TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
The Tor Project – a private nonprofit known as the “NSA-proof” gateway to the “dark web,” turns out to be almost “100% funded by the US government” according to documents obtained by investigative journalist and author Yasha Levine. The Tor browser, launched in 2001, utilizes so-called “onion routing” technology developed by the US Navy in 1998 to Read More…
It didn’t take long from the birth of the world wide web for the public to start using this new medium to transmit, collect and analyze information in ways never before imagined. The first message boards and clunky “web 1.0” websites soon gave way to “the blogosphere.” The arrival of social media was the next Read More…
A concerted effort is being put forth to discredit WikiLeaks and it’s founder as a reliable option for whistleblowers. But as Whitney Webb reveals, the alternatives being put forth are leaving leakers vulnerable. WikiLeaks, the transparency organization known for publishing leaked documents that threaten the powerful, finds itself under pressure like never before, as does Read More…
As Americans continue to rage over the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Florida, expressing indignation at both the atrocity and efforts to impose (or reject) gun control, the U.S. government has acknowledged its own perpetual addiction to violence. According to two letters released by the federal government last week in response to an inquiry from Virginia Read More…
State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on February 20th that Washington supported united Syria with current borders. “We’re not changing it, we’re not supporting the changing or the addition of any kind of autonomous region,” she added. The statement, however, runs counter to the DoD actions, as its officials must have their own plans for Read More…
An investigation has revealed that in several states, police are selling the firearms they have seized back to the public to generate revenue, and in some cases, those guns are being used for other crimes. (TFTP) As calls for gun control increase among the parties that claim it would put an end to mass shootings, Read More…