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Jon Stewart Goes Off on GOP for Shutting Down the Government
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/01/13 08:44AMD.C. Goes Dark: GOP Shuts Down Government for First Time in 17 Years
Lacey Donohue · 09/30/13 11:00PMTaylor Berman · 09/30/13 01:41PM
This Is What Congress Will (Probably) Do Today
Taylor Berman · 09/30/13 07:30AMThe Government's Security-Check Provider "Flushed" Files to Get Paid
Tom Scocca · 09/27/13 03:58PMRemember when Al Gore and the Clinton Administration made everyone happy by "reinventing government" back in the '90s, on the principle that government functions would be more efficient if a third-party private intermediary were taking profits on them, because the invisible hand of the free market will always produce optimal results? The New York Times has an update on the operations of USIS, the company born in 1996 with the privatization of the Office of Personnel Management's investigative operations.
Taylor Berman · 09/20/13 11:10AM
Cord Jefferson · 09/17/13 07:41PM
The U.S. Government Is Spying on Your Goddamn Snail Mail, Too
Cord Jefferson · 07/03/13 03:43PMPerhaps you are under the impression that if you do not use email or the telephone, both of which we now know subject you to government surveillance, you can fly under the spies' radar. Perhaps you think a postcard sent to your sick grandmother in Ohio is free from bureaucratic scrutiny. You are wrong.
The NSA Sent a Takedown Notice Over My Custom PRISM-Logo T-Shirts
Max Read · 06/08/13 10:44AMNow We Decide If Privacy Will Continue to Exist
Hamilton Nolan · 06/07/13 01:38PMEver since 9/11, the American government has been busily constructing the most comprehensive surveillance state in this country's history. This vast and invasive bureaucracy is too big to hide, but the public has done its part by politely ignoring it. No longer. Now is when we, the people, choose whether or not we will accept the end of privacy as we know it. If history is any indication, we will.
CIA's Tech Head on Your Data: 'We Try To Collect Everything And Hang On To It Forever'
Cord Jefferson · 03/21/13 12:06PMThe man who introduced the CIA's Chief Technology Officer, Ira "Gus" Hunt, at yesterday's GigaOM Structure:Data conference in New York City thought it would be funny to quip, "If you don't give a big round of applause for our next speaker, he's gonna find out and it's gonna go on your permanent record." It was supposed to be a little joke, but then Hunt took the stage for his speech on "Big Data," told everyone that the CIA is now attempting to "collect everything and hang on to it forever," and suddenly it wasn't so funny anymore.
Maggie Lange · 03/05/13 02:01PM
The Government's Asinine Advice on How to Avoid 'Sweetheart Scams' Wouldn't Have Helped Manti Te’o (If He's Telling the Truth)
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/24/13 08:00PMSurvey Finds Americans View Congress Less Favorably than Cockroaches
Neetzan Zimmerman · 01/08/13 03:20PMGSA Chief Resigns After Hiring Clown, Mentalist for Greatest Gov't-Funded Vegas Party Ever
Emma Carmichael · 04/03/12 11:27AMRonald Reagan's Ghost Is 101 and the American Experiment Is Dying
Hamilton Nolan · 02/07/12 10:59AMIn the Battle of Kardashians vs. Dr. Oz, French Senate votes Kardashians
Caity Weaver · 01/23/12 10:42PMJon Stewart Bashes Obama for Backing 'Indefinite Detention' Bill
Matt Cherette · 12/08/11 03:04AMAfter Congress passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act last week that allows for indefinite military detention of citizens without a trial on America soil, we pointed out 20 of its most alarming provisions. President Obama not only has the ability to veto any of those provisions, but has also previously spoken out against indefinite detention. So we're good,! Except that, as Jon Stewart explained on tonight's Daily Show, we're actually not.
20 Things You Should Know About the Bill That Could Ruin America
Lauri Apple · 12/05/11 12:30PMLast week the U.S. Senate passed 93-7 a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that includes provisions giving the military the right to detain you forever and without charge if they think you're some kind of terrorist. Consider it an early holiday present! There is no exchange policy, sorry.