Lobsters
- Software is a Long Con https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/14/software-is-a-long-con/ 11 comments culture , security
- Jack Smith to Aileen Cannon: Treating Non-Lawyer Tom Fitton's Theories as Law Will Lead to Mandamus https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/04/03/jack-smith-to-aileen-cannon-treating-non-lawyer-tom-fittons-theories-as-law-will-lead-to-manadamus/ 3 comments law
- SCOTUS Invites Jack Smith to Supersede Trump with Inciting Insurrection - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/03/04/scotus-invites-jack-smith-to-supersede-trump-with-inciting-insurrection/ 375 comments law
- How Trump Distracted from Results of His Incitement by Recruiting Journalists to Spread More of It https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/11/24/how-trump-distracted-from-results-of-his-incitement-by-recruiting-journalists-to-spread-more-of-it/ 4 comments law
- Abbe Lowell just asked for subpoenas to serve on Donald Trump, Bill Barr, Jeffrey Rosen, and Richard Donoghue so he can see if they have personal records of improper politicization of the case against Hunter Biden. https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/11/15/in-bid-for-a-trump-subpoena-abbe-lowell-cites-trumps-complaints-about-politicization/ 5 comments law
- Trump Is Going Through the Motions to Dismiss until He Resumes the Presidency https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/27/trump-is-going-through-the-motions-to-dismiss-until-he-resumes-the-presidency/ 107 comments law
- Donald Trump Raises Conflict Concerns about His Mike Flynn Pardon https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/22/donald-trump-raises-conflict-concerns-about-his-mike-flynn-pardon/ 39 comments law
- Rudy's Very Bad Week https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/20/rudys-very-bad-week/ 7 comments law
- Judge Aileen Cannon Treated a Public Letter about Trump's Health as More Sensitive than America's National Security - emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/10/05/judge-aileen-cannon-treated-a-public-letter-about-trumps-health-as-more-sensitive-than-americas-national-security/ 20 comments law
- Marcy Wheeler cites 85% as how sure a prosecutor needs to be they can get a conviction to justify charging a crime. Is this true; where is this coming from? https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/03/14/mueller-is-close-to-done-but-the-weissmann-news-is-overblown/ 7 comments law
- The Government is Using Secret FISC Court Orders to Backdoor Cryptography https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/11/15/yup-the-government-is-secretly-fighting-the-crypto-wars-in-the-fisa-court/ 6 comments technology
- Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz' rebuttal to Comey's testimony is, on its face, deeply flawed, especially with its attack on Comey for leaking privileged memos. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/06/08/what-a-difference-a-day-makes-to-the-privileges-of-a-king/ 4 comments politics
- A Cosmopolitan Defense of Snowden https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/09/16/a-cosmopolitan-defense-of-snowden/ 3 comments politics
- FBI’s New Restrictions on Pretending to Be a Journalist Does Not Prohibit Them from Pretending to be an iOS Software Update https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/09/15/fbis-new-restrictions-on-pretending-to-be-a-journalist-would-still-permit-fbi-to-pretend-to-be-a-software-update/ 5 comments technology
- John McCain Wants to “Expose” Twitter for Refusing to Sell Your Twitter Data in Bulk to CIA https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/09/13/john-mccain-wants-to-expose-twitter-for-refusing-to-sell-your-twitter-data-in-bulk-to-cia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+emptywheel%2Fcauy+(emptywheel) 3 comments politics
- John McCain Wants to “Expose” Twitter for Refusing to Sell Your Twitter Data in Bulk to CIA https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/09/13/john-mccain-wants-to-expose-twitter-for-refusing-to-sell-your-twitter-data-in-bulk-to-cia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+emptywheel%2Fcauy+(emptywheel) 294 comments technology
- The NSA Has Never Not Been Violating FISA Since It Moved Stellar Wind to FISA in 2004 https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/04/24/the-nsa-has-never-not-been-violating-fisa-since-it-moved-stellar-wind-to-fisa-in-2004/ 7 comments technology
- Former Top Holder Aide Says Back Door Searches Violate Fourth Amendment; FISC Judge Thomas Hogan Doesn’t Care https://www.emptywheel.net/2016/04/22/former-top-holder-aide-says-back-door-searches-violate-fourth-amendment-fisc-judge-thomas-hogan-doesnt-care/ 25 comments technology
- Anonymous Former Intel Official Confirms: CISA Is about Bypassing NSA Minimization on Upstream Collection https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/10/26/anonymous-former-intel-official-confirms-cisa-is-about-bypassing-nsa-minimization/ 26 comments technology
- FBI Caught Their ISIS Hacker by Tracking His Signed Email to His Signed Facebook and Twitter Accounts https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/10/15/fbi-caught-their-isis-hacker-by-tracking-his-signed-email/ 4 comments privacy
