Report states tech giants worked with government surveillance program, companies deny role in PRISM
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The New York Times reports that the Internet giants involved in the secret PRISM surveillance program agreed to cooperate with the government. The same companies have issued denials which some argue are actually cleverly worded attempts to obscure their involvement. All of this comes in response to [...]
Department of Justice: drone strikes on American citizens are legal because Obama and Holder said so
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie In a court filing this week, Justice Department lawyers claimed that the Obama administration’s drone strikes that have admittedly killed four American citizens are constitutional in part simply because Eric Holder and Barack Obama said so. While this might seem absurd to the point that it seems [...]
Obama defends massive surveillance program as former Justice Department prosecutor files lawsuit
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie President Barack Obama has come out today in defense of the massive surveillance program run by the National Security Agency (NSA) involving both direct access to the servers of Internet giants and ordering Verizon to hand over the records of all phone calls in the U.S. Meanwhile, [...]
New secret files reveal NSA has direct access to systems of top U.S. Internet giants for data mining
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Thought yesterday’s revelation of Verizon being ordered to hand over records for all U.S. calls to the National Security Agency (NSA) was bad? Think again. Today documents were unveiled showing that the NSA and FBI are directly tapping into the servers of nine of the largest U.S. [...]
British MP slams Bilderberg meeting: ‘We’re all kept out and that cannot be right’
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie One British MP has already come out against the 2013 Bilderberg Group meeting in Watford, Herfordshire, England, saying it is an affront to the British government’s claims to be committed to more transparency. This year’s meeting will reportedly focus on the Middle East, Africa, cyberwarfare and more [...]
Document reveals Verizon ordered to give NSA information on all U.S. phone calls in its system
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie A top secret court order issued in April but just now revealed shows that the National Security Agency (NSA) is currently collecting detailed telephone records of all of the millions of American customers of Verizon wireless on a daily basis. The order, obtained by the Guardian, shows [...]
Patriots, F-16s may remain in Jordan after Eager Lion exercise
By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 5, 2013 – The United States could leave Patriot anti-missile batteries and F-16 fighter jets in Jordan following the end of Exercise Eager Lion, a Pentagon spokesman said here today. Editor’s note: Jordanian officials said, “The U.S. will send anti-missile batteries and fighter jets to Jordan [...]
University of Minnesota researchers unveil a drone controlled by thoughts via brain-computer interface
By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie The latest in mind-controlled robots comes from researchers at the University of Minnesota who have unveiled a drone controlled by the user’s thoughts. While robots controlled by brain waves have been around for a while, this is apparently the first drone that has been controlled by thoughts [...]
An open question to NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen: why did you try to ban my book on Gladio?
By Richard Cottrell Contributing writer for End the Lie The Secretary General of NATO is very concerned about the dangers of de-stabilization in Turkey, due to the current unrest spreading across that country. The ‘Great Dane’ Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former prime minister of the pocket Scandinavian state, has called upon the Turkish authorities to [...]
