ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL/RESTRICT/MONITOR THE INTERNET

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THE INTERNET
NSA Programs
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THE INTERNET

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20030602/nichols
FCC : Public be Dammed
John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney
posted May 15, 2003 (June 2, 2003 issue)
The Nation

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13256
US: The Net Effect of Neutrality
by Eric Hellweg, Technology Review
February 10th, 2006
corp watch - brkn link added/chngd 10-16-06

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003006552_netted22.html
Ill effects of a gated cyber world
Seattle Times Editorial
Monday, May 22, 2006 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
The Seattle Times

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/04/17/EDGNSGUA4F1.DTL
Don't undercut Internet access
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial
Monday, April 17, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0528-26.htm
Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End
by Adam Cohen
posted at Common Dreams
Published on Sunday, May 28, 2006
By the New York Times

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70126-0.html
AT&T Sued Over NSA Eavesdropping
By  Ryan Singel
Wired News
16:03 PM Jan, 31, 2006 EST

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/25580prs20060512.html
NSA Spying Complaint filed with Maine Public Utility
American Civil Liberties Union
(5/12/2006)

http://civic.moveon.org/save_the_internet/
MoveOn.org's Civic Action to save the Internet
So you can lodge a protest against this encroachment of your freedoms.

https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=DTT_FCC_spies_off_line_print
A.C.U.L's Don't Spy on Me
So you can lodge a protest against this encroachment of your freedoms

http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/
EFF's Class-Action Lawsuit Against AT&T for Collaboration with Illegal Domestic Spying Program
For additional steps you can take to stop this encroachment on your freedoms.

http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/att/#related
EFF's related links
For additional information and resouraces you can use to stop this encroachment on your freedoms.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1966134,00.asp
Documents Detail AT&T-NSA Web Surveillance Claim 
By Kevin Fogarty
PC Magazine
05.23.06

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060828/internet_bill
Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet
Jeffrey Chester
article | posted August 18, 2006 (web only)
Nation

http://www.savetheinternet.com/
Save the Internet dot Com
Join the Fight for Internet Freedom
End. MPG

http://www.democraticmedia.org/
CDD - Center for Digital Democracy
Save the Net

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060629.html
If we build it they will come: It's time to own our own last mile
By Robert X. Cringely
June 29, 2006
PBS

Why the Democratic Ethic of the World Wide Web May Be About to End
May 28, 2006, Sunday
By ADAM COHEN
(NYT); Editorial Desk

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CRG305A.html
Propaganda:  "Five companies control - 90 percent of what we read, see and hear"
www.globalresearch.ca
1  May 2003

Opponents Organize Resistance Against Fcc Rule Changes That Will Strengthen Media Monopolies
An interview with John Nichols
John Nichols interviewed by
Charlie Harris
May 26, 2003
znet

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=21498
On the verge of victory - Net neutrality uprising shows power of Internet as democratizing force
Geov Parrish
WorkingForChange.com
10.12.06    

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1031-26.htm
A New Bargain: YouTube Politics
Published on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle
A New Bargain: YouTube Politics
by Allison Fine
posted at commondreams

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1108-35.htm
Internet Freedom Fighters to Take Command in Congress
by Timothy Karr
Published on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 by CommonDreams.org

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/301106internetfreedom.htm
Threats To Internet Freedom All Too Real
Cyberspace police state dismissed by some, yet agenda for regulated, controlled, patrolled "Internet 2" advances
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, November 30, 2006

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/291106shutdown.htm
RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet
U.S. government supports legal case that would criminalize making any files available on the world wide web
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36027
RIAA wants the Internet shut down
Interesting argument of the day
By Nick Farrell:
The Inquirer
Wednesday 29 November 2006, 08:38

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_andi_nov_061210_stop_at_26t_merger_whi.htm
Stop AT&T Merger which Threatens our Internet Access
by Andi Novick
opednews
December 10, 2006 at 11:52:45 
Tell A Friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWt0XUocViE
Save the Internet - YouTube video  
Provided By:
SaveTheInternet.com
Added  December 18, 2006

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/12/18/net-neutrality-a-cosmic-battle-for-democracy/
Net Neutrality — A Cosmic Battle for Democracy
by tkarr
savetheinternet
December 18th, 2006

