Machines of War: Blackwater, Monsanto, and Bill Gates

2011 January 4 by wemustknow.koen A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation (Blackwater’s Black Ops, 9/15/2010) revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (now called Xe Services) clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational...

Who Killed John Lennon?

by Fenton Bresler Part 1 of 2 [Excerpts] “Laurel and Hardy, that’s John and Yoko. And we stand a better chance under that guise because all the serious people like Martin Luther King and Kennedy and Gandhi got shot.” John Lennon   Part 1 Bresler...

Encryption, Warrants And The FBI

Encryption, Warrants And The FBI Last Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing focused on law enforcement surveillance of modern Internet services. Although both the New York Times and CNET have stories on the hearing, I don’t think either...

When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back?

When you use the Internet, you entrust your online conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook. But what happens when the government asks these companies to hand over your private information? Will the...