No – it isn’t a bad thing. Quiet the contrary, this is excellent news. Part of the Recovery Act, passed last year, is slated to improve the nation’s broadband infrastructure. This is something desperately needed in our country so that we can compete in the 21st century economy. It should be considered a crime that […]
Yesterday I posted that Obama had appointed some strong proponents of Net Neutrality to his transition team to oversee the FCC. Now we find out that another Democrat is working to bring actual Net Neutrality into law: A lawmaker is bringing the issue of net neutrality back into the spotlight. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) plans […]
Oh my it looks like their big hope has some skeletons going on. The New York Times has the full story here. UPDATE The dirty stuff is on page 4: In interviews, the two former associates said they joined in a series of confrontations with Mr. McCain, warning him that he was risking his campaign […]
Glenn Greenwald has all the disguising details. I think most important is this part: Let’s just describe very factually and dispassionately what has happened here. Congress — led by Senators, such as Jay Rockefeller, who have received huge payments from the telecom industry, and by privatized intelligence pioneer Mike McConnell, former Chairman of the secretive […]
Want to know who called a phone number or who that phone number called? For $110 you an find out. The Chicago Police Department is warning officers their cell phone records are available to anyone — for a price. Dozens of online services are selling lists of cell phone calls, raising security concerns among law […]