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2006/12/08/congress-closes-telco-bill-dies-on-the-vine/
Huge Victory for Real People as Telco Bill Dies
by tkarr
savetheinternet
December 8th, 2006

http://coanews.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1538
The Right To Communicate
Article By Steve Anderson
coanews
Dec 19 2006

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/releases/073
AT&T Concession Thoroughly Debunks Key Anti-Net Neutrality Myth
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Fri, 12/29/2006 - 1:46pm. News Releases
NEWS RELEASE

http://infowars.net/articles/june2007/050607Internet.htm
Internet Doomsday Creeps Closer
by Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Monday, June 4, 2007

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/10/1783/
Suppressing Free Speech with Market Power
by Barry Payne
Published on Sunday, June 10, 2007
by CommonDreams.org

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003757473_ryan22.html
Maine shows Internet resolve
by Ryan Blethen / Times editorial columnist
The Seattle Times
Friday, June 22, 2007 - Page updated at 02:00 AM

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2007/06/26/white-house-official-loses-it-in-fight-with-net-neutrality-supporters/
Bush Official in ‘Shouting Match’ with Open Access Supporters
Save the Internet dot Com

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=4423
AT&T Will Suspend Accounts of those who talk badly of it     
Source BETA news
Published on Tuesday October 02, 2007.
posted at BlackListedNews.com

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/02/richard_clarke_speech_trust_online_santa_clara_university_microsoft/print.html
Richard Clarke Former Security Czar Calls For Closed Internet
By Cade Metz in Santa Clara
theregister.co.uk
Published Tuesday 2nd October 2007 22:24 GMT

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0535834320071005
FCC won't probe disclosure of phone records
By Peter Kaplan
Reuters
Fri Oct 5, 2007 5:59pm EDT

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/07/business/net08.php
Bloggers beware when you criticize the rich and powerful
By Doreen Carvajal
IHT
Published: October 7, 2007

http://www.chris-floyd.com/Articles/Articles/Dead_Republic_Blues%3A_Bush_Illegal_Wiretapping_Scheme_Gets_Darker_and_Dirtier/
Dead Republic Blues: Bush Illegal Wiretapping Scheme Gets Darker and Dirtier
Written by Chris Floyd
chris-floyd.com  
Monday, 15 October 2007

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/index.html
The Beltway Establishment's contempt for the rule of law
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Sunday October 14, 2007 06:09 EST

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/bush-and-the-phone-compan_b_67992.html
Bush and the Phone Companies: Partners in Crime
Timothy Karr
HuffingtonPost
Posted October 11, 2007 | 07:03 AM (EST)

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus10oct10,1,502651,full.column?coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true
Free speech could lead to online disconnect
David Lazarus:
LAT
October 10, 2007

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Verizon_intercepted_emergency_data_without_court_1016.html
Verizon provided data to Feds 720 times without court order or determining its legality
Nick Juliano
rawstory.com
Published: Tuesday October 16, 2007

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/For_one_company_FISA_wiretaps_carry_1016.html
For one company, FISA wiretaps carry a $1K pricetag
Nick Juliano
rawstory.com
Published: Tuesday October 16, 2007

http://adereview.com/blog/?p=65
Senate and Neocons Agree to Carve Up Bill of Rights
Another Day in the Empire
October 18, 2007

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/18/4653/
Democrats Caving To Bush: Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity
by Jonathan Weisman and Ellen Nakashima
Published by the Washington Post
Thursday, October 18, 2007

http://infowars.net/articles/october2007/191007Comcast.htm
Comcast Accused Of Setting Precedent To Scrap Net Neutrality
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, Oct 19, 2007

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/10/senator-denies-.html
Senator Denies AT&T, Verizon Cash Bought Spying Immunity Vote
By Ryan Singel
Wired
October 22, 2007 | 12:34:53 AM

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/stories/MYSA102707.03B.stroudcolumn.33ad118.html
Scott Stroud: AT&T and others suddenly giving to key Democratic senator
Scott Stroud
Express-News
Web Posted: 10/27/2007 12:52 AM CDT

