NSA Whistleblower Ed Snowden: From My Desk I Could Wiretap Anyone: You, A Federal Judge Or The President Of The US | Techdirt

NSA Whistleblower Ed Snowden: From My Desk I Could Wiretap Anyone: You, A Federal Judge Or The President Of The US | Techdirt: "I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you, or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President if I had a personal email."

Booz Allen Hamilton, federal contractor - CSMonitor.com

Booz Allen Hamilton, federal contractor - CSMonitor.com: "How on earth can you keep secrets if just one American company has enough people with top secret access to fill a mid-sized American town?

On top of that has been the trend over the past dozen years or so to make intelligence information more shareable. The old days of heavy compartmentalization are long over, all in the hopes of identifying patterns in intelligence collected by disparate agencies. That's one reason that Bradley Manning, a young soldier in Iraq, had access to almost the entirety of the State Department's database of classified cables, and was able to pull off his massive data dump to WikiLeaks."

"The Guardian has a good piece out today explaining the very good reasons why US intelligence increasingly relies on contractors - mostly because they're better at creating, and adapting to, new technology.

But with more and more people - and young people at that - getting access to top secret data, the surprise isn't the recent NSA leaks. It's that they're not more common."

A Time for a New Style of Leadership - Campaign for Liberty

A Time for a New Style of Leadership - Campaign for Liberty: "as we progress further into the Internet age the Speaker of the House cannot dictate the agenda and control his or her caucus as easily as Speakers in the past. This is because representatives can circumvent the Speaker and take their arguments and concerns directly to the people with very little effort, something that was not possible 20 or even 10 years ago."

Intelligence chief blasts NSA leaks, declassifies some details about phone program limits | Fox News

Intelligence chief blasts NSA leaks, declassifies some details about phone program limits | Fox News: "Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the disclosure of an Internet surveillance program "reprehensible" and said it risks Americans' security. He said a leak that revealed a program to collect phone records would affect how America's enemies behave and make it harder to understand their intentions."

The program itself is "reprehensible" and "risks Americans' security"

Ohio prosecutor fired after posing as an accused killer's girlfriend on Facebook | Fox News

Ohio prosecutor fired after posing as an accused killer's girlfriend on Facebook | Fox News: "By creating false evidence, lying to witnesses as well as another prosecutor, Aaron Brockler has damaged the prosecution’s chances in a murder case"

Off-duty FBI agent almost shoots Detroit cop during simulated purse snatching | Fox News

Off-duty FBI agent almost shoots Detroit cop during simulated purse snatching | Fox News: "The officer takes the purse, runs around the gas station. As he's running, an off-duty FBI agent is pumping gas. He witnesses the whole thing. He gives chase. He pulls his weapon, and as he turns the corner around the gas station, he's stopped by another officer, who identifies herself as a police officer and don't shoot, don't shoot, this is a scenario"

Why would someone shoot over a purse?!?

Pope: Wasting food is a moral crime against the poor - CSMonitor.com

Pope: Wasting food is a moral crime against the poor - CSMonitor.com: "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry,"

If people don't waste food, it doesn't mean that they will give the extra money to the poor. :-/

Tapping 'noise canceling' data signals for faster Internet | Crave - CNET

Tapping 'noise canceling' data signals for faster Internet | Crave - CNET: "Instead of one light beam, two beams that are mirror images of each other are sent through the fiber. Each beam will gather noise per usual, but that distortion will also be mirrored, so when the two beams are recombined at their destination, the noise is cancelled out."

Universal plastic handcuff key reportedly sold online for as little as $10 | Fox News

Universal plastic handcuff key reportedly sold online for as little as $10 | Fox News: "A plastic handcuff key that could free a felon in seconds could be yours for just $10.50."

The problem isn't the plastic key -- the problem is that law enforcement thinks using a universal key is ok.

Florida students accused of stealing guns, selling them at high school | Fox News

Florida students accused of stealing guns, selling them at high school | Fox News: "Five Martin County high school students have been arrested for stealing and then selling guns on school property."

I doubt the guns were free in the school zone. :-p
A law and a sign aren't sufficient to keep guns away from schools.