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In an Aug. 4, 1955 photo provided by the CIA, the prototype U-2 spy plane is tested at what became known at Area 51 in Nevada. The CIA is acknowledging in the clearest terms yet the existence of Area 51, the top-secret Cold War test site that has been the subject of conspiracy theories for decades. (AP Photo/CIA)

Disclosure Of Area 51 May Reflect Shift In Federal Policy

Archives for août 2013

Americans Mad About NSA Spying Face Uphill Battle

One AT&T customer is now looking to switch providers, and has downloaded a mobile application called Seecyrpt that offers encrypted phone calls.

WASHINGTON — Charlotte Scot isn't one to take things lying down — like the time President George W. Bush was re-elected and she moved to Canada in protest. So when the 66-year-old artist from Old Lyme, Conn., heard that major telecommunications providers have been turning over data about every Americans' phone calls to the government since 2006,

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How the West Bugs Middle East Revealed, But Who Leaked It?

Curious ‘exclusive reporting’ by the Independent raises more questions about government behavior over spying and journalism.

Jon Queally
Par Jon Queally
Backdropped by a British flag, closed-circuit surveillance cameras keep watch, in central London, Tuesday July 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

According to exclusive new reporting by the UK Independent, citing information contained in documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the British government maintains a secret monitoring station that allows Western intelligence agencies to tap into telecommunication systems across the Middle East. Though the reporting did not reveal

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Fracking Halted In Southern England Amid Mass Protests From Residents, Environmentalists

Demonstrators are planning to expand a protest camp Friday near the village of Balcombe.

LONDON  — Energy company Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. said Friday it has temporarily suspended drilling at an exploration site in southern England amid protests from residents and environmentalists opposed to shale gas extraction. The company said it had stopped work on police advice, but would resume "as soon as it is safe to do

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Pentagon Preps Cruise Missiles to Attack Syria, But US Still Hesitant To Intervene

Obama has also emphasized in the past that quick intervention in the years-old Syrian civil war was problematic because of the international considerations that should precede a military strike.

President Barack Obama listens in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, where he announced that he is nominating Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, center, as the new CIA director; and former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, right, as the new defense secretary.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials sought Saturday to determine whether Syria's government unleashed a deadly chemical weapons attack on its people. At the same time, the Obama administration prepared for a possible military response by moving naval forces closer to Syria. Meeting on the issue Saturday with his national security team,

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Defying Russian Govt & Oil Giants, Greenpeace Enters Arctic Waters

The Russian Arctic National Park—termed the ‘Pearl of the Arctic’—is an important habitat for narwhals, polar bears, and whales.

Sarah Lazare
Par Sarah Lazare
A 160-foot Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise and the environmental group's helicopter tries to block the movement an offshore drilling rig. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

Defying orders from Russian authorities to stay out, a Greenpeace boat entered the Northern Sea Route off Russia’s coastline Saturday to stage a peaceful protest against dangerous plans on the part of oil giants Rosneft and ExxonMobil to drill near the Russian Arctic National Park. The entry is a bold challenge to Russia's collusion with the oil

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Surveillance of Student Group Raises Spectre of Police Overreach

There are now 53 primary fusion centers and 25 recognized fusion centers across the U.S.

Martin Michaels
Par Martin Michaels
Dana Reynolds, Director of Colorado Information Analysis Center, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

U.S. intelligence agencies have been monitoring the movements of citizens long before Glenn Greenwald broke the story about National Security Administration (NSA) spy programs earlier this summer, setting off a media hoopla. After unveiling documents showing that the NSA has been monitoring and collecting telephone call data known as “metadata”

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