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Senators_want_probe_on_content_bloc_10272007.html
Senators want probe on content blocking
DIBYA SARKAR
AP News
Oct 27, 2007 05:59 EDT

http://www.freepress.net/news/27635
FCC Pressed to Stop Comcast’s Internet Blocking
From Free Press
November 1, 2007

http://www.alternet.org/story/65965/
Wiretapping at Its Worst
 By Brian Beutler
Media Consortium
Posted October 24, 2007.

http://www.correntewire.com/at_t_whistleblower_mark_klein_to_senate_they_re_
doing_a_huge_massive_domestic_dragnet_on_everybody_in_the_united_states
AT&T whistleblower Mark Klein to Senate: "they’re doing a huge, massive domestic dragnet on everybody in the United States"
Submitted by lambert on Wed, 2007-11-07 13:54.
correntewire

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/11/09/BA13T97BN.DTL
Feinstein backs legal immunity for telecom firms in wiretap cases
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
sfgate.com
Friday, November 9, 2007

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/15/judiciary-committee-strips-telecom-immunity-from-fisa-bill/
Judiciary Committee strips telecom immunity from FISA bill.
Greg Sargent
thinkprogress
11-15-07  7:00 pm

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_mike_kuy_071127_stopping_the_fcc_fro.htm
Stopping the FCC from Consolidating Media Ownership
November 27, 2007 at 18:10:29
by Mike Kuykendall
OpEdNews
November 27, 2007 at 18:10:29

http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9825170-38.html?tag=nefd.top
Bush administration forced to turn over spying documents by Friday
Posted by Declan McCullagh
November 28, 2007 2:45 PM PST

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/12/14/reid/index.html
Harry Reid's FISA games
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Friday December 14, 2007 03:06 EST

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/President_unlikely_to_see_wiretap_bill_1213.html
Activists see Senate Dems backing down to Bush, ready to give immunity to phone companies
Nick Juliano
Raw Story
Published: Friday December 14, 2007

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/20/5924/
Network Neutrality, Freedom of Expression at Risk
by Michael Connor and Farnum Brown
The Seattle Times
Published on Thursday, December 20, 2007
posted at CommonDreams

http://infowars.net/articles/january2008/100108Filter.htm
AT&T and Other ISPs May Be Getting Ready to Filter
Brad Stone
NY Times
Thursday January 10, 2008
posted at infowars

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2835.shtml
The Internet must die
By Warren Pease
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Jan 14, 2008, 01:05

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_drafting_plan_to_allow_government_0114.html
US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search
RAW STORY
Published: Monday January 14, 2008

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/index.html
Lawbreaking telecoms still conniving to obtain immunity from Congress
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Thursday January 17, 2008 06:17 EST

http://infowars.net/articles/january2008/170108Internet.htm
Government’s Proposed Cyber Security Policy Would Police All Internet Activity
Ann Shibler
JBS
Thursday January 17, 2008

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__080120_spychief_plan_to_pol.htm
Spychief Plan To Police Internet Is Likely Tied To S 1959, Thought Crime Prevention Bill
by William Cormier
OpEdNews
January 20, 2008 at 10:43:19

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7980
Pentagon: The internet needs to be dealt with as if it were an enemy "weapons system".
by Brent Jessop
Global Research
February 2, 2008
Knowledge Driven Revolution.com - 2007-11-19

http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2008/02/privacy_board
Abracadabra! Bush Makes Privacy Board Vanish
By Ryan Singel
Wired
02.04.08 | 12:00 AM

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/sen-rockefeller.html
Sen. Rockefeller Lets Slip the Spying Truth: Drift Nets To Be Legalized
By Ryan Singel
Wired
February 05, 2008 | 4:27:32 PM

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/12/amnesty_day/
Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008 07:01 EST

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/11/wsj/index.html
The WSJ editorial page lies about our surveillance laws
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Monday Feb. 11, 2008 08:50 EST

http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/12/telecom-immunity-how-stupid-do-you-think-we-are/
Telecom immunity: how stupid do you think we are?
by Dr. Slammy
scholarsandrogues
Posted on February 12, 2008

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/senate_votes_for_retroactive_i.php
Senate Votes to Give Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms
By Paul Kiel
TPM Muckracker
February 12, 2008, 11:19AM

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/nsa-f20.shtml
US Supreme Court refuses to hear case against warrantless wiretapping
By Joe Kay
20 February 2008