- FBI doesnt want you to know it uses NSLs to correlate identities you use online https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/05/31/fbi-doesnt-want-you-to-know-it-uses-nsls-to-correlate-all-the-identities-you-use-online/ 48 comments technology
- FBI Doesn’t Want You To Know It Uses NSLs to “Correlate” All the Identities You Use Online https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/05/31/fbi-doesnt-want-you-to-know-it-uses-nsls-to-correlate-all-the-identities-you-use-online/ 18 comments politics
- Obama's new choice for NSA review committee, Cass Sunstein, wrote a paper in 2008 advocating the use of covert government propaganda to counter conspiracy theories online. http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/08/22/advocate-of-secret-infiltration-cass-sunstein-on-obamas-committee-to-make-us-trust-the-dragnet/ 3 comments privacy
- Obama's new choice for NSA review committee, Cass Sunstein, wrote a paper in 2008 advocating the use of covert government propaganda to counter conspiracy theories online. http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/08/22/advocate-of-secret-infiltration-cass-sunstein-on-obamas-committee-to-make-us-trust-the-dragnet/ 146 comments politics
- Candidate Obama’s Tribute to “Courage and Patriotism” of Whistleblowers Disappears 2 Days after First Snowden Revelations | emptywheel http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/07/25/candidate-obamas-tribute-to-courage-and-patriotism-of-whistleblowers-disappears-2-days-after-first-snowden-revelations/ 6 comments politics
- Uncomfortable Truth: The State Of Evidence in the George Zimmerman Prosecution http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/07/11/uncomfortable-truth-the-state-of-evidence-in-the-george-zimmerman-prosecution/ 7 comments politics
- The NSA Has Been Working on Domestic Spying for Ten-Plus Years http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/06/18/the-truth-the-nsa-has-been-working-on-domestic-spying-for-ten-plus-years/#more-36064 26 comments technology
- Within 11 days of the Bush administration (at least seven 7 months prior to the September 11 attacks), ATT began development of a center for monitoring calls, internet transmissions, and other digital information for the exclusive use of the NSA. http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/06/18/the-truth-the-nsa-has-been-working-on-domestic-spying-for-ten-plus-years/#more-36064 10 comments politics
- Afghanistan Confirms Eleven Children Killed in April 6 NATO Air Strike | emptywheel http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/04/11/afghanistan-confirms-eleven-children-killed-in-april-6-nato-air-strike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=afghanistan-confirms-eleven-children-killed-in-april-6-nato-air-strike 3 comments politics
- John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/03/08/john-brennan-sworn-in-as-cia-director-using-constitution-lacking-bill-of-rights/ 6 comments nottheonion
- DOJ Gives Blackwater a Whitewash On Felony Charges - "I have been practicing criminal law for 25 years and I am absolutely offended by what occurred in Judge Louise Flanagan’s courtroom today. Both she and the Obama Department of Justice should be made to answer for it." http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/02/21/doj-gives-blackwater-a-whitewash-on-felony-charges/ 114 comments politics
- Two Days Before MIT and Cambridge Cops Arrested Aaron Swartz, Secret Service Took Over the Investigation http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/01/13/two-days-before-cambridge-cops-arrested-aaron-swartz-secret-service-took-over-the-investigation/ 11 comments politics
- Breitbart Folks Appear to Fake Violence in Lansing http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/12/11/breitbart-folks-appear-to-fake-violence-in-lansing/ 8 comments politics
- Why would a whistleblower go to Eric Cantor to tell him about Petraeus’ affair? http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/11/11/why-would-a-whistleblower-go-to-eric-cantor/ 5 comments politics
- Mitt Romney is guilty of a hate crime. Will the national media make the comparison between the Amish beard cutting hate crime verdict and Romney's hair cutting assault in 1965? http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/09/20/mitt-romney-guilty-of-a-hate-crime/ 5 comments politics
- After Making Bank Fraud Legal, Eric Holder’s DOJ Makes Torture Legal | emptywheel http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/08/30/after-making-bank-fraud-legal-eric-holders-doj-makes-torture-legal/ 4 comments politics
- National Sickness: No Debate Allowed on Civilians Owning Weapons of War http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/08/14/national-sickness-no-debate-allowed-on-civilians-owning-weapons-of-war/ 6 comments politics
- Mitt Romney and his buddies looted almost $10 Trillion from real economy http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/07/22/mitt-and-his-buddies-looted-21-trillion-from-real-economy/ 2 comments politics
- "Stand Your Ground" Just Tip of Iceberg for Florida Rep. Dennis Baxley’s Racism, Religious Intolerance and Gun Fetish http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/03/23/stand-your-ground-just-tip-of-iceberg-for-baxleys-racism-religious-intolerance-and-gun-fetish/ 3 comments politics
- David Gregory & NBC Give John McCain Blowjob; Screw Americans http://www.emptywheel.net/2012/03/19/david-gregory-screw-americans/ 4 comments politics