Former Georgia Corrections Commissioner Supports Lawsuit Over Jailhouse "Rapid Response Team" Abuses
Says it's become a "first resort"
Civil Liberties
Angry Birds Creator: Website Hacked in Wake of Reports of US and UK Spying
Latest reporting on the Edward Snowden revelations suggests that the NSA and GCHQ take personal information from apps
James Clapper Urges Snowden To Return NSA Documents
The Director of National Intelligence says the NSA whistle-blower's revelations have caused "profound damage"
In Virginia, Education Isn't Always Liberal
When "humor and jokes" become a free speech issue.
The GOP's Faultlines on Display
Three Republican responses to the State of the Union Address.
NSA Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
Nominated by two Norwegian politicians
Supreme Court Stays Execution of Missouri Inmate
Missouri has not released details about the compounding pharmacy making the execution drugs
Head of GCHQ To Step Down
Foreign office says the move has nothing to do with the Snowden revelations
NSA Names Its First Privacy Officer
Rebecca "Becky" Richards is leaving the Department of Homeland Security to take up the position
US Claims Guantanamo Detainee Could Rejoin Al Qaeda if Released to Yemen
His lawyers told a Periodic Review Board that he wants to start an agricultural business
Most Americans Shrug at State of the Union Spectacle
As President Gerald Ford once said, "the state of the union is not good"
India Supreme Court Declines Request to Review Ruling That Criminalized Homosexuality
Court recently ruled a colonial-era law should still be applied to gay sex
California Public School Students Suing Against Teacher Tenure
State DOE says nothing in the law prevents districts from removing bad teachers
Crony Capitalism vs. Market Morality
Finding an ethical lobbying line in a fallen age of corporatism
Feds, Tech Companies Reach Agreements on Info Disclosures
Firms want to be more transparent about requests for data
Officer Indicted in Ex-Football Player's Fatal Shooting
Second attempt through grand jury succeeds
Ukrainian President Agrees to Scrap Anti-Protest Law
Which had, of course, prompted even more protests
Feds Offer Tech Companies Possibility of a Little More Surveillance Transparency
Here, have some delicious crumbs
Second Grand Jury Convenes over Fatal Police Shooting of Ex-Football Player
Jury last week declined to indict in voluntary manslaughter case in North Carolina
Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Rally for School Choice
Houston, Texas hosts National School Choice Week kickoff.
Net Neutrality Isn't Dead Yet
The court decision is disastrous, but not because it struck down the net neutrality rules.
Snowden Thinks There Are 'Significant Threats' to His Life
Made the comment in interview with German TV
Bush Era Republicans Denounce RNC's NSA Resolution
Says the resolution includes factual errors
Google's Chief Legal Officer Says Obama's NSA Reforms Don't Go Far Enough
But calls Obama's recent speech on the NSA a "positive step"
Snowden: EU Efforts To Thwart US Surveillance Likely To Fail
Says cloud servers won't "stop the NSA"
