Birthday Vigil for Chelsea Manning (December 18, 2015)
Where: Park Street Station on the Boston Common When: 1:00-2:00 PM Saturday, December 19 Imprisoned in 2010 and held for months under torturous…
Author: Steve R
Sen. McConnell vs the IRS on strong encryption (December 10, 2015)
A few weeks ago, the IRS began publishing a set of Security Awareness Tax Tips; they’ve also come out with Publication 4524, “Security…
If we don’t fix the climate, Beacon Hill will be an island (November 29, 2015)
As Boston’s Climate March turned left and headed up Beacon Hill, a woman to my left improvised a marching chant: “If we don’t…
NSA: Sorry, no Jetplow Exploit here (November 28, 2015)
About a year ago, Der Spiegel posted excerpts of the NSA’s ANT (Advanced Networking Technology) catalog. Essentially, it’s a little catalog full of…
Putting Paris in Perspective (November 27, 2015)
On Friday November 13th a group of armed fellows shot up, and attempted to blow up parts of Paris. In the process, they…
New FOIA Requests: CIA, DISA, CBP (November 8, 2015)
I filed a couple of FOIA requests this week: one to the CIA, one to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and to…
TSA: Watch List? Huh, what watch list? (October 30, 2015)
I’m long overdue for a FOIA post, this one in particular. It was a FOIA/PA request to the TSA, who responded in a…
Mass Pirate Party Rescinds Endorsement for We The People Act (H.3127) (October 18, 2015)
Back in March, the Massachusetts Pirate Party chose to endorse the “We the People Act” (currently H.3127). After a series of discussions internally,…
Drones Strike Western MA, Killing 2 and Wounding 13 (October 18, 2015)
Let me begin by setting the record straight. There was no drone strike in Western MA — no one was killed and no…
A Freedom Rally Thank-You (September 27, 2015)
Freedom Rally is always a festive event and this year was no exception. We had a great time, and we’d like to thank…