Barton Gellman

In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example. ”

The federal government is often said in militia circles to have made wholesale seizures of power, at times by subterfuge. A leading grievance holds that the 16th Amendment, which authorizes the federal income tax, was ratified through fraud. ”

The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents. ”

Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the '70s. ”

Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports? ”

The best way to preserve your privacy is to use a search engine that does not keep your logs in the first place. That's the approach used by Startpage and its European parent company, Ixquick. ”

The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events. ”

When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous. ”

Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it. ”

Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure. ”