Trump Must Preserve Accountability, Say Previous Presidents
The data Trump wishes to destroy are the only definite means citizens have of holding presidential officials accountable for their actions.
Who Is Buying Democratic Party
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2014The U.S. Congressional Elections of 2014 will soon be upon us. It’s time for The American Spark to reveal to its readers who is…
Islamic State No Credible Threat To Us
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 26th, 2014A few weeks ago on Meet The Press, President Obama declared he was “preparing the country to make sure that we deal with a…
Iraqi Prime Minister Says No U.S. Troops
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 17th, 2014 Iraq’s new prime minister today flatly rejected the notion that American forces – or any other foreign troops – would enter his country…
NSA Spying Federal Appeals Court
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 11th, 2014Last week, the National Security Agency’s (NSA) massive phone data collection program began to receive its first test in a federal appeals court. It…
Corporate Taxes Often Lower Than Admitted
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 31st, 2014Those who call for a low U.S. income tax rate on corporations often say that the nation’s statutory corporate tax rate of 35 percent…
Congress Looking To Change Fisc FISA Court
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 27th, 2014Congress now is considering several changes to the Executive Branch’s surveillance powers, thanks to the revelations of whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden.Much of the controversy…
Senate Demands Reports On NSA Bulk Collection
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 20th, 2014The National Security Agency (NSA) must prepare unclassified studies on “all NSA bulk collection activities,” declared the Senate Appropriations Committee in its Defense Department…
Feds May Medical Personnel May Act As Spies
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 8th, 2014“Emergency Medical Treatment Presents [an] Opportunity for Discovery of Violent Extremist Activities,” declares a federal document prepared for fire, rescue and Emergency Medical Services…
Oklahoma Earthquakes Caused By Oil Extraction
By Cliff Montgomery – July 29th, 2014The huge amounts of wastewater pumped into the ground by Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industries probably have triggered a sudden increase in earthquakes…
Climate Change Puts America At Risk
By Cliff Montgomery – July 22nd, 2014Although climate change has become a significant influence on the creation of national disasters, “the federal government is not well positioned to address the…
Presidential Electronic Records
By Cliff Montgomery – July 9th, 2014The chief law governing the preservation of White House records may not properly ensure the maintenance of media associated with “new and sometimes ephemeral…
Foreign Hackers Targeting Us Government Networks
By Cliff Montgomery – July 2nd, 2014U.S. officials have learned that foreign Internet hackers are using well-known social network sites to successfully target “federal, state and local government and private…
New York Compensates Occupy Protesters For Questionable Arrests
By Cliff Montgomery – June 23rd, 2014New York City officials have quietly agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to a band of Occupy Wall Street protesters, as compensation for what the…
Charlotte Nc Misused Political Convention Funds
By Cliff Montgomery – June 12th, 2014 covered the daily activities of the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) held in the city of Charlotte, NC. A large amount of our…
Gao Study Maritime Cyber Security
By Cliff Montgomery – June 7th, 2014American ports – which handle over $1.3 trillion in cargo every year – remain open to dangerous and disruptive cyber-security attacks, according to a…
FBI Data System Holds Over 200 Million Records
By Cliff Montgomery – May 28th, 2014The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) runs a national data system which earlier this year contained around 200 million records on approximately two billion…
Cisco Boss Tells Obama To Rein In NSA
By Cliff Montgomery – May 19th, 2014John Chambers, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cisco Systems Inc., has had enough of the National Security Agency’s blatant spying activities, according to…
Pentagon Financial Management
By Cliff Montgomery – May 13th, 2014The U.S. Defense Department can’t account for how it spends your tax dollars, according to an eye-opening federal testimony released today.The testimony came from…
Role Of Class In Us Policymaking
By Cliff Montgomery – May 6th, 2014Duke University Professor Nicholas Carnes knows a few things about the American economy and its real influence on our society at large. After all,…
Us No Longer A Democracy
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 29th, 2014A recent academic study appears to reveal a truth about America that grassroots causes like the Occupy movement state plainly: Democracy in this country…
Nuclear Weapon Docs Missing
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 23rd, 2014Classified documents which detail the assembly of nuclear weapons and weapons components have not been correctly maintained by weapons laboratories overseen by the National…
Guantanamo FBI Spying Claims
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 16th, 2014The judge who presides over the legal process concerning five 9/11 terrorist suspects adjourned preliminary hearings yesterday, after discovering that federal law enforcement agencies…
Snowden Says NSA Spied On Rights Groups
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 8, 2014 Edward Snowden still has stories to tell. Today the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor had an interesting talk with the Council of…