It is said that even a broken clock is right twice a day, and so it is with Russia's Vladimir Putin. He's no squishy believer in individual liberty, but he has accurately assessed American foreign policy. Reported MSNBC: "Sometimes it seems to me that America does not need allies, it needs vassals," the Russian prime [...]
The NDAA Conference Report passed the Senate by a vote of 86-13 this evening, with detainee provisions intact. It should be noted here that 6 additional senators voted NO than when S. 1867 was previously voted on and passed 93-7 on December 1. This is by no means the end of this fight. Several senators [...]
In the government's latest attempt to break the internet in order to "fix" it, the House Judiciary Committee is holding hearings today on SOPA (H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Privacy Act), an overly broad bill that would jeopardize entire segments of the web at the discretion of prosecutors and judges. SOPA is a House counter-part [...]
