Apr 27, 2026 | Abuses of Power
Four Democratic representatives hold crucial swing votes on Section 702 reauthorization that could grant Trump administration expanded warrantless surveillance powers.
Apr 26, 2026 | Abuses of Power
Newly declassified CIA documents confirm Korean War prisoners of war were subjected to early MK-ULTRA mind control experiments while in American custody.
Apr 25, 2026 | Abuses of Power
Palantir Technologies has been operating a massive financial surveillance system within the IRS since 2018, mining vast databases of American financial data for over $130 million.
Apr 22, 2026 | Abuses of Power
The Selective Service System has submitted automatic draft registration regulations to the White House, implementing a Congressional mandate that will track all eligible men while expanding federal data sharing powers.
Apr 18, 2026 | Abuses of Power
Trump orders federal investigation into mysterious deaths and disappearances of ten scientists with access to classified nuclear and aerospace programs.
Apr 15, 2026 | Abuses of Power
Democratic leaders remain silent as Trump pushes for warrantless surveillance renewal, leaving caucus divided on crucial privacy protections.
Apr 14, 2026 | Abuses of Power
BBC senior reporter Ghoncheh Habibiazad’s career connections to CIA-founded networks and regime change organizations revealed after controversial Iran article.
Apr 13, 2026 | Abuses of Power
State Department leverages U.S. financial influence to pressure Inter-American Commission on Human Rights into abandoning investigation of Trump’s deadly boat strike campaign that has killed 168 civilians.
Apr 11, 2026 | Abuses of Power
The FAA has imposed a 21-month nationwide drone ban covering immigration enforcement operations, sparking a federal lawsuit over First Amendment press freedom violations.
Apr 9, 2026 | Abuses of Power
DOJ declares Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, potentially blocking public access to decades of presidential documents and enabling future White House secrecy.
Mar 26, 2026 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, Government Agenda
The relationship between Mexican drug cartels and government institutions on both sides of the border has been the subject of investigation, prosecution, and controversy for decades. Periodically, high-ranking cartel operatives have come forward with allegations that...
Sep 13, 2020 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power
Nuremberg trials are now regarded as a milestone toward the establishment of a permanent international court, and an important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes against humanity.
Aug 4, 2020 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, Human Traffic
#GiselleMaxwell’s list became unsealed some time yesterday and here’s what happened WHAT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IGNORED COMPLETELY Republican Tim Nolan, chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky, pled guilty to child sex trafficking and on...
Apr 12, 2015 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, News
If you were murdered today, statistical data suggests there is only about a 60 percent chance that law enforcement would identify and charge the person responsible. For rape cases, that figure drops to roughly three percent. Five decades ago, crime-solving rates were...
Feb 25, 2015 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, News
Palm Beach County, Florida – Journalists at the DC Post were looking through message boards that are frequented by law enforcement officers, when they found a post where one officer was causally talking about planting evidence on “mouthy drivers” and “street lawyers.”...
Feb 25, 2015 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, News
For years, a nondescript warehouse on Chicago’s west side operated as something civil liberties attorneys would come to describe as the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. Known as Homan Square, the facility housed special police units that, according to...
Dec 13, 2014 | Abuses of Power, News
Two Senate Reports on Torture: Why the Armed Services Committee Findings Matter More In December 2014, the Senate Intelligence Committee released its long-anticipated report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. The document generated enormous media...
Nov 19, 2014 | Abuses of Power, Government Agenda
The relationship between the press and the public has always been built on an implied contract: reporters pursue truth, and citizens trust the information they receive. Over the past several decades, that contract has frayed badly. Understanding how we arrived at...
Oct 3, 2014 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power
Holder’s Revolving Door Between Justice Department and Wall Street When NPR broke the news that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder intended to resign once his replacement was confirmed, the most revealing detail appeared buried at the bottom of the story....
Sep 28, 2014 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, News
FBI Rapid DNA Initiative Targets Local Police Departments In 2014, the FBI announced plans to dramatically accelerate the collection of DNA profiles for its expanding biometric identification database. The initiative sought to enlist local police departments across...
Sep 21, 2014 | 2020 Relevant, Abuses of Power, Video, WAR: By Design
Few developments in domestic law enforcement should alarm Americans more than the quiet emergence of private military-style contractors conducting armed raids on U.S. soil. In 2014, two largely overlooked incidents in California signaled a troubling new chapter in the...
Sep 21, 2014 | Abuses of Power, Black Technology, Leaks
Government Threatened Yahoo With Daily Fines Over PRISM Compliance In September 2014, approximately 1,500 pages of previously classified court documents revealed how the United States government coerced Yahoo into participating in the NSA’s PRISM surveillance...
Aug 14, 2014 | Abuses of Power
The history of prison camps dates way back to the dawn of time, with victorious battles leading to enslavement and eventual death for the defeated. In the middle ages, these practices moved to trades and ransoms. From those ancient times until now, civilizations have...
Jul 12, 2014 | Abuses of Power, News
Shortly after the Snowden leaks began exposing the NSA’s massive collection efforts, the New York Times uncovered the DEA’s direct access to AT&T telecom switches (via non-government employee “analysts” working for AT&T), from which it...
Jul 2, 2014 | Abuses of Power, News
The bulk phone records program under the Patriot Act drew intense public backlash against the National Security Agency for years. But a far more expansive and arguably more invasive surveillance apparatus deserved equal scrutiny: the warrantless search capabilities...
