Guilty until proven innocent in the age of ubiquitous electronic surveillance
Upon taking office, President Obama issued a memorandum on the subject of transparency: “My Administration,” he said, “is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will...
View ArticleNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden comes clean on why he turned over classified...
Earlier today, the identity of last week’s much-talked-about National Security Agency whistleblower was made public. His name is Edward Snowden, and he’s a former technical assistant for the CIA, who,...
View ArticleThe invisible hand of the market to smush together two enormous turds...
Comcast, the nation’s largest provider of cable and internet service, as well as the world’s largest media company, made clear their intention today to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second-largest...
View ArticleFutel’s campaign to bring back the public telephone, and the possibility that...
Not too long ago, my friend Dug, knowing that I’d just purchased a former Michigan Bell Telephone building in Ypsilanti, put me in touch with a friend of his in Portland by the name of Karl Anderson....
View ArticleTrump intervenes on behalf of a Chinese state-owned telecom days after a $500...
Like a lot of folks, I was puzzled as to why Donald “America First” Trump had begun advocating for the Commerce Department to intervene on behalf of a Chinese telecom company – especially one that...
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