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/21/7210/
Net Neutrality Is a Civil Rights Issue
by Mark Lloyd and Joseph Torres
CommonDreams.org
Published on Thursday, February 21, 2008

http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2008/02/12/internet-bill-would-bar-discrimination-engage-the-public-on-better-policy/
Internet Bill a Blow to the Gatekeepers
by tkarr
Save the Internet dot Com
February 12th, 2008

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002830.html?hpid=sec-nation
Army Blocks Public's Access to Documents in Web-Based Library
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 21, 2008; Page A13

http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/02/27/comcast-blocks-public-from-fcc-hearing/
Comcast blocks public from FCC hearing
posted by Martin
scholarsandrogues
February 27, 2008

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19433.htm
Granting Immunity Rewards Lawlessness
By Andrew P. Napolitano
"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
02/28/2008
posted at ICH

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/13128
Immune to Reality: Why is telecom immunity so important to Bush?
by Allan Uthman
The Smirking Chimp
February 28, 2008 - 4:17am

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Wiretapping_focus_shifts_to_email_0307.html
Wiretapping focus shifts to email, as firms move data overseas
John Byrne
Raw Story
Published: Friday March 7, 2008

http://bulldogreporter.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=
Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=
A840A3C5C60949158AA1002EDFB2CE3B&AudID=213D92F8BE0D4A1BB62EB3DF18FCCC68
Comcast in Hot Water with FCC: Commission Mulls Taking Action Against Cable Giant for Policing Net Traffic
Daily Dog
Issue Date: - March 11, 2008

http://www.countercurrents.org/clifford190308.htm
Fight The Net
By Rand Clifford
Countercurrents.org
19 March, 2008

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-sanchez16mar16,0,4039194.story
Wiretapping's true danger
By Julian Sanchez
Los Angeles Times
March 16, 2008

http://www.newstatesman.com/200803190011
The woman who nearly stopped the war
Posted by Martin Bright
New Statesman
19 March 2008

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/28/7935/
Net Neutrality’s Quiet Crusader
Free Press’s Ben Scott Faces Down Titans, Regulators in Battle Over Internet Control
By Cecilia Kang
The Washington Post
Published on Friday, March 28, 2008
posted at CommonDreams

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033108C.shtml
Comcast to Stop Slowing Peer-to-Peer Traffic
By Wendy Davis
Online Media Daily
Friday 28 March 2008
Posted at TruthOut

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/1/exclusivebushs_law_eric_lichtblau_on_exposing
EXCLUSIVE...Bush's Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA's Warrantless Wiretapping Program
and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story

Eric Lichtblau
Democracy Now
April 01, 2008

http://prisonplanet.com/articles/april2008/040308_towards_fascism.htm
Paul Lectures Bernanke: U.S. Moving Towards Fascism
Congressman says we've "given up on the Republic, freedom, the marketplace and sound money"
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, April 3, 2008

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Documents_show_Pentagon_now_using_FBI_0402.html
Documents show Pentagon now using FBI to spy on Americans
ACLU obtains documents after suit over National Security Letters
Associated Press
Published: Wednesday April 2, 2008
posted at Raw Story

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040808L.shtml
FBI Data Transfers Via Telecoms Questioned
By Ellen Nakashima
The Washington Post
Tuesday 08 April 2008
posted at TruthOut

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6168
FBI Has Spy Program Tracking IM, Emails, and Cell Phones     
Raw Story
Published on Tuesday, April 08, 2008
posted at Black Listed News

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/10/telecom_whistleblower_discovers_circuit_that_allows
Telecom Whistleblower Discovers Circuit that Allows Access to All Systems on Wireless Carrier—Phone Calls, Text Messages, Emails and More
Babak Pasdar
Democracy Now
April 10, 2008

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050508R.shtml
Net Neutrality
By Christopher Kuttruff
t r u t h o u t | Report
Monday 05 May 2008

http://www.kmov.com/news/asseenonnews4/stories/kmov_localnews_080505_secretroom.d10e2eab.html
News 4 Investigates: Illegal internet spying
News 4 - KMOV - Video
10:21 PM CDT on Monday, May 5, 2008

http://infowars.net/articles/may2008/060508DARPA.htm
Pentagon Secretly Goes To War With The Internet
New $30 Billion "electronic Manhattan Project" underway to prepare military and federal government for all out cyberwar 
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/air-force-mater.html
Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
By Noah Shachtman
Wired
May 13, 2008 | 3:54:00 PM

