Archives for June 2013

The Secret War: General Keith Alexander’s secret army

James Bamford, The Secret War. Wired, 12 June 2013. “NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar…. Infiltration. Sabotage. Mayhem. For years, four-star General Keith Alexander has been building a secret army capable of launching devastating cyber attacks. Now it’s ready to unleash hell.”

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America’s Worst Charities

Kris Hundley and Kendall Taggart, America’s Worst Charities. A collaboration between the Tampa Bay Times, The Center for Investigative Reporting and CNN. Four-part series beginning on 6 June 2013. “You’ve given them more than $1 billion. They’ve given almost nothing to the needy.”

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Timeline of Edward Snowden’s revelations

Joshua Eaton and Ben Piven, Timeline of Edward Snowden’s revelations. Al Jazeera. First stories published on 5 June 2013. Al Jazeera’s timeline of Edward Snowden’s NSA surveillance revelations. The information is from the media outlets that first reported the stories.