About: Thomas R. Eddlem
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Mockingjay Part 1: The “Empire Strikes Back” of the “Hunger Games” Series
The latest and third big-screen installment of the Hunger Games films, The Mockingjay Part One, is a well-produced and entertaining blockbuster guaranteed to make a bundle of cash at...
NSA: Warrantless Surveillance Would Continue Without Patriot Act Extension
Even if a controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act used to justify the legality of warrantless searches expires on June 1 without congressional action, NSA and White House...
Federal Marshals Engage in Widespread Phone Surveillance Via Airplane
The U.S. Marshal's Service of the Justice Department has engaged in widespread airborne surveillance of Americans' telephone calls and data, according to a Wall Street Journal report. ...
Obama’s “Net Neutrality” Rules: Threat to Free Speech
President Obama's November 10 announcement that he would seek the “strongest possible rules” through the Federal Communications Commission to enforce "net neutrality" will serve as a key threat to...
GOP Election Rout, But How Much Will Change?
Voters gave Republicans control over the U.S. House and Senate, as well as more governorships and state legislatures in Tuesday's election, smashing the notion touted by MSNBC analysts after...
Is the NSA Grabbing All Americans’ Phone Call Content?
The NSA and the National Director of Intelligence have consistently denied they listen to the content of Americans' telephone calls, but the history of the intelligence agency's claims about...
National Journal: NSA Outsources Surveillance of Americans to British Intelligence
The National Journal reported that the NSA has given broad access to British intelligence to Americans' telephone calls and Internet traffic, possibly as a means of circumventing the Fourth...
Former CBS Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Reveals More Wiretapping Details
Former CBS-TV anchor Sharyl Attkisson has revealed in a YouTube video and leak to the New York Post more details of how government agents under the Obama administration have wiretapped journalists....
CIA Study: Arming Syrian Rebels Won’t Work; Obama Does It Anyway
Despite the conclusions of a secret CIA study which found that arming rebels hardly ever results in toppling governments, the Obama administration plunged ahead toward arming the Syrian rebels....
Twitter Sues for Surveillance Disclosure
Internet giant Twitter filed a lawsuit October 7 against the FBI in order to be allowed to publicly disclose details about information it must submit to federal officials without...
CFR Calls Obama’s Orwellian UN Address “Impressive”
Bush-era State Department bureaucrat Stewart M. Patrick proclaimed President Obama's Orwellian address to the United Nations General Assembly “one of the most impressive speeches of his presidency” on the...
Movie Review: The Maze Runner Never Finds Its Way
A maze is defined as “a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way.” But The Maze Runner never finds...
Obama Issues “No Ground Troops” Flip-Flop
The Obama administration has completed its second flip-flop on his Syrian war policy in just over a month with the admission by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
House Liberty Caucus Republicans Stand Strong Against Third Iraq War
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Liberty Caucus have become the sole congressional voice openly speaking out against President Obama's proposed third war in Iraq. ...
The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws
Gun control laws may not in theory be inherently racist, but they have consistently served racist goals throughout American history. ...