Aug 14, 2012 | Activism, Video
EFF activists Trevor Timm and Parker Higgins explain how widespread drones are becoming, how they’ve already been hacked, and how the situation may get a lot worse before it gets better. ...
Aug 9, 2012 | Satire, Video
Rap News Episode 12: YES WE KONY. It’s March, and the Internet delivers 2012’s first globe-consuming meme: the unstoppable, Stop-Kony 2012 video, which has highlighted the plight of African child soldiering like never before. But is it really good? Is it...
Jul 23, 2012 | Black Technology, News
Predator Drone Used to Arrest North Dakota Farmer on His Own Land In Lakota, North Dakota, the same unmanned aerial technology that transformed military operations over Iraq and Afghanistan found a controversial new mission: domestic law enforcement on American soil....
Jul 14, 2012 | Black Technology, News
Surveillance technology has evolved at an alarming rate, granting governments, intelligence agencies, and multinational corporations an unprecedented ability to monitor everyday citizens. Tools that would have seemed like dystopian fiction just a generation ago now...
Jun 25, 2012 | News, Video
Last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez showcased his country’s first unmanned drone. It seems that an international race to dominate the sky has gone underway and the South American country has become a player in the game of drones with the help of Iran,...
Jun 13, 2012 | Globalist Corporations, News
Boeing Advances Unmanned Carrier Drone for the Navy Boeing announced in 2012 that it was nearing completion of its design submission for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program, known as UCLASS. Chris Chadwick, then...
May 31, 2012 | News, WAR: By Design
The Rise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Modern Warfare Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have fundamentally reshaped the landscape of military operations worldwide. What began as rudimentary remote-controlled reconnaissance platforms has evolved into a sprawling...
May 23, 2012 | WAR: By Design
The CIA’s drone strike program operated as one of the worst-kept secrets in American national security — acknowledged by senior officials in public statements yet shielded from legal scrutiny through claims that the program’s very existence could neither...
May 8, 2012 | WAR: By Design
The rapid expansion of America’s unmanned aerial warfare program represents one of the most consequential shifts in modern military strategy. What began as an experimental capability in the early 2000s has grown into the centerpiece of U.S. counterterrorism...
May 4, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
First American Arrested Using Predator Drone Surveillance The small town of Lakota, North Dakota, became an unexpected battleground over domestic drone use in 2012 when one of its residents became the first known American citizen to be arrested with the assistance of...
Apr 27, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Two independent investigations published in early 2012 presented substantial new evidence that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas were killing civilians at higher rates than official accounts acknowledged. Associated Press Field Investigation The...
Feb 23, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Bureau of Investigative Journalism Documented Civilian Drone Strike Casualties A report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism examined the CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan and concluded that dozens of civilians who had gone to rescue attack...
Aug 1, 2011 | 2020 Relevant, Taboo Terminology
Words, Terms, & Symbols To learn them, could mean to avoid them. They are only words and symbols, but their meanings are intended to serve as a foundational influence into our daily lives, and especially plans for the future. There is a reason things are the way...
