iSpeech Arjun Walia | Collective Evolution | Source URL Even to this day, if you tell people there is an ‘invisible government,’ or a shadow government that’s international in scope, they may call you a conspiracy theorist or give you a funny look. This is in large part due to […]
New Documents Reveal DHS Asserting Broad, Unconstitutional Authority to Search Travelers’ Phones and Laptops
https://www.ispeech.org Activist Post | Source URL BOSTON — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU today asked a federal court to rule without trial that the Department of Homeland Security violates the First and Fourth Amendments by searching travelers’ smartphones and laptops at airports and other U.S. ports of […]
The NSA says it’s time to drop its massive phone-surveillance program
Convert Text to Speech Engadget | Source URL The National Security Agency (NSA) has formally recommended that the White House drop the phone surveillance program that collects information about millions of US phone calls and text messages. The Wall Street Journal reports that people familiar with the matter say the […]
Julian Assange Suffered Severe Psychological and Physical Harm in Ecuadorian Embassy, Doctors Say
iSpeech.org James Risen | The Intercept | Source URL An American doctor who conducted several medical and mental health evaluations of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside Ecuador’s Embassy in London over the last two years says that she believes she was spied on and that the confidentiality of her doctor-patient […]
Julian Assange’s Prosecution is about Much More Than Attempting to Hack a Password
iSpeech Cindy Cohn | Electronic Frontier Foundation | Source URL The recent arrest of Wikileaks editor Julian Assange surprised many by hinging on one charge: a Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) charge for a single, unsuccessful attempt to reverse engineer a password. This might not be the only charge […]
“I Am An Assassination Risk”: Julian Assange And Ecuador’s Attorney General Face Off In Leaked Transcript
iSpeech.orgTyler Durden | ZeroHedge | Source URL Julian Assange accused a “weak” Ecuador of starting to “lean on the United States and the UK for various kinds of support” last October – which he linked to the deteriorating conditions at the country’s London embassy where he has been living for nearly seven […]
DOJ Moving Ahead With Its Attempt To Prosecute Julian Assange; Subpoenas Chelsea Manning
iSpeech.org Tim Cushing | TechDirt | Source URL The DOJ is still moving ahead with its plan to attack free speech protections. More than eight years in the making, the attempted prosecution of Julian Assange for publishing leaked documents forges ahead slowly, threatening every journalist in its path. Wikileaks isn’t […]
US could soon end mass phone surveillance program exposed by Snowden
Engadget The Wall Street Journal Endgaget | Source URL The program used to collect billions of call logs per day for the NSA. The US government might put an end to the controversial NSA phone surveillance program Edward Snowden exposed by the end of 2019. Republican congressional national security adviser […]
THE REAL STORY: NSA Whistleblower Karen Stewart Addresses the Rotary Club on Treasonous, Criminal Stalking & Harassment Watchlist Programs Run By FBI, Infragard, Fusion Centers
iSpeech Ramola D | The Everyday Concerned Citizen | Source URL In a short series of emails headered THE REAL STORY and sent to the Washington, DC Rotary Club this week, NSA Whistleblower Karen Melton-Stewart addressed the Rotary Club on the subject of treasonous and criminal watchlisting programs being run by […]
U.S. Is Optimistic It Will Prosecute Assange
iSpeech.org Aruna Viswanatha and Ryan Dube | The Wall Street Journal | Source URL In an interview last week, the head of the Justice Department’s national security division, John Demers, declined to comment on the possibility of prosecuting Mr. Assange, saying, “On that, I’ll just say, ‘we’ll see.’” Ecuador has […]
New Documents Reveal CIA Spied on Congress, Whistleblowers
https://www.ispeech.org Sharyl Atkinson | The Epoch Times | Source URL Newly declassified documents reveal the CIA—which is supposed to be strictly limited in the types of surveillance and other secret operations it conducts on U.S. soil—routinely monitors U.S. government computer systems. That information is contained in two formerly secret letters […]
Snowden Files Declaration in NSA Spying Case Confirming Authenticity of Draft Inspector General Report Discussing Unprecedented Surveillance of Americans, Which He Helped Expose
iSpeech.org Cindy Cohn | Electronic Frontier Foundation | Source URL EFF filed papers with the court in its long-running Jewel v. NSA mass spying case today that included a surprising witness: Edward Snowden. Mr. Snowden’s short declaration confirms that a document relied upon in the case, a draft NSA Inspector […]