Pirate News: CIA’s secret war plans against WikiLeaks (October 3, 2021)
On last Sunday’s Pirate News, Joe, Malt, Steve and James talked about the CIA’s secret war plans against WikiLeaks. We also talked about:…
Category: Secrecy
Stop the EARN IT Act! (August 10, 2020)
The EARN IT Act would gut Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects free speech online. Section 230 requires speakers be…
Counting the days to Chelsea Manning’s freedom (January 17, 2017)
I learned recently from Susan McLucas, a long-time local activist for Chelsea Manning, that president Obama commuted Chelsea’s sentence. She will be released…
Giving up our rights does not make us safer (July 15, 2016)
Our hearts go out to the people of Nice after the horrible attack there. Whether it is Baghdad, Orlando, Dallas or Dhaka, single…
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…
Today: Urge Your Friends to Stop CISA (October 27, 2015)
Following on the cloture vote on CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, the Senate is again considering amendments to it and a final vote.…
The Remote-Controlled Society Video Available (October 19, 2015)
Cory Doctorow (science fiction author and Co-Editor of Boing Boing tech blog) and others spoke at the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University…
Fast Track Vote Friday, Call Congressman Moulton (June 11, 2015)
UPDATED EVENT INFO BELOW The House will vote on Fast Track Trade Authority (FTTA) Friday. The Hill reported that only Congressman Moulton (6th…
The Internal Panetta Review: Still a secret (March 16, 2015)
One of last year’s prominent stories was a Senate subcommittee investigation into allegations of CIA torture. A Guardian article mentioned a document called…
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…