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…
Category: Secrecy
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…
Save Sharing: Tell Congress No FTA! (January 7, 2014)
Congress will soon vote on granting the President Fast track Trade Authority (FTA). If FTAA passes, the Congress will only be allowed to…
What’s in Your File Part III: My NSA FOIA Request (December 27, 2013)
Long before I became a pirate, I had an interest in privacy, security, and digital surveillance, so I was completely floored when the…
What’s in Your File (Part I) (October 29, 2013)
During the last four months, we’ve seen a wealth of new information about government surveillance and data collection programs. Back in June, the…
And if you didn’t hear us, we’ll shout a little louder! (September 6, 2013)
NO WAR ON SYRIA! The People have spoken. They don’t want military intervention in Syria. The Mass Pirates made their voices heard…
Transparency Toolkit needs YOUR help (August 22, 2013)
We need information about governments, companies, and other institutions to uncover corruption, human rights abuses, and other problems. Unfortunately, the information provided by…
Why the US needs a Party of Open (June 21, 2013)
In December 2005, the New York Times published an eye-opening story: the National Security Agency (NSA) was given authorization to tap into the…
Pirate Party to Support Occupy Boston (October 3, 2011)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PIRATE PARTY TO SUPPORT OCCUPY BOSTON Protesters have been Occupying Wall Street for three weeks. Thousands are protesting and hundreds…
On this tenth anniversary (September 11, 2011)
On this tenth anniversary, we pause to remember those who died in the horrific attacks of September 11th, 2001, the valor of those…