surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

politics 'Utterly ridiculous': GCHQ shreds Spicer's claim that UK spy agency wiretapped Trump Xeni Jardin

Funny What is the difference between USA and USB? David Pescovitz

surveillance The Snowden Principle John Cusack

trump Trump asks Congress to permanently reauthorize NSA's expiring power to access domestic call records Xeni Jardin

privacy How can spies from democracies compete with spies from autocracies? Cory Doctorow

Kids Chicago is demanding that children on bail wear private-sector ankle-cuffs with mics that can record them without their consent Cory Doctorow

trump Obama's policy on Bush's crimes is how Kavanaugh got to the Supreme Court Cory Doctorow

corruption A detailed look at how US police forces collude with spy agencies to cover up the origin of evidence in criminal cases Cory Doctorow

Gadgets (Virtually) No one should ever own an Echo or any other "voice assistant" product Cory Doctorow

surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar

News Activists investigating Ivanka Trump shoe factory in China arrested, then 'disappeared' Xeni Jardin

picks Trump 'Crazy': President described by fired FBI director Comey as 'outside realm of normal' Xeni Jardin

tabloids UFO sightings are on the rise, say tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics FBI investigating Trump campaign's Russia links, says no info supports Trump's wiretapping claims Rob Beschizza

politics Trump approval rating "in the toilet" Rob Beschizza

trump Trump administration walks back Obama wiretapping claim Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Ruben Bolling won the 2017 Herblock Prize! Rob Beschizza

Flynnghazi Newsweek: "Trump either knows exactly what Flynn said, or he is incompetent" Mark Frauenfelder

law Italy unveils a legal proposal to regulate government hacking Fabio Pietrosanti and Stefano Aterno