Second Circuit Court upholds Ulbricht’s double life sentence
Nearly two years ago Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to 2 life sentences plus 40 years in prison for his role in creating and operating the Silk Road online market. This …
Trump to continue Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
George Orwell once wrote, “Truth is treason in an empire of lies.” This statement has become increasingly truer over the last decade with Thomas Drake, Shamai Leibowitz, Chelsea Manning, Donald …
NSA: America’s Elf on the Shelf
Since 2005 families across the country have been using The Elf on a Shelf to watch their children and report back to Santa about whether the kids should be on …
Snowden, Ulbricht and the myth of a fair trial
It was the first official event hosted by the Free State Project after the February 3 announcement that the group had reached it’s goal of 20,000 signers on the statement …
The state of Bill of Rights
I recall being told as a child that the Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution to ensure that people retained certain rights. The Bill of Rights Institute …
DC Court of Appeals refuses to rule on NSA spying; may be forced to
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dealt a blow to a lawsuit challenging the NSA’s use of warrantless surveillance, claiming the plaintiff did not prove standing. …
NSA spying ruled illegal; what’s next?
In some ways, 2013 seems like it was yesterday, and in other ways it seems like 2013 was an eternity ago. On March 12 of that year, the US Supreme …
A pardon for Edward Snowden
For the second consecutive year, Edward Snowden appeared at South by South West in Austin, Texas, and once again, he was not able to attend in person. Snowden, again, appeared …
Announcing the Winners of the 2013 FPP Peace Prize
The FPP Peace Prize was founded in 2009 due to the history of the Nobel Prize Committees reputation for selecting pro-war recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The FPP Peace …