TD Interview

Behold a Winged Horse

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Nov 25, 2024 In “Surveilled,” Ronan Farrow investigates Pegasus, the world’s most infamous spyware. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Europe

The Gold in AI Mass Surveillance Goes to …

Anne Toomey McKenna / The Conversation Jul 17, 2024 A legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare of this summer's Paris Olympics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

The Insidiousness of New Digital Tools in the Criminal Legal System

Tamar Sarai / Prism Apr 3, 2024 The expansion of electronic monitoring technology is particularly intrusive when it mimics familiar products, creating a veneer of innocuity shielding monitoring devices from scrutiny. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Opinion

Guantánamo and the Never-Ending Legacy of America’s War on Terror

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Jan 11, 2024 The aftermath of 9/11 lingers with us today as the Biden administration refuses to disabuse itself of the normalization of two decades of injustice. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Proposals To Reauthorize Government Spying Are Disastrous

Matthew Guariglia / EFF Dec 14, 2023 Both congressional intelligence committees have released their plans to leave Section 702 largely the same despite rampant abuse. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Left Is Finally Winning the War of Ideas

Lee Camp / Truthdig Dec 3, 2019 Despite the establishment’s best efforts, progressive issues are dominating the conversation—just look at the Democratic primaries. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Just How Dangerous Is Amazon’s Facial Recognition Program? (Audio and Transcript)

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 24, 2018 American Civil Liberties Union attorney Jacob Snow examines the close partnership between private enterprise and the surveillance state. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Manning Is in the Race, but Is She Running to Win?

DAVID McFADDEN / The Associated Press May 7, 2018 The famous whistleblower has an eye-catching platform, but some critics believe she is seeking to make a statement of protest, not become a member of the U.S. Senate. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Case of Selective Justice

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Feb 24, 2018 When did the FBI, or any U.S. intelligence agency, become Veritas, the virtue of truthfulness and model of integrity? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Charges That the NSA Monitors Americans’ Communications Without Warrants

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 14, 2017 Warrantless surveillance of foreigners is being used by the National Security Agency "to get to Americans,” the Kentucky senator says. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dear Mr. Holder: Here’s Why Edward Snowden Can’t Get a Fair Trial in Your National Security State

Juan Cole / Truthdig May 31, 2016 The former US attorney general's sudden appreciation of Snowden is hypocritical The former U. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Here’s Why the Close Collaboration Between the NSA and AT&T Matters

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2015 New disclosures about the National Security Agency’s partnership with AT&T could reignite constitutional challenges to the spy agency’s efforts to wiretap the Internet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )