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Archives: Government surveillance
![Shadowy US Covert Ops & Surveillance Abroad always Come Home](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/shadowy-us-covert-ops-surveillan-187x137.jpg)
![Leaking in the Age of Trump: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers (VICE Video)](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/leaking-in-the-age-of-trump-dani-187x137.jpg)
Leaking in the Age of Trump: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers (VICE Video)
VICE News | (Video News Report) | - - "VICE News examines the Trump administration's war on leakers, with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. "We're really seeing leaks that are dangerous to…![Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/did-uae-plant-fake-news-about-qa-187x137.jpg)
Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have decided to go public with what they…![If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/if-trump-can-hunt-the-undocument-187x137.jpg)
If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?
By Adam Schwartz | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - In the latest sign of mission creep in domestic deployment of battlefield-strength surveillance technology, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this…![Wikileaks’ Assange claims Victory after Sweden drops Charges, Vows to Publish More](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/wikileaks-assange-claims-victory-187x137.jpg)
Wikileaks’ Assange claims Victory after Sweden drops Charges, Vows to Publish More
TeleSur | - - Swedish prosecutors dropped the rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, saying the investigation had not been able to proceed because of legal obstacles. "Today is…![Clapper Lied & Spied, now charges Trump w/ assault on Gov’t Institutions](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/clapper-lied-spied-now-charges-t-187x137.jpg)
Clapper Lied & Spied, now charges Trump w/ assault on Gov’t Institutions
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - During the past week we've been subjected to hours of testimony by or interviews with James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence. On…![Why are Authorities treating DAPL enviro Protesters like Terrorists?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/why-are-authorities-treating-dap-187x137.jpg)
Why are Authorities treating DAPL enviro Protesters like Terrorists?
TeleSur | - - The legal activist group ACLU announced it has filed a motion to quash the warrant, which it argues violates free speech laws. A local police department in the…![WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of ‘CIA hacking’](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/wikileaks-vault-7-reveals-stagge-187x137.jpg)
WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of ‘CIA hacking’
David Glance | (The Conversation) | - - WikiLeaks today released what it claims is the largest leak of intelligence documents in history. It contains 8,761 documents from the CIA detailing some…![Trump covers The Police: Sometimes it Feels like, Obama’s Watching You](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/trump-covers-the-police-sometime-187x137.jpg)
Trump covers Rockwell: Sometimes it Feels like, Obama’s Watching You
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump is angry at his predecessor, former president Barack Obama, this weekend. He says he discovered (from the digital toilet paper 'Breitbart,'…![Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/those-times-the-nsa-hacked-ameri-187x137.jpg)
Those Times the NSA Hacked America’s Allies
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The hysteria about Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee servers and the phishing scam run on Hillary…![Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/bruited-trump-pick-for-natl-inte-187x137.jpg)
Bruited Trump pick for Nat’l Intel shreds 4th Amendment, wants Total Surveillance
TeleSur | - - On Thursday multiple mainstream media outlets reported that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked former Republican Senator Dan Coats, an outspoken advocate of illegal domestic surveillance programs, to…![Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/circus-of-liars-how-trump-gop-ar-187x137.jpg)
Circus of Liars: How Trump & GOP are Twisted into Pretzels over Putin Hack
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump has picked another fight with the elders of his own Republican Party, over whether Russia engaged in hacking aimed at…![Russia Vows Response to ‘Aggressive’ Obama Sanctions](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/russia-vows-response-to-aggressi-187x137.jpg)
Russia Vows Response to ‘Aggressive’ Obama Sanctions
TeleSur | - - The Russian diplomats will have 72 hours to leave the United States. The United States' new sanctions against Russia prove the foreign policy of the Obama administration is…![NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/nsa-again-hacked-by-own-contract-187x137.jpg)
NSA again hacked by own Contractor, but wants us to trust them with our Data
TeleSur | - - “I thought the Third World War had started,” the man’s neighbor described the raid and arrest in August. A National Security Agency (NSA) contractor has been arrested and…![Yahoo helped in unconstitutional US Gov. mass Surveillance of Americans’ Email](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/10/yahoo-helped-in-unconstitutional-187x137.jpg)
Yahoo helped in unconstitutional US Gov. mass Surveillance of Americans’ Email
By Andrew Crocker and Mark Rumold | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - In a bombshell published today, Reuters is reporting that, in 2015, Yahoo complied with an order it received from…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/image-20160916-17008-1eu91gm-187x132.jpg)
Feds: We can read all your email, and you’ll never know
By Clark D. Cunningham | (The Conversation) | - - Fear of hackers reading private emails in cloud-based systems like Microsoft Outlook, Gmail or Yahoo has recently sent regular people and public…![Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were ‘Necessary, Vital Things’](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/making-case-for-pardon-snowden-s-187x137.jpg)
Making Case for Pardon, Snowden Says Leaks Were ‘Necessary, Vital Things’
by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - 'I think when people look at the calculations of benefit, it is clear that in the wake of 2013 the laws of…![15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/15-years-after-911-can-we-recove-187x137.jpg)
15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Founding Fathers thought keeping a standing army was a danger to democracy. The great wars of the twentieth century appear to have…![H. Clinton and Ed Snowden: Some Animals are more Equal than others](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/h-clinton-and-ed-snowden-some-an-187x137.jpg)
H. Clinton and Ed Snowden: Some Animals are more Equal than others
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hillary Clinton has repeatedly attacked Ed Snowden for being careless with government information. So it is ironic that she has been found guilty…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011060821im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/6a00d83451b54369e20154352bfcbd970c-800wi-187x137.jpg)