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  Why is this ex-CIA whistleblower going to prison?

  By Jeff Blagdon on January 7, 2013 01:50 am + 31 comments

  When 15-year CIA veteran John C. Kiriakou first started speaking out against waterboarding in 2007, Continue reading…

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  Google's years-long effort to defuse the FTC's antitrust accusations

  By Adi Robertson on January 4, 2013 06:41 pm + 131 comments

  After months of investigation, the FTC closed an antitrust investigation of Google with a relatively Continue reading…

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  Library of Congress won't launch its Twitter archive anytime soon

  By Amar Toor on January 4, 2013 11:21 am + 7 comments

  In 2010, the Library of Congress announced plans to collect every public Twitter post in a single Continue reading…

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  The 'tsunami bomb' that could have altered the face of World War II

  By Amar Toor on January 3, 2013 04:19 pm + 54 comments

  In 1944, less than a year before the end of World War II, the US and New Zealand began testing an Continue reading…

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  US State Department doesn't want Eric Schmidt to visit North Korea right now

  By Amar Toor on January 3, 2013 01:57 pm + 83 comments

  The US State Department today weighed in on Eric Schmidt's plans to visit North Korea, criticizing Continue reading…

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  Filmmakers head to Washington, DC as Oscar politics blur with the real world

  By Ben Kersey on December 23, 2012 01:03 pm + 6 comments

  Critics and members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are typically the driving Continue reading…

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  Air Force pilot grapples with the psychological costs of drone warfare

  By Amar Toor on December 17, 2012 04:05 am + 38 comments

  Brandon Bryant used to be one of the best drone pilots in the US Air Force, but his career came to Continue reading…

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  Japan's ruling elite taps Google+ Hangouts for votes

  By Ben Kersey on December 13, 2012 06:57 am + 12 comments

  Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda — as well as his opponents in the upcoming election — Continue reading…

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  Game or be gamed: Douglas Rushkoff on prototyping democracy through play

  By Joshua Kopstein on December 12, 2012 02:34 pm + 6 comments

  Love it or hate it, the "games as art" debate won't be going away anytime soon. It reared its head Continue reading…

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  Exposing the US military's 'diabolical' drug experiments on its own soldiers

  By Amar Toor on December 10, 2012 05:52 am + 26 comments

  The New Yorker this week published an extensive and utterly fascinating piece on Colonel James S. Continue reading…