Tag: Glenn Greenwald

Since the Iowa caucus just one week ago today as of this writing ( which Sanders may have won ) the Clinton campaign and their allies have made a series of public mistakes that you would not expect from people who are supposed to be among the most politically astute…

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the detention of David Miranda, the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, by British authorities under their anti-terrorism statutes, and at the time I was skeptical of the reasons for that detention, wondering if it wasn’t an attempt to “get back” at Greenwald…

On Sunday Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian, who played a large role in helping NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leak allegations of a massive U.S. government domestic surveillance program, found out his partner David Miranda was detained by British authorities “under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act of 2000.” At 6:30…

To say that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 contains some troubling provisions would be an understatement. Among them is a set of provisions that expressly empowers the President — with regard to anyone who “substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities…

This is a great read from Glenn Greenwald on the attempts by labor unions and pro-Obama groups to co-opt the Occupy Movement: Having SEIU officials — fresh off endorsing the Obama re-election campaign — shape, fund, dictate and decree an anti-GOP, pro-Obama march is about as antithetical as one can…

Over at Salon.com, Glenn Greenwald has an excellent piece outlining the secret White House committee that has been empowered by….well, no one’s really sure who set up the committee…which has been empowered to decide which American citizens should be placed on a list for assassination by the CIA. Greenwald cites…