Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White House. Show all posts

Friday, January 16, 2015

DC Library has series on Internet Freedom in America

United States of SecretsTitled "Orwellian America, Government Transparency and Personal Privacy in the Digital Age", where they're sponsoring readings of books like "1984", showing of "The Internet's Own Boy", discuss government transparency, teach how to use Tor, and other things to help citizens of oppressive dictatorships be safe on the Internet.  The theme is understanding widespread surveillance and the growing governmental culture of Big Brother in American government.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Wow. Just wow. Our President.

From TheHill.com:

WH apologizes to Senate intel chief for prisoner swap secret

The White House has apologized to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) for failing to alert her in advance of a decision to release Taliban commanders from Guantanamo Bay.
Feinstein told reporters that she received a call from Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken on Monday evening apologizing for what the administration is calling an “oversight.”

 

From TheHill.com:And now, just 4 days later, Dems start bailing

Senate Democrats Go AWOL

They had Obama's back on the Bergdahl/Taliban trade. Now they're walking away.


Even ABC News Admits the Taliban is a Terrorist Organization