French newspaper Le Monde accused France’s government of illegally monitoring citizens’ internal and external communications in a report Thursday.
Le Monde immediately compared the French program to the recently revealed PRISM surveillance program in the United States. The report says France’s Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) collects metadata from citizens’ phone calls and emails — but not the content of the messages — to visualize communications inside and outside the country. Continue reading “France Accused of Spying on Citizens’ Communications”
A California police officer reportedly from the same department as the cop who fatally shot a man’s dog this week, defended the officer’s actions by blaming the dog’s death on its owner in a strange Facebook post Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled yesterday against the state attorney general’s petition to undo an injunction blocking a firearms open carry law from going into effect.
Vegans may have had it right all along; while raw, organic milk offers numerous health benefits, a Harvard researcher and pediatrician argues that conventional milk and dairy products alike are a detriment to your health – thanks to added health-compromising sweeteners. Continue reading “Harvard Scientists Urge You to Stop Drinking Sweetened-Milk”
The father of Justin Carter, the teen accused of making terroristic threats on Facebook, told NPR’s Morning Edition today that his son is persistently getting beat up and treated horribly at the Comal County Jail in Texas where he is being held.
“Without getting into the really nasty details, he’s had concussions, black eyes, moved four times from base for his own protection,” Carter’s father, Jack, told NPR.org. “He’s been put in solitary confinement, nude, for days on end because he’s depressed. All of this is extremely traumatic to this kid. This is a horrible experience.” Continue reading “Teen who made ‘Terroristic’ Video Game Comment Getting Beat up in Jail”
Is the government of the United States of Amerikkka the ‘police’ of the world? They sure seem to THINK that they are after stopping the presidential plane of Bolivian President Evo Morales in an attempt to find Edward Snowden aboard.
On June 27, 2013 26 United States Senators signed a letter that was sent to Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper demanding information about exactly what types of information and records the National Security Agency (NSA) is keeping on American citizens. Particularly in one part of the letter, the senators ask specifically about the collection of firearms sales records from gun dealers. Continue reading “Senators Demand Answers About Illegal Gun Registry From NSA”
In a surprise move on Wednesday Prime Minister Borisov officially announced his resignation, saying, “I am unable to witness the blood on the streets. The people put us in power and today we give it back to them.” His centrist GERB party will not participate in the formation of a new government which leaves many open questions about the political stability of the country. Continue reading “Bulgarian Government Collapses Amid Mass Protests”
When NSA recruiters went to the University of Wisconsin earlier this week to pitch language students on working for the agency, they got more than they bargained for.
The informed students turned the question-and-answer session into a hearing. On trial were the NSA’s lies, their legality, and how they define “adversary”.
Gun owners who had their unsecured firearms removed from their evacuated homes by RCMP officers during the High River flood can now get their weapons back.