About: C. Mitchell Shaw
Posts by C. Mitchell Shaw
What Does Recent CIA Revelation Mean About Encryption?
As a joint report from the Washington Post and German broadcaster ZDF reveals, the CIA secretly owned the major manufacturer of encryption devices used by most governments of the...
Given “Intelligence Coup of the Century,” How Can U.S. Explain Foreign Policy Failures?
With the ability of the CIA and NSA to easily crack the encrypted communications of nations all over the world for over 50 years, how could American foreign relations...
Inside the Crowd at the Richmond Gun Rally
Scores of thousands descended on the Capitol grounds in Richmond, Virginia Monday. On one of the coldest days of the year, they came to stand up for the right...
Freeing the Web From Big Tech
Today’s Web is far different from the electronic public square it was originally created to be. Yet there is realistic hope the Web can be liberated from the stifling...
Virginia Governor Abuses Law to Declare State of Emergency, Ban Guns for Planned Pro-gun Rally
In an egregious attempt to pervert the law for his own political agenda, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has issued a state of emergency and banned all weapons during a...
Trump Says “Support for Impeachment Is Dropping Like a Rock,” Polls Agree
Recent polls indicate a steadily increasing drop in Impeachment Fever, leading the president to say that “Support for Impeachment is dropping like a rock.” ...
“Second Amendment Sanctuary” Idea Gaining Ground as Dems Push for More Gun Control
As Virginia Democrats set their sites on restricting the Second Amendment in the Old Dominion, citizens are pushing back, demanding that cities, towns, and counties in Virginia be declared...
Trevor Loudon: Pro-Chinese Communists Illegally Helped Flip Virginia to Democrat Control
Virginia’s switch from Red to Blue is the result of years of work on the part of pro-Chinese communists and well-connected “fellow travelers.” ...
Sexual Assault Charges Dropped Against WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange, But He Still Faces Extradition to U.S.
The original sexual-assault charge against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been dropped owing to lack of evidence, but he still faces extradition to the United States on espionage charges. ...
Polls Indicate Impeachment Scheme Losing Popularity
The most recent analysis of poll data finds that Democrats are likely to turn out as the big losers in their impeachment gamble. Even as that analysis shows the...
“Whistleblower” Eric Ciaramella Connected to Burisma Holdings Scandal
It is now reported that so-called whistleblower Eric Ciaramella was intricately involved in early attempts to force Ukraine to kill the investigation into Hunter Biden’s employer in 2016. ...
Trumping Democrats: President Promises to Release Transcript of First Call to Zelensky
Democrats are scrambling. Having leveraged (read: gambled) what little political capital and credibility they still have on the risky business of impeaching a president they seem to know they...
Web 2.0 Was Hijacked and Broken by Big Tech. Privacy Pioneers Are Building a Better Web 3.0
The Web began in freedom — freedom of speech, freedom of intellectual diversity, freedom of information, freedom of expression. In the decades since its creation, the Web has undergone...
Religious Liberty Sacrificed for Abortion “Rights”
A new Trump administration rule that would have allowed healthcare clinicians to refuse to provide abortions for moral or religious reasons has been struck down as “unconstitutional.” ...
Rand Paul Holds His Ground on Media Naming the Trump “Whistleblower”
Senator Rand Paul continues to call out liberal mainstream media outlets for refusing to print the name of the “whistleblower” who helped launch the most recent wave of the...