A Letter to the Editors of the Eagle-Tribune (November 15, 2014)
On Nov 5th, the Eagle-Tribune published an article titled Minimal showing earns Falchuck’s party a spot on future ballots which prompted me to…
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Aye, Matey – Direct Democracy! (November 3, 2014)
On November 1st, The Boston Globe published an ideas piece called Text ‘aye,’ matey! The Pirate Party’s push for direct democracy. The article…
CIA: Seriously Dude, you can’t FOIA our Intranet Home Page (November 2, 2014)
A couple of months ago, I sent the CIA a FOIA request, for a screen shot of their intranet home page. I was…
NSA: No, You May Not FOIA Your Call Detail Records (August 25, 2014)
Amid last year’s Snowden revelations, I sent the NSA a FOIA request for my home phone call detail records. At the time, I…
CIA: No, you may NOT FOIA our Intranet Home Page (July 27, 2014)
Have you ever wondered what the average CIA employee sees when the come into work and log into their computer? I was curious…
A Quick Report from HOPE-X (July 21, 2014)
Several of us attended HOPE-X (aka, the tenth Hackers on Planet Earth conference) this year. Of course, the main highlights of the conference…
US Marshals Seizure of Sarasota PD Stingray Documents (July 6, 2014)
May 27th was a rather unusual day. Or to put it more bluntly, May 27th kind of sucked. In the days beforehand, the…
Join us This Thursday, and Reset the Net (June 1, 2014)
On June 5th 2013, Guardian published the first of the Edward Snowden-leaked documents, a National Security letter that compelled Verizon to produce copies…
A Good Weekend (May 27, 2014)
It was a busy weekend, but a good weekend. Members of the Massachusetts Pirate Party took part in three events: the March Against…
Security Theater at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (April 22, 2014)
A week or two ago, I attended an event at the Boston Conference and Exhibition Center (BCEC). The BCEC had a series of…