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051508J.shtml
New Legislation and Debate on Net Neutrality
By Christopher Kuttruff
t r u t h o u t | Report
Thursday 15 May 2008

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2008/04/murdoch
Rupert Murdoch Firm Goes on Trial for Alleged Tech Sabotage
By Kim Zetter
Wired
04.21.08 | 12:00 AM
also posted at Portfolio & DemoUnderground

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/government_secrecy_and_the_mys.html
Gov't Secrecy and the Mysterious Cyber Initative
Brian Krebs on Computer Security
By Brian Krebs
Washington Post
May 15, 2008; 3:50 PM ET
also posted at

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9096
Telecom Companies in Cahoots with Illegal Bush Administration Surveillance Programs
by Tom Burghardt
Global Research
May 27, 2008

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/comcast-wants-d.html
Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds
By Noah Shachtman
Wired
May 30, 2008 | 2:42:00 PM

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/06/spying-telecoms-receive-billions
Spying Telecoms Receive Billions in Government Contracts
Posted by Kurt Opsahl
Electronic Frontier Foundation
June 2nd, 2008
also posted at BLN

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6800
Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use
Peter Svensson
Source: Associated Press
Published on Tuesday, June 03, 2008.

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/06/05/to-fight-future-cyberbattles-air-force-recruiting-part-time-geeks/
To fight future cyberbattles, Air Force recruiting part-time geeks
By John Lasker
Contributor for The Christian Science Monitor
June 5, 2008 edition

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174940/william_astore_militarizing_your_cyberspace
Attention Geeks and Hackers - Uncle Sam's Cyber Force Wants You!
By William J. Astore
tomdispatch.com
posted June 05, 2008 10:49 am

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/telecoms/article3965033.ece
[UK] ‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails
Richard Ford
From The Times Online
May 20, 2008

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/09/biden-blasts-mccain-after-warrantless-wiretap-flip-flop/
Biden blasts McCain after warrantless-wiretap flip-flop
By: Steve Benen
Crooks and Liars
on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 7:00 PM - PDT  

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/10/french-government-decides
French Government decides to censor the Internet
Keep your Égalité and Fraternité but shove your Liberté!
By Sylvie Barak:
The Inquirer
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 7:48 PM

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/061208_pull_plug.htm
Corporations Plan To Pull Plug On The Free Internet
Web users naive about agenda to turn Internet into regulated cable TV model
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Thursday, June 12, 2008

http://www.benton.org/node/11555
Accelerating the Great Broadband Migration
Author: Charles Benton
Submitted by Benton Foundation
Source: Benton Foundation
June 12, 2008 - 7:55am

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9298
Immunity to Telecoms for illegally Spying on Americans
by Tom Burghardt
Antifascist Calling...
June 12, 2008
posted at Global Research

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/mediaculture/88096/
AP Goes After Bloggers Under DMCA
Posted by Liza Sabater
Culture Kitchen
at 12:01 PM on June 13, 2008
posted at AlterNet

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/technology/15cable.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic
By BRIAN STELTER
New York Times
Published: June 15, 2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7456357.stm
Blogger arrests hit record high
BBC News
last updated at 10:38 GMT, Monday, 16 June 2008 11:38 UK

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/06/air-forces-50-s.html#more
Air Force Spreads Cyber Command to All 50 States - contains article list 
By Noah Shachtman Email
Source: Danger Room
Published on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 10:47:00 AM
also posted at BLN

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/
The political establishment and telecom immunity -- why it matters
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Saturday July 5, 2008 09:29 EDT
also posted at CommonDreams

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-sanchez16mar16,0,4039194.story
Wiretapping's true danger - History says we should worry less about privacy and more about political spying.
By Julian Sanchez
LA Times
March 16, 2008
also posted at CommonDreams

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/galloway/story/43123.html
Commentary: How dare they rip the Fourth Amendment?
By Joseph L. Galloway
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008
also posted at CommonDreams

