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The US Inadvertently Handed Moscow A Pretense To Detain, Search Snowden
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is officially in a Moscow airport as a "transit" passenger, Reuters reports.Whatever "transit" means, the Federal Security Services (FSB) — once known as...
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The US Military's Retirement Fund Is Getting Torpedoed By A Bad Bet On Inflation
The TIPS market has told an interesting story the past month. The implied inflation rate has collapsed. As of this morning, the market is pricing inflation at 1.94%%. A few month ago it was 2.5%.The...
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FORMER US OFFICIAL: The NSA Thinks Edward Snowden Copied 'Almost Everything...
A former U.S. official says that NSA analysts believe that Edward Snowden may have copied "almost everything [the NSA] does," Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller of The Washington Post report.As of last...
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WHITE HOUSE TELLS PUTIN: 'Expel Mr. Snowden Without Delay'
The White House delivered a terse warning to Russia and President Vladimir Putin Tuesday afternoon, saying it had a "clear legal basis" to expel National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden from...
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Here's What Happens When You Ask The NSA What Information They Have On You
Shortly after the Guardian and Washington Post published their Verizon and PRISM stories, I filed a freedom of information request with the NSA seeking any personal data the agency has about me. I...
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Unbelievable Photos Of The French Army's Monstrous New Warplane
Ten years ago, Airbus Military began working on a new transport aircraft that would take Europe into the next century of aerial warfare. Backed by seven European members of NATO: Belgium, France,...
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GLENN GREENWALD: Snowden Has Stashed Secret NSA Files With People All Over...
National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden has given encoded files containing an archive of secret NSA files to several people, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald told Eli Lake...
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Here Are 5 Undeniable Facts About The Diplomatic Mess That is Afghanistan
The last week in Afghanistan was meant to be one of milestones: the Afghans were taking the lead on security, the Taliban were opening an office in Qatar, and the US and Afghan governments were ready...
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The NSA's PRISM Surveillance Program Only Gathers Info On Stupid Terrorists
It doesn't really matter if the NSA gathers all the information from the big tech giants, because real terrorists, smart terrorists, the guys in management, they don't use those platforms.Only...
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Hong Kong Says It Let The Snowden Go Partly Because The US Got His Middle...
Hong Kong is defending its decision to let NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden leave the country, saying it had not received the necessary paperwork from the U.S. to have him arrested.It turns out...
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27 Awesome Moments From The 2013 Paris Air Show
The 50th Paris Air Show wrapped up on Sunday, and there was a whole lot to see on the ground and in the air.We spent the week at the fairground at Le Bourget, the capital's first airport, which has...
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Ambassador Susan Rice Slams UN Failure To Intervene In Syria As 'Moral And...
US ambassador Susan Rice left the United Nations on Tuesday slamming the Security Council's failure to act over the worsening Syria conflict as a "moral and strategic disgrace."But while Rice...
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Journalists Scoured The Airport Transit Area And Found No Sign Of Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin may say Edward Snowden is a "free man," but he's nowhere to be seen in the Sheremetyevo International Airport transit center, at least according to the reporters who...
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Edward Snowden's Choice Of Ecuador Is Riddled With Problems
For Edward Snowden, finding shelter from the intelligence dragnet is going to take much more than asylum in Ecuador.The 30-year-old former Booz Allen contractor — currently on the run after leaking top...
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Brazil Unrest Signals That Sports Mega-Events Have Become Too Costly
BERNE (Reuters) - Brazilian anger against the cost of staging the World Cup could undermine the argument that host countries benefit from sporting mega-events as they become too big for most countries...
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AP Chief: Obama's Unprecedented Pursuit Of US Whistleblowers Won't Stop Leaks
Intelligence whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden will continue to leak state secrets in the public interest despite being "aggressively pursued" by the Obama administration, the president of...
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World Drug Report Reveals The Staggering Extent Of North America's Meth Problem
North America clearly has a very big meth problem on its hands, according to the 2013 World Drug Report by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).From 2010 to 2011 worldwide seizures of...
View ArticleObama Uses Shaggy's 'It Wasn't Me' Defense In Parody Video
"The Shaggy Defense" emerged in 2001 — offering an acceptable "out" to cheating spouses everywhere — following the success of Shaggy's hit song, "It Wasn't Me."Now the rapper lends his favorite,...
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Canada Is Less Of A 'Failed State' Than The US
Considering social unrest, poverty, security problems, and everything else, the United States looks pretty bad compared to its northern neighbor.Canada is one of the world's most stable countries,...
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GLENN GREENWALD: Personal Smears Won't Stop Me From Revealing What The NSA...
When I made the choice to report aggressively on top-secret NSA programs, I knew that I would inevitably be the target of all sorts of personal attacks and smears. You don't challenge the most powerful...
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