National Security Agency

Michael Hastings: 5 Conspiracy Theories That Didn't Pan Out

See also: Michael Hastings' Dangerous Mind: Journalistic Star Was Loved, Feared and Haunted. The June 18 crash of Michael Hastings took the life of a talented but troubled journalist. As Gene Maddaus' excellent feature in the latest issue of LA Weekly demonstrates, the L.A.-based writer had people ... More >>

Michael Hastings' Dangerous Mind: Journalistic Star Was Loved, Feared and Haunted

Google Reads Your Gmail?

This might not be surprising to many. But Google recently admitted that "'a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy" when she uses Gmail. The statement was made as part of a class action suit against the search giant that alleges Google violates state and federal wiretap laws when it scans ... More >>

The Monsanto Menace

The feds see no evil as a belligerent strongman seeks control of America's food supply

Henry Rollins: Worried About the NSA? What About Google?

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Sunday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: The Raw Power of The Stooges I have a feeling (no hard data) that the h ... More >>

Texting While Driving Could be Federal Crime Soon

The federal government has been getting all up in your business lately. One federal whistle blower last year said he believes the National Security Agency is storing all our emails. You know, just in case. And President Obama recently flip-flopped on medical marijuana, saying flat out that pot busin ... More >>

FBI Agents Encouraged to Search Your Trash, Public Databases Just to Sniff Around For Crime

Malingering​What the hell happened to America after 9/11? Have we lost sight of our founding principles? The FBI plans to issue new rules for its agents saying, essentially, that they can and should dig through our trash and search databases (Facebook, Twitter?) if people who aren't suspects ... More >>

Sidney Harman Buys Newsweek; Rep. Jane Harman Vows Hands Off

Jane Harman, D-Venice​The Washington Post Co. has found a buyer for Newsweek, its money-losing magazine that is stumbling into the digital age: Sidney Harman, the 91-year-old husband of Rep. Jane Harman, D-Venice. Donald Graham, the chairman of the Post Co., chose Harman over two other bidders bec ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Restrepo, Eyes Wide Open, The Sun Behind the Clouds

Also, Knight and Day, Raavan, The Killer Inside Me and more

On the Road to Burma

Globetrotting with Ozomatli, unlikely U.S. diplomats

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Harman Heard? A 2006 National Security Agency phone tap allegedly recorded South Bay Congresswoman Jane Harman offering to lobby the Justice Department on behalf of two members of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee accused of espionage. The call was reportedly with an Israeli agent. In ex ... More >>

Movie Reviews: An American Affair, Phoebe in Wonderland, 12

Also, Between Love & Goodbye, Toyo's Camera and more

Movie Reviews: Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience, Must Read After My Death, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

Also, Dog Eat Dog, Echelon Conspiracy and more

Kevin Smith, McG and James Burrows Get in the Pilot Seat

Two big-screen directors and one sitcom king take on fall debuts

Die Hardest

Bruce is back — bad guys beware

Film Reviews

Backstage, Charlotte's Web, Eragon and more

Harman's Two-Front War

The veteran L.A. Democrat is under fire from her colleagues and her constituents

Guerrillas in Our Midst

The clowns behind “I’m Going to Kill the President!”

Scandalous! A Year of Republican Treachery

Weekend Warriors

Fear and loathing set in among Republican foot soldiers

The Shape of '06

The Republicans have one theme, but that’s one more than the Democrats

Major Mud

With Bush providing nothing for his party to run on, 2006 shapes up as the year of the slimeball

Impeachment Sickness

Could Al Gore really be the cure?

Scandalous! A Year of Republican Treachery

Impeaching Presidents — and Messengers

Bush, The New York Times and the Patriot Act

Teaching Torture

Congress quietly keeps School of the Americas alive

Letters

From Their Vaults to Your Desktop

Finding documents “The Man” wants to hide

Future Tense

Today's computer conveniences could be the tools of tomorrow's totalitarianism

The War Over Your Personal Privacy Is Over.
You Lost.

The top five ways the technological revolution has been a war against you

Kosovo Conundrum

The Collective Confusion of American Progressives

Weapons of Mass Distraction

U.S. arms dealing leads Project Censored’s list of the Top 10 underreported stories of 1997