security Homeland Security memo warned of violent threat posed by Occupy Wall Street Xeni Jardin

twitter Tourists deported from U.S. for Twitter jokes (Updated) Rob Beschizza

racism Did NYPD police chief violate code of conduct by lying about Islamophobic video? Xeni Jardin

politics Homeland Security Internet Watch List leaked; Boing Boing omitted from list of must-read sites for domestic spying Xeni Jardin

politics TSA defends cupcake confiscation Xeni Jardin

Technology CIA threat-tracking technology is fascinating, creepy Maggie Koerth

Action Mexico's "War on Drugs" leads to catastrophic rise of murder, torture, "disappearance" Xeni Jardin

mexico Mexico: moderator of online discussion forum about narcos reported as tortured, decapitated by narcos (UPDATED) Xeni Jardin

surveillance Governments turn to hacking techniques for surveillance of citizens Xeni Jardin

mexico Anonymous vs. Zetas: is #OpCartel a flop, hoax, or honeypot? Xeni Jardin

politics Hasan Elahi: "Giving the F.B.I. What It Wants" Xeni Jardin

Action The FBI and the War On Us: Racial profiling on an "industrial scale" Xeni Jardin

war Awlaki's 16-year-old son killed by US drone Xeni Jardin

mexico Five human heads found at Acapulco, Mexico primary school, in presumed drug cartel mass killing Xeni Jardin

Science International terrorist group targets nanotech researchers Maggie Koerth

politics Pundits deploy retrocausality to blame Islam for Norway attacks Cory Doctorow