a recent interview, Greenwald again framed his PRISM story as not being about details of any actual ...

The Guardian quietly walks back their PRISM overreach without correcting previous reporting

Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:03:05 am
In their most recent article on the fallout from their Edward Snowden reporting, the Guardian dials back their initial claims. Here's what they alleged in their first PRISM article, nearly a week ago: Guardian: NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others The National Security Agency has ...

Wall Street Journal Says Google Transfers Data to the NSA via Secure FTP

Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:49:14 pm
The Wall Street Journal says Google transfers data to the NSA via FTP -- but please note that they're talking about SFTP (Secure FTP), an extension of the SSH protocol that uses strong encryption: How Google Transfers Data to NSA - Digits - WSJ. How does Google hand over data ...

Snowden Wanted the Washington Post to Vouch for Him With a "Foreign Embassy"

Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:15:23 pm
A fascinating tidbit in the Washington Post's latest story on NSA leaker Edward Snowden: Snowden wanted the Washington Post to publish online a cryptographic key that he could use to prove to a foreign embassy that he was the source of the documents: Code Name 'Verax': Snowden, in Exchanges With ...

How PRISM Really Works, and How Tech Companies Protect Innocent Users

Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:00:23 pm
Image via Shutterstock Josh Constine has a good piece at TechCrunch on how the PRISM system actually works, and how the tech companies accused by Glenn Greenwald of handing over your data to the NSA are actually building safeguards to protect their users' privacy: Tech Giants Built Segregated Systems for NSA ...

CNET: No Evidence of NSA 'Direct Access' to Tech Companies

Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 12:19:04 am
Tonight CNET is confirming that there is no evidence the NSA has 'direct access' to tech companies, contradicting the claims by the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald. The National Security Agency has not obtained direct access to the systems of Apple, Google, Facebook, and other major Internet companies, CNET has learned. Recent reports ...

Google Responds to Greenwald Report: What the ...?

Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:40:52 pm
At the official Google blog, co-founder Larry Page has an unambiguous response to the reports by the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald and the Washington Post that Google agreed to give the NSA "direct access" to their data servers: Official Blog: What the ...? Dear Google users-- You may be aware of press ...

Examiner.com Publishes Then Deletes an Unbelievably Deranged Wingnut Conspiracy Fantasy

Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:19:11 pm
They've deleted it from their site now, but if you hurry you can still see Examiner.com's freaky anti-Obama conspiracy fantasy in the Google web cache: Was President Obama High on Coke While Benghazi Burned? - Arlington Conservative | Examiner.com. "Arlington Conservative" is Dean Chambers, the delusional nutbag responsible for one of ...

Tech Note: LGF Pages Bookmarklet Supports Scribd and SoundCloud

Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:26:40 pm
I'm about to sling some code at you here, so watch out. There's a new improved version of the LGF Pages bookmarklet, and if you have an LGF account you can install it by deleting the old one (if you already installed it) from your browser's bookmarks bar, then dragging ...

Tech Note: The LGF Pages Popup Window and Google Chrome

Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:25:14 am
In last night's thread about the new features in our LGF Pages posting bookmarklet, several people mentioned that the Chrome browser was blocking the window from opening. Here's how to fix that problem: [Item List] And you're done! Chrome will now allow the LGF Pages bookmarklet to open a new window (or ...

Tech Note: A BBEdit Text Filter to Minify Javascript With Google Closure Compiler

Mon, May 13, 2013 at 2:50:28 pm
BBEdit is the pinnacle of text editors for Mac OS; it is the El Supremo in the room at the top of the stairs. I've been using it on an almost daily basis for more years than I like to think about, and it just keeps getting better. One of BBEdit's ...

The Latest Benghazi Silliness: A Preemptive Attack on Hillary Clinton

Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:35:58 am
OK, we might as well post something about the latest round of right wing Benghazi hysteria, because it's all you're going to hear about this week. Once again, the right wing is successfully manipulating the mainstream media into covering this overblown non-story, and CBS News is right out in front ...

Officials: Arrest Made in Ricin Letter Investigation

Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:52:49 pm
CNN is reporting, and it's backed up by official sources on the record so you can believe it this time, that an arrest has been made in Tupelo, Mississippi in the ricin letter case. (CNN) -- An arrest has been made in connection with letters sent to President Barack Obama ...

Pamela Geller Cites Holocaust Denial Group as Source for Attack on ADL

Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:16:39 pm
In other Pamela Geller news, she's been spewing hatred at the Anti-Defamation League for calling her out, and earlier today she posted another attack on them -- and cited a Holocaust denial group as a source: ADL CONDEMNS PAMELA GELLER AND .....ISRAEL - Atlas Shrugs. Here's a screenshot; the link in ...

Breitbart.com AWOL on Gosnell for Past Two Years, Suddenly Dozens of Posts

Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:51:59 pm
It's hard to avoid noticing that every single right wing website on the Internet is frantically yelling about the Kermit Gosnell case today, in a unison chorus that's impressive for its message discipline if nothing else. The right wing beef this time, as in so many of these situations, is their ...

Climate Change Denier James Delingpole: 'Hanging Is Far Too Good' for Climate Scientists

Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:59:23 pm
He'd be Britain's most deranged and dishonest climate change denier if that title weren't already owned by Christopher Monckton, but today's article at The Telegraph by James Delingpole breaks new ground, even for him. As Joe Romm puts it at ClimateProgress, this really does amount to hate speech, an especially ...

Wingnut Google Doodles for Easter Sunday

Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 6:44:50 pm
Some wingnut Google Doodles I came up with this evening. Jesus art by others. Enjoy.

Michelle Malkin and the Easter Sunday Google Doodle of Doom, Mad Magazine Style

Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 2:38:34 pm
Related: Google Honors Cesar Chavez, Right Wing Goes Into Massive Freakout Mode

#Twitchy.com Proves That Google Does Religious Doodles by Posting Pictures of Santa Claus And Elves

Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 1:20:25 pm
At Michelle Malkin's fake news site Twitchy.com, they're definitively refuting the liberals who claim that Google doesn't post Doodles with religious themes, by helpfully posting previous Google Doodles featuring religious themes: Google Defenders: Google Doesn't Post Doodles for Religious Holidays | Twitchy. The religious themes featured previously by Google include: Santa ...

Google Honors Cesar Chavez, Right Wing Goes Into Massive Freakout Mode

Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:57:31 am
It wouldn't be Easter without a massive right wing freakout, and today's rage meme is directed at Google because their front page "Doodle" is currently celebrating the birthday of Latino American civil rights hero Cesar Chavez. As someone who organized immigrant farm workers, Chavez is a natural target for the right ...

About Scott Terry - CPAC Slavery Defender and "Disenfranchised Whites" Illustrated

Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:45:15 am
Scott Terry Today, Twitter and the internet were abuzz about some questions and comments delivered by a participant at CPAC during a session sponsored by Tea Party Patriots called "Trump The Race Card: Are You Sick And Tired Of Being Called A Racist When You Know You're Not One?" Talking Points Memo ...

Fact Checking: 'Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks'

Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:15:16 am
This week, conspiracy hounds of the internet were set alight by a rumor that President Obama has ordered "2,700 Light-Armored Tanks" for the Department of Homeland Security. Leading the charge was Jim Hoft who runs the blog Gateway Pundit: Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion ...

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