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On the NSA surveillance leak
Don’t get me wrong: it should not be possible in a country like the US that prides itself with its democratic ideals, but I’m a bit surprised as to how so many people are surprised by the leak from...
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Still on the NSA Leak
Partly reblogged from War in Context, I invite you to a good roundtable discussion at the USA Today with three former NSA whistleblowers who have failed to have impact but revealed that Snowden...
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Looking at “Top Secret America” as the “Empire of Secrets”
When The Daily Show interim host John Oliver (on his opening night) said that “No spy should have that big a tell”, evoking probably the worst tell in history displayed by Director of National...
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The history of government surveillance in the U.S.: From the dragnet to Prism
The history of government surveillance in the U.S.: From the dragnet to Prism Reblogging this short yet insightful piece from Kathleen Battles blog post at University of Minnesota Press...
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Safeguarding the “Surveillant National Security State”
“Those of us who value our privacy need another Eisenhower–now.” This is Bill Davidow’s advice for today’s national security state considering domestic surveillance conducted by the NSA. In Foreign...
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Gaston Gordillo’s “The All-Seeing God”: Analyzing the Total Information...
This is another great piece by Gaston Gordillo at Space and Politics. This is an excerpt, that I find particularly compelling . But total spatial awareness is, needless to say, a utopian and...
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