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-ostertag/obama-tries-and-fails-to_b_110951.html
Obama Tries and Fails to Put Out the FISA Fire in His Own House
Bob Ostertag
Huffington Post
Posted July 5, 2008 | 01:27 AM (EST)
also posted at CommonDreams

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3482.shtml
FISA ‘compromise’ completes transformation of US into full police state
By Larry Chin
Online Journal Associate Editor
Jul 11, 2008, 15:38
also posted at GlobalResearch & DissentMag

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/internet-users-stop-comca_b_112153.html
Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on the Horizon
Timothy Karr
Huffington Post
Posted July 11, 2008 | 11:39 AM (EST)
also posted at CommonDreams

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-d-romero/fighting-the-unconstituti_b_112329.html
Fighting the Unconstitutional Spying Law
Anthony D. Romero
Huffington Post
Posted July 12, 2008 | 02:48 PM (EST)

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/06/att-whistleblow.html
AT&T Whistleblower: Spy Bill Creates 'Infrastructure for a Police State'
By Ryan Singel
Wired News
June 27, 2008 | 1:14:59 PM
also posted at Global Research, July 14, 2008

http://antifascist-calling.blogspot.com/2008/07/air-force-cyber-command-building.html
Air Force Cyber Command: Building the Infrastructure for High-Tech War Crimes
Posted by Antifascist at 12:03 PM
Saturday, July 19, 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/27/national/main4297682.shtml
Verizon Refuses Phone Records Query
Refuses To Address Maine Legislator's Question On Customer Records Because Of "National Security"
CBS News
AUGUSTA, Me., July 27, 2008

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-aaron/yip-yip-comcast-unleashes_b_115970.html
Comcast Unleashes the Lapdogs
Craig Aaron
Posted July 30, 2008 | 08:19 PM (EST)
also posted at CommonDreams

http://www.prisonplanet.com/get-outraged-and-get-active-about-internet-censorship.html
Get Outraged And Get Active About Internet Censorship
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

http://infowars.net/articles/august2008/050808i911.htm
Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act
Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig details government plans to overhaul and restrict the Internet
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/08/air-force-suspe.html
Air Force Suspends Controversial Cyber Command
By Noah Shachtman
Wired
August 13, 2008 | 10:47:00 AMCategories: Info War

http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/israel-isnt-the-only-one-ramping-up-their-blogger-pr-campaign/
Israel isn’t the Only One Ramping Up Their Blogger PR Campaign
Posted by willyloman
willyloman.wordpress.com
on January 20, 2009

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2009/01/downvote-bots-fight-propaganda-war.html
Downvote Bots Fight Propaganda War
GW
georgewashington2
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

http://dark-wraith.com/index.php?itemid=255
Sen. Diane Feinstein's Net Neutrality Killer
by Dark Wraith
dark-wraith.com
01:56:21 on 02/14/09

http://www.infowars.com/internet-attack-propaganda-increases-as-cyber-bill-approaches/
Internet Attack Propaganda Increases as Cyber Bill Approaches - Alt
by Kurt Nimmo
Global Research
July 11, 2009
Infowars.com - 2009-07-08

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet - Alt - Alt
by Declan McCullagh
CNet
August 28, 2009 12:34 AM PDT
also posted at AmericanEveryman & OhBummer

http://dprogram.net/2009/08/31/dictator-obama-the-worst-is-yet-to-come/
Dictator Obama – The Worst Is Yet To Come - Alt
By Sher Zieve
Rense
8-31-9
Posted at DProgram by sakerfa on August 31, 2009

http://antifascist-calling.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-administration-seeks-emergency.html
Obama Administration Seeks "Emergency Control" of the Internet - Alt
By Tom Burghardt
antifascist-calling
Saturday, August 29, 2009
also posted at Creative-i

http://www.prisonplanet.com/time-magazine-pushes-draconian-internet-licensing-plan.html
Time Magazine Pushes Draconian Internet Licensing Plan
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7015973.ece
Google links up with US spy-master to thwart threats to cyberspace - Alt
James Bone in New York
From The Times Online
February 5, 2010
also posted at DProgram

http://www.corbettreport.com/articles/20100205_rising_tide_internet_censorship.htm
The Rising Tide of Internet Censorhsip - Alt - Alt - Alt
Will recent successes in fighting internet controls be enough to stave off tyranny?
James Corbett
The Corbett Report
5 February, 2010
also posted at Uruknet & GlobalRsrch & RevRadio

