surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

politics 'Utterly ridiculous': GCHQ shreds Spicer's claim that UK spy agency wiretapped Trump Xeni Jardin

Funny What is the difference between USA and USB? David Pescovitz

surveillance The Snowden Principle John Cusack

Technology RIP Mark Klein. He exposed NSA's secret surveillance program in notorious Room 641A Ellsworth Toohey

privacy Floridans can record conversations with cops without their consent Rob Beschizza

tabloids Celebrity blow-up sex dolls and Wayne Newton's face "melting" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of corruption, will serve year under house arrest Rob Beschizza

trump Trump asks Congress to permanently reauthorize NSA's expiring power to access domestic call records Xeni Jardin

privacy How can spies from democracies compete with spies from autocracies? Cory Doctorow

Kids Chicago is demanding that children on bail wear private-sector ankle-cuffs with mics that can record them without their consent Cory Doctorow

trump Obama's policy on Bush's crimes is how Kavanaugh got to the Supreme Court Cory Doctorow

corruption A detailed look at how US police forces collude with spy agencies to cover up the origin of evidence in criminal cases Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets (Virtually) No one should ever own an Echo or any other "voice assistant" product Cory Doctorow

surveillance West coast jurisdictions advance community oversight of police surveillance Shahid Buttar

News Activists investigating Ivanka Trump shoe factory in China arrested, then 'disappeared' Xeni Jardin

trump Trump 'Crazy': President described by fired FBI director Comey as 'outside realm of normal' Xeni Jardin

tabloids UFO sightings are on the rise, say tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics FBI investigating Trump campaign's Russia links, says no info supports Trump's wiretapping claims Rob Beschizza

politics Trump approval rating "in the toilet" Rob Beschizza