The iPhone Is Just the Beginning: FBI Already Accessing Your DNA
By Jake Anderson Private genetic databases like 23andMe and Ancestry.com are increasingly used by people for genealogy tracing and medical diagnostic tests. With a million customers…
Civil Liberties
Records: U.S. Marshals Used Stingray Surveillance Nearly 6,000 Times
By Derrick Broze According to newly released records, the U.S. Marshals Service has used cellphone surveillance tools, sometimes known as Stingrays, on the phones of…
Virginia Senate Passes Bill That Will Effectively Turns Cops into Secret Police
By Clarice Palmer In the United States, the Fourth Estate, also known as the Fourth Power or the fourth branch of government, has always been…
Downing A Drone To Protect Privacy Is Now Officially Labeled “Criminal Mischief”
By Joe Wright As hobby drones continue to proliferate across the United States and commercial applications rise, the rules about drone use remain murky, as…
Samsung Warns Customers To Think Twice About What They Say Near Smart TVs
By Jake Anderson In a troubling new development in the domestic consumer surveillance debate, an investigation into Samsung Smart TVs has revealed that user voice…
Ex-Homeland Security Chief Caught Lying About Spying on University Staff
By Clarice Palmer Janet Napolitano, the former United States Secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama and current president of the University of California,…
Zika: Vicious Fraud: Abortions at Sea: The War on Women
By Jon Rappoport You’re a pregnant woman in Central America. You’ve just been told you could have the Zika virus. No tests. No confirmation. And…
Judge Convicted After He Admitted to Torturing Man in Court With 50,000 Volts to Shut Him Up
By John Vibes A man representing himself in a Maryland court was shocked with 50,000 volts of electricity by the judge because he continued to speak…
New Gov’t Task Force Calls for Screening Every Adult, Pregnant Women for Depression
By Brandon Turbeville A new recommendation has been released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government advisory group that is now recommending all…
New Book Exposes the Consequences of a Politicized Judiciary
By Janet Phelan Book Review: Bad Minds, High Places Try to talk to someone about how a court of law has engineered your financial ruin…
The Right to Tell the Government to Go to Hell
By John W. Whitehead “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”― George…
A National ID Card Is Coming Soon — and You Will Need It to Fly and Drive
By Derrick Broze On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security released updated information regarding the national identification card known as the REAL ID. Beginning January 22,…
How WiFi Will Be Used to Erase Civil Liberties
By Kevin Samson If there is ever a perfect example of dual-use technology, it is WiFi connectivity. I’ve already covered the mounting evidence that our…
The U.S. Wants to Seize Your Passport…Here’s What You Can Do About It
By Nick Giambruno Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a talented Russian writer and outspoken critic of the Soviet Union’s totalitarianism. He helped raise global awareness of the…