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By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2016The U.S. may possess the most powerful modern weapons on earth – so it’s a shame that America’s armed forces don’t always know where…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2016Project Gutenberg, the famed Internet source for older books that are no longer under copyright protection, rarely takes a stand on economic or political…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 15th, 2016As most Americans know, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charged with ensuring that pharmaceutical drugs released in the U.S. are safe and…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2015 offers a series of quotes from a legal syllabus which plainly explains the Supreme Court’s acknowledgment that gay individuals have a natural right…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 25th, 2015“Our global society has started to destroy species of other organisms at an accelerating rate,” thus “initiating a mass extinction episode unparalleled for 65…

By Cliff Montgomery – June 15th, 2015 The Congressional Research Service (CRS) prepares top-notch reports on major political issues for U.S. Congressional members and committees. In February, CRS released a…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2015“Encryption and anonymity enable individuals to exercise their rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the digital age and, as such, deserve strong…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 28th, 2015Last weekend, the Senate defeated every legislative attempt to extend a controversial section of the so-called ‘Patriot Act’, which federal officials offer as a…

By Cliff Montgomery – May 12th, 2015Now it’s official. Last week, a U.S. appeals court ruled that the National Security Agency’s massive collection of telephone records is illegal. “A provision…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2015Many cyber-analysts believe there is a “need for enhanced and timely exchange of cyber-threat intelligence, both within the private sector and between the private…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 23rd, 2015Congress has failed to curb U.S. intelligence agencies’ use of National Security Letters (NSLs) – documents which in essence are administrative subpoenas created without…

By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 10th, 2015It seems that even the Pentagon now has trouble reigning in the growing cost of America’s military-industrial complex.“Costs on 47 of the 78 [major…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 31st, 2015Boththe Senate and the House of Representatives are planning a number ofchanges to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), an immensely importantlaw which allows…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 29th, 2015In December 2014, the Virginia Fusion Center (VFC) issued a bulletin warning law enforcement and other authorities that “emergency management vehicles operating near protest…

By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2015 The Justice Department may soon file corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s ranking member, CNN stated on…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 26th, 2015Even though “targeted lawful interception [of information about suspected individuals] constitutes a necessary and legitimate instrument of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, mass surveillance…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2015Republican campaign operative Tyler Harber pleaded guilty on Feb. 12th to an illegal misuse of federal campaign funds. The actual charge is said to…

By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 8th, 2015Ever wonder who is supposed to be watching over U.S. bankers and securities traders? A recent, easy-to-understand report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS)…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st, 2015“80 people now have the same wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population, down from 388 in 2010,” according to a recent…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 28th, 2015The current rift between those who make up our justice system – police officers, judges, prison guards – and a number of American communities…

By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 19th, 2015An intelligence fusion center in Colorado has quietly issued a bulletin intended “to help law enforcement officers and military personnel to minimize their social…

By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 30th, 2014“Concerns remain that the government [may] overpay contractors that provide no, or little, added value for work performed by lower-tier sub-contractors,” declares a little-noticed…

By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 24th, 2014Numerous people and organizations have commented on the recent release of a now-infamous summary to a Senate Report on CIA torture techniques. Perhaps none…