secrecy
In the Whistleblower Chalet
I stayed in a Dutch holiday chalet at a hacker festival with five intelligence agency whistleblowers, who have a special tiny prize for Snowden—and it’s not David Miranda with a hard drive.
This CIA Officer Spoke Out About Torture. Now's He's in Prison for Espionage
A decade ago, long before Edward Snowden trolled the depths of a classified government surveillance program, John Kiriakou was learning about a government practice as secret and troubling, and a lot more gruesome.
Illustrations from Inside Gitmo's Secretive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Hearings
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s military commission at Guantanamo Bay is a guarded affair. These are the only unofficial visuals of the hearings.
The "Secrets" War
Julian Assange "leaks" on Alex Gibney's new film, as the fight for mainstream press freedom takes a WikiLeaks turn.
The NSA Reportedly Tested Its Top Spyware on New Zealand
Before losing out to an inferior (and more expensive) program, 'ThinThread' was tested on citizens of friendly nations.
An Appeals Court Said the CIA's Drone Secrecy Argument Is Hogwash
We're still a long way away from finding out what it plans on doing with them.
How to Be a Spook: A Chat With Robert Baer
There was a time when Robert Baer probably would've had to kill you after dishing any one of his secrets. _Watch the rest at Motherboard._
How Anonymous Will Avenge Bradley Manning: A Cyber-War on His Military Prison
The vigilante hacker gang Anonymous declared war on two government employees playing key roles in the Bradley Manning's detainment.