About: C. Mitchell Shaw
Posts by C. Mitchell Shaw
New Investigation May Focus on Whether Officer Threatened to Kill Alton Sterling
In the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice clearing both officers invloved in the shooting death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge last Summer, the state of Louisiana...
DOJ Clears Baton Rouge Officers in Alton Sterling Shooting Death
After almost a year of investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice says it will not charge the two Baton Rouge police officers who fatally shot Alton Sterling in the...
Digital Privacy Group Challenges “Hacking” Warrant in Child Porn Case
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will argue in court today that the warrant used by the FBI in the now infamous “Playpen” child pornography case was unconstitutional. EFF —...
War on Police: Restaurant Staff Serenade Cops With “F*** tha Police”
An incident in the Raleigh, North Carolina, suburb of Garner serves to illustrate just how pervasive the War on Police — which is part of a larger War on...
UC Berkeley and the Communist Plot to Kill Free Speech
Among colleges and universities, the University of California, Berkeley has — since the 1960s — held the title as the most radically liberal. Hailed as “the birthplace of Free...
Wikitribune: Wikipedia Co-founder’s Open-source News Site to Combat Fake News
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is launching an innovative news website called Wikitribune to combat “fake news” by creating a partnership between professional journalists and a community of volunteer contributors....
The NSA’s Eye in the Sky: Blimp Spies on Americans
The surveillance hawks — it would appear — are never satisfied. When it comes to harvesting the data of American citizens, their mantra seems to be “too much is...
The CIA’s Hacking Ability
WikiLeaks released thousands of pages of information provided by an informant, showing that the CIA not only developed tools to hack every major electronic device, but lost them. ...
Foiling Foul Hackers
Since WikiLeaks released the details of the CIA’s hacking program, many are worried about their digital privacy. Here are a few things you can do to protect that privacy....
FISA Warrant Proves Deep State Surveillance of Trump Campaign
A newly revealed FISA warrant shows that a Trump campaign advisor was under surveillance by the Deep State during the campaign, adding even more evidence to Trump's assertion that the...
FBI Informants Inside Geek Squad May Have Compromised Child Porn Case
Geek Squad employees — who are also paid by the FBI — have been using a computer forensic tool developed in cooperation with the FBI to search customers' computers...
Russia Probe Witch Hunt Claims Another Victim: Nunes Steps Down
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has stepped down from the investigation into Russian interference in the recent presidential election. While Nunes is the latest casualty in the...
Despite Reports, FCC Rules Overturned by Trump Did Not Actually Protect Privacy
Late last month, President Trump signed a controversial bill preventing new restrictions on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from going into effect. The issue is sharply divided along party lines,...
Ranking Democrat Investigating Trump’s Russian Connections: No Definitive Proof
In the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the recent presidential election, much of the focus has been on the alleged connections between Russia and the Trump campaign. And...
Trump Surveillance: Has the Deep State Finally Gone Too Far?
The agents of the deep state have gone too far this time. If President Trump pushes back with the full weight of his Article II authority and has the...