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10448060-38.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1
FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited - Alt - Alt
by Declan McCullagh
CNet
February 5, 2010 9:16 AM PST
also posted at BLN & RogueGov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUNV-B3glfg
Alex Jones On Russia Today – Fighting Internet Takeover By Pentagon, NSA - video - (RTYuTb - 4m56s - 02/05/10)
Russia Today
YouTub
02/05/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMHyjRjyzRQ
Webster Tarpley On The Draconian Internet Takeover - video - (RT-YuTb - 4 min 37 sec -  February 05, 2010)
Russia Today
YouTube
February 05, 2010

http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/how-corporate-dollars-dominate-black-and-latino-conversation-network-neutrality
How Corporate Dollars Dominate the Black and Latino Conversation on Network Neutrality
by Bruce A. Dixon
BAR
Posted Wed, 02/03/2010 - 11:22

http://www.prisonplanet.com/frightening-taste-of-internet-censorship-as-major-free-speech-websites-blocked.html
Frightening Taste Of Internet Censorship As Major Free Speech Websites Blocked - Alt
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, February 8, 2010
also posted at DProgram

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100025849/control-freaks-want-web-licences-to-end-bloggers-anonymity-be-very-afraid/
Control freaks want web licences to end bloggers' anonymity – be very afraid - Alt
By Gerald Warner
Telegraph dot Co : Politics 
Last updated: February 12th, 2010
also posted at DProgram

http://www.infowars.com/cyberwar-scam-designed-to-destroy-open-internet/
Cyberwar Scam Designed to Destroy Open Internet - Alt - contains videos
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 2, 2010
also posted at DProgram

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5648.shtml
What the cyberecurity bill is really about
By W. R. McAfee
Online Journal Guest Writer
Mar 4, 2010, 00:16

http://www.infowars.com/pentagon-targets-wikileaks/
Pentagon Targets WikiLeaks - Alt
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 15, 2010
also posted at BLN

http://antifascist-calling.blogspot.com/
Pentagon's Cyber Command: Civilian Infrastructure a "Legitimate" Target - Alt - Alt
by Tom Burghardt
AntiFascist Calling
Sunday, April 18, 2010
also posted at GlobalRsrch & Uruknet

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25272.htm
Draft of Secretive International Copyright Treaty Leaked -- Confirms Fears About Internet Freedom - Alt
On the table: losing internet access due to infringement allegations, and widespread data sharing across national borders.
By Michael Geist
www.informationclearinghouse.info
April 20, 2010
also posted at Alternet

http://antifascist-calling.blogspot.com/2010/04/cyberwar-and-repression-corporatist.html
Cyberwar and Repression: Corporatist Synergy Made in Hell - Alt - Alt - Alt
Tom Burghardt
Anti-Fascist Calling
Sunday, April 25, 2010
also posted at Uruknet & ThePeoplesForum & UncommonThoughts

http://www.infowars.com/calls-increase-for-government-to-regulate-internet-journalists-and-bloggers/
Calls Increase for Government to Regulate Internet Journalists and Bloggers - Alt
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
June 2, 2010
also posted at DProgram

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8SzqrIUff0
Alex Covers More Anti Free Speech Attacks from Our Govt Part I  - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vt1_w5D0Rw
Alex Covers More Anti Free Speech Attacks from Our Govt Part II - video
YouTube
TheAlexJonesChannel
June 02, 2010

http://www.infowars.com/fcc-talks-up-sovietization-of-media/
FCC Talks Up Sovietization of Media - Alt
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
June 4, 2010
also posted at DProgram

http://agonist.org/netbetrayal
"74 Democrats sold you out to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast"
Michael Collins
The Agonist
June 5, 2010 - 10:54pm

NSA Programs

  --  ECHELON - NSA

http://home.hiwaay.net/~pspoole/echelon.html
ECHELON: America's Secret Global Surveillance Network - database - article list
Patrick S. Poole
home.hiwaay.net

http://www.nsawatch.org/echelon.html
Information on NSA's Echelon Program - database
NSA Watch

http://www.learnworld.com/COURSES/P172/P172.Links.html
P172 POLITICS OF THE INTERNET: TABLE OF LINKS - database
learnworld.com/

http://www.hermetic.ch/crypto/echelon/echelon.htm
The NSA's ECHELON System - database - article list
Hermetic Systems - Crypto Systems

