Massive Hack of 70 Million Prisoner Phone Calls Indicates Violations of Attorney-Client Privilege
The exposure of millions of phone records across dozens of states sheds light on the dubious claims and practices of Securus Technologies.
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A Crucial Realization About Journalism is Learned by Being its Subject
Don't simply trust claims made in authoritative media tones — even if, perhaps especially if, journalists work for the most influential media outlets — unless they point to evidence that confirms or at least suggests their truth.
How the Son of Edward Said Is Trying to Change Terrorism Prosecutions
Law professor Wadie Said, in a new book, delves into the ways unwarranted terrorism cases have eroded the rule of law.
David Hyde, the Unpaid U.N. Intern Who Lived in a Tent, Tells His Story
He pitched a tent on the shore of Lake Geneva because he couldn't afford a place to stay — and also to call attention to the issue of unpaid internships.
The Movement to Fight Big Money Politics Now Has a Gold Standard
We may not be doomed to spend the rest of our lives thinking of disgusting things to which to compare the American political process.
Joe Biden: Some Democrat Who’s Not Him Should “Get Private Money Out of Politics”
Vice President Biden called upon other Democrats to refuse to take large donations from "millionaires and billionaires" in party primaries.
FBI Director Says Scientists Are Wrong, Pitches Imaginary Solution to Encryption Dilemma
Comey refused to accept the nearly universal agreement among technologists that there is no way to give the government access to encrypted communications without risking national security.
Psychologist’s Work for GCHQ Deception Unit Inflames Debate Among Peers
Dr. Mandeep K. Dhami wrote a 42-page paper advising the controversial GCHQ spy unit JTRIG — work some peers have blasted as unethical. JTRIG aims to "discredit," promote "distrust," "dissuade," "deceive," "disrupt," "delay," "deny," "denigrate/degrade," and "deter."
AEI Expert: Iranians Think “Very Differently” From Us Because They're “Nationalists”
Iranians: are they normal human beings like us, or are they weirdos whose foreign, mysterious thought processes can only be understood by experts like Michael Rubin?
U.S. Special Forces Expand Training to Allies With Histories of Abuse
A shadowy Pentagon program to share elite skills with troubled security forces has expanded since 9/11 with little scrutiny. A thinly funded vetting process rarely stands in the way of training Saudi, Bahraini, Colombian or Chadian forces.