Chicago Police Chief Fired in Wake of Video Release
Only days after he told reporters that he had Mayor Rahm Emanuel's full support, Chicago police chief Garry McCarthy has been fired by the mayor. Emanuel announced the dismissal...
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Race and Politics? Chicago Police Union Defends Officer Van Dyke
Race and politics are dividing factors in far too many issues that are not primarily about race or politics. Police shootings are no exception. In fact — as the...
Chicago Protesters Demand Police Reform, Demilitarization
About 2,000 protesters descended on The Magnificent Mile — a major shopping area in Chicago — on Black Friday to protest the police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The protest,...
Chicago Police Officer Van Dyke Charged With Murder — After 400 Days
Exactly 400 days after Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, killing him, Chicago police released a video of the shooting. On the same...
“Clock Boy’s” Family Demands $15 Million From School and City
When Ahmed Mohamed "made" a clock that looked like a bomb and took it to school, he was thrust into the media spotlight. He was showered with gifts and...
Windows 10 Is Malware; Deletes Users’ Programs
Windows 10 seems to be Microsoft's deliberate attempt to create the most intrusive operating system ever. If that is the goal, the software giant from Redmond, Washington, is succeeding....
Senate Judiciary Investigation Focuses on Hillary’s Aides
One question that has been hovering in the background of Hillary Clinton's e-mail scandal is whether she allowed classified information to be viewed by anyone without proper clearance. On...
Trump Promises to Bring Back Waterboarding
Donald Trump has promised that if he is elected, he will "Make America Great Again!" Apparently, that "greatness" includes the type of torture that was rejected by many Americans...
NSA Documents: E-mail Surveillance Continues With Less Oversight
When Edward Snowden released a trove of documents in 2013 revealing the depth and breadth of NSA surveillance of Americans, the agency admitted that it previously had a program...
Inspector General: DHS Risks National Security
The Department of Homeland Security is risking national security by illegally maintaining 136 "sensitive but unclassified," "Secret," and "Top Secret" systems with "expired authorities to operate," according to an...
Court Overturns Injunction Against NSA Phone Surveillance Program
The battle over the legality of NSA surveillance is heating up again. Just last week, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon ordered the NSA to stop collecting the telephone...
Surveillance Hawks Blame Cryptography for Paris Attacks
Unsurprisingly, in the wake of last week's deadly attacks in Paris, there has been an escalating demand — by those always in favor of such things — for an increase in...
CIA Director: Paris Attacks Result of Too Little Gov’t Surveillance
After the deadly attacks in Paris last week in which nearly 500 people were either killed or injured by ISIS terrorists, CIA director John Brennan wasted no time in...
Net Neutrality Puts Political Websites in the Crosshairs of Censorship
When Net Neutrality was sold to the American people, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler promised there would be no regulation of content. No censorship. The rules would allow the FCC...
Net Neutrality Faces New Challenges
With a 3-2 vote on February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reclassified the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act. Now, almost...