When Will our Email Betray Us? An Email Privacy Primer in Light of the Petraeus Saga from EFF.org Updates by Hanni Fakhoury and Kurt Opsahl and Rainey Reitman The unfolding scandal that led to the resignation of Gen. David Petraeus, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, started with some purportedly harassing emails sent from … Read more
Extensive Torture Kills Iranian Blogger in Prison from The Blog Iranian netizen Sattar Beheshti is believed dead six days after he was arrested and taken into custody in Tehran. Beheshti was believed to have died under torture while he was being interrogated. Iranian blogger who was tortured and died in custody is buried from Boing … Read more
CIA chief Petraeus pays surprise visit to Turkey from Hurriyet Daily News Petraeus arrived in Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport with his private plane, according to an exclusive report by Turkish daily newspaper Akşam. CIA chief in Istanbul for talks on Syria and terrorism from Hurriyet Daily News Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus have arrived … Read more
ACLU: America is riddled with politically motivated surveillance from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A new ACLU report, “Policing Free Speech: Police Surveillance and Obstruction of First Amendment-Protected Activity,” documents recent cases of politically motivated surveillance across America — cases in which people were put under surveillance “for doing little more than peacefully exercising their … Read more