Barr and Trump United in Opposition to Spy Bill — But The Reasons Raise Questions
By Janet Phelan Attorney General William Barr has reversed himself and is now urging Congress to vote down the surveillance reauthorizations in HR 6172. Stating…
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Senate Approves Spy Bill, Possible Link to Pending Covid-19 Actions
By Janet Phelan In a vote of 80-16, the US Senate yesterday approved HR 6172, which reauthorizes several surveillance authorities originally passed into law via…
“Big Brother” Bill Hits Senate Floor for Vote Next Week
By Janet Phelan Next week, the US Senate will consider the permanent reauthorization of sections of the USA PATRIOT Act which permitted the wholesale spying…
Lockdowns in Third World Result in Starvation, Police Assaults
By Janet Phelan A number of developing countries which have initiated “Stay at Home” orders are now experiencing hunger and starvation deaths, as well as…
Did John Bolton and Hillary Clinton Enable the Corona Crisis?
By Janet Phelan In May of 2001, six months before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the anthrax letters (Amerithrax) in the US,…
Book Burnings in the Digital Age: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and now….Poetry?
By Janet Phelan “Where books are burned, in the end people will be burned” — Heinrich Heine, German poet A recent article in the Washington…
Justice in the Time of Corona
By Janet Phelan “I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time…
Media Watch: Groundbreaking UN Torture Report Shunned by Mainstream
By Janet Phelan The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has issued a report which gives official acknowledgement—possibly for the first time—to aspects…
Facebook Hits C****vir*s Articles with a Sledgehammer
By Janet Phelan Articles from mainstream publications and vetted online venues are now apparently being removed from Facebook for simply mentioning the coronavirus. As of…
Is Covid-19 “The Big One” Or Just A “Dry Run?”
By Janet Phelan Let’s face facts. As viruses go, the coronavirus is likely a dud. Its mortality rate is extremely low, though its contagion factor…
Action Alert: Freedom at Risk Through Surveillance Reauthorization Bill
By Janet Phelan It may be time to dust off your telephone and reassert your rights. At this writing, any remnant of your freedom and…
As the New Virus Spreads, Some Important Things to Remember
By Janet Phelan We’ve been expecting the Big One for some time now. As far as pandemics go, the Big One has been alluded to…
Shadowy Watchlisting Council Has Control Over Your Legal Rights — And It Does Not Really Exist
By Janet Phelan By all commonly accepted standards, the Watchlisting Advisory Council (WLAC) does not exist. It has no physical offices, no employees and was…
An Open Letter to Glenn Greenwald on the Occasion of his Release from Charges
Op-Ed by Janet Phelan Mr. Greenwald, Those of us watching the attacks on the press were acutely aware of the implications of the charges levied…