The Washington Post and The Guardian have revealed a US government mass Internet surveillance program code-named “PRISM”. They report that the NSA and the FBI

By David Gaffen and Daniel Bases Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by

[CAF Note: The CPAs are getting ready for crowdfunding!] The AICPA has issued its Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities. The FRF for

By Catherine Austin Fitts Responsibility. Coherence. Humanity. Life. The Earth. An inspiring exploration of the real and important were at the heart of John Trudell

By Matthew Cooper Nineteen years ago this month, Eric Holder was having a very different spring in Washington. It wasn’t cruel or grueling. Conservatives didn’t

By Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden,

By Catherine Bosley The Swiss parliament will probably pass a bill allowing banks to resolve a tax-evasion dispute with the U.S., dropping opposition for fear

By Liz Gannes Mary Meeker both tells and shows how fast the Internet industry is moving, via her rapid-fire delivery of the hundreds of slides

A New York Landmark Moves Toward an I.P.O. Despite Legal Appeals Investors hoping to own a piece of the Empire State Building may soon get

By Information Clearing House The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies — including Google, Microsoft, Apple,

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The Open AMERICA Project “Ye are many – they are few” ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley By Catherine Austin Fitts Crowdfunding makes it possible for thousands, if

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“The net worth of U.S. households and nonprofits rose 4.5% in the first quarter to $70.349 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve. It is a

By Barton Gellman and Laura Poitras The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet

By Matt Clinch Tight security restrictions at Thursday’s Google (GOOG) shareholder meeting led even the company’s much-hyped Google Glass technology to be banned, infuriating a

By Brian Pretti CFA To suggest gold is a controversial asset is not bold. For those watching long term, you know gold rose over 300%

By Ashlee Vance and Brad Stone In October, a foreign national named Mike Fikri purchased a one-way plane ticket from Cairo to Miami, where he

By Veracode On April 22, 2011 Sony announced their network had been breached, but released limited details regarding the attack vector. This announcement was a

By The Top Information Post I always believed that the China internet model was an experiment which the Americans were part of in the hopes

By Leo Kelion Researchers say they have found a way to detect and recognise human gestures based on how they affect wi-fi signals. They suggest

HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. Encrypt the web: Install

By Amy Davidson Among the stranger aspects of the court martial of Bradley Manning, the Army private who is accused of giving hundreds of thousands

By Scott Wilson and Colum Lynch President Obama announced Wednesday that national security adviser Thomas E. Donilon is resigning his post and will be replaced

By Cyrus Farivar On Tuesday evening, Iowa City is scheduled to hold the first reading (PDF) of what is likely the first municipal bill anywhere

[CAF Note: This is a summary of one of my favorite books, Political Ponerology. A wonderful subscriber reminded me today “Start anywhere, but read this

FROM: Getting to Real Solutions – A Dialogue with Bonnie Faulkner Catherine Austin Fitts: So let me tell you another one of my bugaboos: B

By Jess Bravin A divided Supreme Court held Monday that police can take DNA samples from people under arrest in the hope of tying them

By GaiamTV There is no doubt that the economies of the world have become increasingly turbulent over the past few years. It appears that these

Photo Credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg By Clea Benson A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is putting the final touches on a plan to liquidate Fannie Mae

Federal regulators have proposed a group of firms that aren’t banks to be deemed potential threats to the financial system that need stricter government oversight.

By Russ Baker A huge story can set off alarm bells everywhere, but somehow, with ever increasing frequency, we note the silence of the mainstream

By BBC Turkey’s main share index closed 10.47% down following investor concerns over the escalation of anti-government protests over the weekend. The Borsa Istanbul 100

Bloomberg Best (and Worst) showcases data that have been analyzed, organized and visualized by the Bloomberg Rankings team. These rankings seek to enlighten and entertain

Photo Credit: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz By Wolf Richter, Testosterone Pit The “March Against Monsanto” in 52 countries, an unapproved strain of its genetically modified wheat growing

Photo Credit: Patty French/Central Ohio Beekeepers Association By Global Research News The Illinois Ag Dept. illegally seized privately owned bees from renowned naturalist, Terrence Ingram,

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This is the official book launch of Paul Levy’s new book Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil, recorded at Powell’s City of Books on

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By The H Security Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H’s associates in Germany at heise Security

Photo Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Files By Dave Michaels & Carter Dougherty The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will vote next week on a proposal that would

By KristenM I am doing my happy dance. Vernon Hershberger, the Amish dairy farmer recently on trial in Wisconsin for providing raw milk to his

By Catherine Austin Fitts A naturopath who I respect greatly told me about a therapy of drinking “sole” – a salt water made with Himalayan

By Tyler Durden There has been much speculation in the recent past over what the bottom-line impact of surging stock buyback activity has been on

Catherine Austin Fitts is a former Wall Street insider and Assistant Secretary in the Bush I administration. Her background gave her a clear grasp of

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By James Cusick For three days beginning on 6 June, a five-star hotel in Chandler’s Cross  that normally hosts the England football team before Wembley

Photo Credit: Mark Collier, AP By AP Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and

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By Reboot With Joe It has been the most amazing two years for Joe and Team Reboot and we genuinely thank you for being part

Photo Credit: Urs Keller (ex-press.ch) By Carolyn Bandel Zuercher Kantonalbank, the biggest Swiss cantonal bank, expects to pay a fine to U.S. authorities as part

By Wikipedia Battle at Kruger is an eight-minute amateur wildlife video that depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of Cape buffalo, a small pride

By Heather Callaghan No, this is not a tabloid – it’s real. According to the latest video, which has now been posted below, robotic insects

By Catherine Austin Fitts There are no scandals in Washington. There is simply a turnover. We are preparing for an escalation of the global financial