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Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp: The Many Ways That You’re Being Tracked and Controlled
We have arrived in Orwell's world. The question now is: will we take a stand and fight to remain free or will we go gently into the concentration camp?

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On the Outskirts of Crypto City – the Architecture of Surveillance
Mass surveillance has an image problem.

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The NSA Is Hacking Our Hardware Too
It seems that the NSA's surveillance activities go beyond exploiting vulnerabilities in computer software.

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NSA Insiders Reveal What Went Wrong
In a memo to President Obama, former National Security Agency insiders explain how NSA leaders botched intelligence collection and analysis before Sept. 11, covered up the mistakes, and violated …

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New California Legislation Seeks to Thwart NSA Spying
Supporters say passage of a proposed California law would tell the NSA, “We don't want you in California unless you follow the Constitution.”

GAP Statement on Edward Snowden and NSA Domestic Surveillance
In June 2013, the American public learned conclusively about the wholesale surveillance of virtually all Americans through secretive programs by the NSA that continue to be implemented today.

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Defining the NSA’s Role
Eugene Robinson: President Obama's anticipated reform of the National Security Agency's practices needs to go beyond ending the mass surveillance of innocent Americans' phone calls.

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Chris Hedges | The Last Gasp of American Democracy
The moment a popular movement arises that truly confronts our corporate masters, our venal system of total surveillance will be thrust into overdrive.

Edward Snowden Evolved From Gaming Geek to Conscientious Whistleblower
The last decade of Edward Snowden's life was a complicated journey from geek to principled spy, gaining information on what he came to call the government's “Architecture of Oppression.”

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Edward Snowden: Person of the Year
Snowden has beaten the Bush-Obama administration at its own game and in so doing has given people another reason to be hopeful. That impact alone makes him the Person …