surveillance TSA "Quiet Skies" surveillance program targets innocent U.S. citizens Seamus Bellamy

aviation Quiet Skies: Air Marshals are following thousands of random Americans through airports and on planes, for no articulatable purpose Cory Doctorow

picks 'Confederate militia' boss who abused immigrants at gunpoint attacked in jail with 'non-life-threatening injuries' Xeni Jardin

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crime Whitey Bulger's family, lacking a sense of irony, file lawsuit over his 2018 murder Seamus Bellamy

corruption New York City's municipal debt collectors have forged an unholy alliance with sleazy subprime lenders Cory Doctorow

corruption TSA: the fact that our secret surveillance program hasn't caught anyone means it's working Cory Doctorow

surveillance Oakland passes groundbreaking municipal law requiring citizen oversight of local surveillance Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Wardriving for Stingrays with rideshare cars Cory Doctorow

security Stingray for criminals: spreading mobile malware with fake cellphone towers Cory Doctorow

picks 2 Muslim women kicked off American Airlines flight in Miami Xeni Jardin

criminals Affluenza teen and mother granted temporary stay against deportation Mark Frauenfelder

corruption DHS admits it uses Stingrays for VIPs, vows to sometimes get warrants, stop lying to judges Cory Doctorow

magic A con man reinvents himself as a reality TV magician Mark Frauenfelder

FBI has fleet of secret spy planes with tech to identify people through their cellphones Mark Frauenfelder

Boston bomber Tsarnaev gets death for 2013 marathon massacre Xeni Jardin