Wednesday, April 02, 2014
Domestic Surveillance:
Electronic Products: How the NSA masquerades as Facebook to extract info and hack computers
"The latest report from Glenn Greenwald, the man who first interviewed Edward Snowden, and partner, Ryan Gallagher, highlights that the NSA has previously masqueraded as Facebook, using a fake server to infect users’ computers with malware as well as extracted files from their hard drives..."
International Surveillance:
Der Spiegel (DE) - 'A' for Angela Merkel: GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies
"Documents show that Britain's GCHQ intelligence service infiltrated German Internet firms and America's NSA obtained a court order to spy on Germany and collected information about the chancellor in a special database. Is it time for the country to open a formal espionage investigation?"
The Supremes:
Tom Donnelley: A Big Term For Big Business
"...the Chamber [of Commerce] participated in nearly a quarter of the cases decided by the Roberts Court, filing a whopping 18 amicus briefs overall. All told, it racked up an impressive record of 14 wins and 3 losses – or an 82% winning percentage.[1] That means that, since Samuel Alito succeeded Sandra Day O’Connor on the Court in January 2006, the Chamber has won 70.5% of its cases overall (74 out of 105), compared with only 43% in the late Burger Court (15 of 35 from 1981-1986) and 56% in the stable Rehnquist Court (45 of 80 from 1994-2005)..."
Electronic Products: How the NSA masquerades as Facebook to extract info and hack computers
"The latest report from Glenn Greenwald, the man who first interviewed Edward Snowden, and partner, Ryan Gallagher, highlights that the NSA has previously masqueraded as Facebook, using a fake server to infect users’ computers with malware as well as extracted files from their hard drives..."
International Surveillance:
Der Spiegel (DE) - 'A' for Angela Merkel: GCHQ and NSA Targeted Private German Companies
"Documents show that Britain's GCHQ intelligence service infiltrated German Internet firms and America's NSA obtained a court order to spy on Germany and collected information about the chancellor in a special database. Is it time for the country to open a formal espionage investigation?"
The Supremes:
Tom Donnelley: A Big Term For Big Business
"...the Chamber [of Commerce] participated in nearly a quarter of the cases decided by the Roberts Court, filing a whopping 18 amicus briefs overall. All told, it racked up an impressive record of 14 wins and 3 losses – or an 82% winning percentage.[1] That means that, since Samuel Alito succeeded Sandra Day O’Connor on the Court in January 2006, the Chamber has won 70.5% of its cases overall (74 out of 105), compared with only 43% in the late Burger Court (15 of 35 from 1981-1986) and 56% in the stable Rehnquist Court (45 of 80 from 1994-2005)..."
