Tag Archive "law"

Lawmakers in 6 states demand NSA spying comes to an end

  © Collage: Voice of Russia Policymakers in six different states presented variants of model legislation created to refuse the NSA access to state resources ...

Putin: I envy Obama, because he can ‘spy’ and get away with it

During an annual question-and-answer session with journalists, Putin praised Edward Snowden’s actions, saying that he was working for a “noble cause.” At the same time ...

Judge defeats challenge to ‘medical gag order’ on health risks from fracking

Pennsylvania authorities have denied a doctor the right to challenge a so-called “medical gag rule” that prevents him and other physicians from warning the public ...

Germany intelligence cooperated with NSA as Merkel denied knowledge – report

Published time: July 21, 2013 10:56 A man wears a mask of U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest in support of former U.S. spy ...

CIA station chief in Milan detained in Panama

Ex-CIA station chief in Milan detained in Panama   Published time: July 18, 2013 17:41 Robert Seldon Lady, a former station chief with the CIA ...

NSA leaker petition hits 100,000-signature threshold in under 2 weeks

A White House petition demanding a full pardon for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reached over 100,000 signatures since its creation on June 9, meaning ...

Europeans ‘shocked and angry’ by ‘unaccountable’ American surveillance

 photo: pumabydesign   The recent NSA leaks have awakened many Europeans to the “disturbing” privacy violations regularly committed by the US that their own governments ...

Germany slams US for ‘Stasi methods’ ahead of Obama visit

Germans are expressing outrage as details of a US internet spy program – revealed by a former CIA employee-turned-whistleblower – are prompting comparisons with that ...

US Russian couple seeking answers after police ‘ripped baby from their arms’

Image from the Facebook page Bring Sammy Home. A young Russian couple living in California is struggling to understand the events of the past few ...

Google fighting back on unconstitutional National Security Letters

Google, the world’s largest search engine and primary arbiter of the Internet, is putting up a fight against a controversial and unconstitutional national security inquest ...

Tea Party lashes out at ‘Monsanto Protection Act’ – another example of misrepresentation of true American interests

Members of the Tea Party have joined protesters standing up against the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’, calling the provision a ‘special interest loophole’ for friends of ...