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My sympathies have grown for Julian Assange over the past few weeks, and somewhat by transitivity for Bradley Manning. They seem to have mainly released "secrets" that many members of the ruling classes around the world are sex addicts, embezzlers, or afraid of nuclear armed Iranian theocrats. (So they aren't all bad!) They grew more when I learned that they are using police power against Assange, NOT because his publication of these secrets broke a law, but because he "raped" some of his own… Continue

from WIRED magazine



Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans’ Credit Cards in Real Time

By Ryan Singel December 2, 2010 | 5:06 pm | Categories: Surveillance





Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released under a government sunshine request shows.



The document, obtained by security researcher Christopher Soghoian,… Continue

TSA reveals media sheepledom; CBS reporter taunts protesters





The current scanning and pat down procedures being used to regiment Americans are for show, not security. They do not image internal body cavities, and they are used in lieu of actual intelligence about who is planning criminal or terrorist acts. Most tellingly, they were instituted after the Obama regime suffered an electoral revolt, and not after the underwear bomber or Times Square bomber raised public awareness of… Continue

Come Discuss The Long-Term Meaning of the Mid-Term Elections on Thursday, November 11 from 6:30 - 8:30PM at our DC HQ!

Posted on November 4, 2010, 3:33PM



Please join Reason at our Dupont Circle HQ on Thursday, November 11, as we discuss "The Long-Term Meaning of the Mid-Term Elections."



Reason's Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie, authors of next year's The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America, will lead a fast-paced,… Continue