Torture, Killing, Children Shot: How the US Tried to Keep it all Quiet (Emily Dugan, Nina Lakhani, David Randall, Victoria Richards and Rachel Shields)

The largest leak in history reveals the true extent of the bloodshed unleashed by the decision to go to war in Iraq -- and adds at least 15,000 to its death toll Oct. 24, 2010 (The Independent) -- So ...

Iraq War Logs: Secret Files Show How US Ignored Torture (Nick Davies, Jonathan Steele and David Leigh)

Massive leak reveals serial detainee abuse. 15,000 unknown civilian deaths in war Oct. 22, 2010 (the Guardian/UK) -- A grim picture of the U.S. and Britain's legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a mas ...

Eight Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography (Cindy Cohn)

Oct. 21, 2010 (Deeplinks Blog / EFF) -- Oct. 21, 2010 (DeeplingAs noted in late September, the FBI is on a charm offensive, seeking to ease its ability to spy on Americans by expanding the reach of t ...

Fraud Task Force Pursues Criminal Investigation of Mortgage Servicers (Carrie Bay)

Oct. 19, 2010 (DSNews) -- Allegations that some of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers cut corners in processing foreclosures and filed unsubstantiated paperwork could turn criminal. The Washingt ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange slams Wired magazine on Twitter (Josh Halliday)

Editor-in-chief of controversial whistleblowing website says US technology magazine 'has an agenda and is not to be trusted' Oct. 19, 29010 (guardian.co.uk) -- The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assang ...

Why The Paperwork Appears 'Sloppy' (Neil Garfield)

Oct. 20, 1010 (Livinglies) -- After centuries of lending money and preparing loan documents it seems that the least likely suspect for screwing up the paperwork on tens of millions of “loans” would b ...

When Banks Are the Robbers (Amy Goodman)

Oct. 20, 2010 (TruthDig) -- The big banks that caused the collapse of the global finance market, and received tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts, have likely been engaging in who ...

The "Cyberwar" Is Over and the National Security Agency Has Won (Tom Burghardt)

Oct. 20, 2010 (Antifascist Calling) -- A "Memorandum of Agreement" struck last week between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Security Agency (NSA) promises to increase Penta ...

Every Email and Website to be Stored (Tom Whitehead)

Oct. 20, 2010 (The Telegraph) -- Every email, phone call and website visit is to be recorded and stored after the Coalition Government revived controversial Big Brother snooping plans. It will allow ...

Injustice in the Age of Obama (Cindy Sheehan)

Barack Obama, a former law professor, should have a healthy respect for civil liberties, but his actions suggest not Oct. 20, 2010 (Al-Jazeera) -- Since being the defendant in about six trials after ...

Obama Hires a Hustler (Robert Scheer)

Oct. 19, 2010 (TruthDig) -- One day as Wall Street was crashing, President George W. Bush had the temerity to plaintively ask his treasury secretary, Henry Paulson: “How did this happen?” Paulson, wh ...