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ECHELON
Echelon - sourcewatch
Source Watch

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jason_Leopold/Articles
Jason Leopold/Articles - sourcewatch
Source Watch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON
Echelon - wikipedia
wikipedia

http://www.nsawatch.org/echelonfaq.html
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Echelon - nsa watch
NSA Watch

http://www.cisse.info/colloquia/cisse7/courseware/computerethics/issues.htm
National Colloquium for Information System Security Education - database
NCISSE

http://jya.com/dst-pa.htm
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL OPTIONS ASSESSMENT - STOA presentation & analysis
DEVELOPMENT OF SURVEILLANCE  TECHNOLOGY AND RISK OF ABUSE OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION
Volume 1/5 - PE 168.184/Vol 1/5/EN
Document de travail pour le Panel STOA
Luxembourg, December 1999  
posted at -  Cryptome/JYA Archives                               

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/Secrets_R_Us.html
Secrets R US
Deceptions and schemes in the military-intelligence-industrial complex
by Greg Guma
Toward Freedom magazine, August / September 2001

http://jya.com/nsa-crack.htm
As someone working on an Echelon story asked elsewhere, just what strength of crypto can NSA crack these days.
From: "Brian Gladman" <gladman@seven77.demon.co.uk>
To: <ukcrypto@maillist.ox.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Germany Frees Crypto
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:30:07 +0100

http://www.truthout.org/article/jason-leopold-the-nsa-spy-engine-echelon
Jason Leopold | The NSA Spy Engine: Echelon
The NSA Spy Engine: Echelon
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Investigative Report
Monday 09 January 2006

http://gilc.org/privacy/survey/intro.html
GLOBAL INTERNET LIBERTY CAMPAIGN PRIVACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Practice
GILC dot Org

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/16/echelon_in_your_backyard/
NSA uses ECHELON against US citizens
And the Pat Act is off for now
By Thomas C Greene in Washington DC → More by this author
Published Friday 16th December 2005 22:36 GMT

http://www.ufomind.com/misc/1998/oct/d03-001.shtml
Europeans question NSA "Echelon" network [news]
From: BOB SHELL <76750.2717@compuserve.com>
www.ufomind.com
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:34:27 -0800

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2009/12/21/on-a-parent-s-death-and-minding-your-ton
On A Parent's Death And Minding Your Tongue In The U.S.A.
By Emily Spence
The Peoples Voice
December 21st, 2009 1:26 AM

  --  Groundbreaker - NSA

http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2007/10/what-nacchio-te/comments/page/2/
What Nacchio Tells Us about the NSA
by emptywheel
thenexthurrah.typepad.com

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=civilliberties_113#civilliberties_113
Early June, 2006: Lawsuit Alleges Constitutional Violations by NSA and Telecom Firms - timeline
historycommons

  --  Swift Monitoring

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_W._Bush's_bank_records_spying
George W. Bush's bank records spying - sourcewatch
Source Watch

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092801846.html
Belgium Rules Sifting of Bank Data Illegal
Prime Minister Says SWIFT Group Wrongly Cooperated With U.S. Anti-Terrorism Effort
By John Ward Anderson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, September 29, 2006; Page A14

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/27602res20061204.html
European Officials Declare U.S. Financial Spying Dragnet Illegal
ACLU
20061204

http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/09/29/secret_us_program_broke_law_belgium_says/
Secret US program broke law, Belgium says
By John Ward Anderson
Washington Post
September 29, 2006

http://www.moneylaundering.com/NewsBriefDisplay.aspx?id=1039
Secret terrorist probe not so secret – or useful, insiders say - Alt
By Rachael Lee Coleman
rcoleman@moneylaundering.com
Money Laundering
Jun 30, 2006

http://www.prisonplanet.com/obamas-internet-wiretap-move-just-one-small-facet-of-total-domination-project.html
Obama’s Internet Wiretap Move: Just One Small Facet Of Total Domination Project
Experts warn that Internet is being centralized under government control
Steve Watson
Prisonplanet.com
Monday, Sept 27th, 2010