Logging onto Facebook could become a felony Reading this article could land you in prison. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act has been on the books since the 1980s to allow the feds to go after the culprits of malicious hacks and cybercrimes. An addendum to the act that Congress is expected to take a look at today, however, can cause almost any misuse of a computer to be interpreted as a felony. The... 

Beijing: Visitors have their photos taken at Tiananmen gate in Beijing on August 17, 2011. China has allowed its currency to hit a series of record highs against the USD over the past week in a move analysts say may signal a new strategy to combat the growing threat of inflation. With Italy second only to Greece in the Eurozone in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio, the Italian government is eyeing China... 

As terrorists struck New York on September 11th, the United States vowed to fight back and protect their country, their people and their freedom. But 10 years on, it seems that freedom is just an illusion, and the US is becoming an Orwellian state. When George W Bush spoke about the necessity of “protecting the homeland of our country”, he probably thought that the homeland was literally just... 

On the verge of the 9/11 tenth anniversary, leaked videos confirm eye-witnesses’ accounts that the attack was made by a cruise missile rather than a passenger plane, an editor told Press TV’s US Desk. “There were 85 videos; another video was released yesterday (August 29). Now it hasn’t been carefully vetted but it appears to be quite genuine that clearly shows a cruise missile... 

John Guandolo Infiltration of the federal government by members of the radical Muslim Brotherhood is worse than some have warned recently, says a former FBI special agent in Washington. The agent confirmed that at least three operatives of the Egypt-based Brotherhood – whose credo is “Jihad is our way and death in the cause of Allah is our dream” – have penetrated the Obama administration. The... 

American radio host and actor Alex Jones says 'the official story doesn't add up' about 9/11. The belief is more common among younger people, with a quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds subscribing to the theory. One in seven people are convinced that the U.S. government was involved in a conspiracy to stage the September 11 attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people. A survey, which interviewed... 

Tiny Goshen College in Indiana has banned the “The Star Spangled Banner: at all sporting events because the Mennonite school’s president considers the National Anthem’s words to be too violent. The 1,000-student school had already banned the words last year, but the band could still play the music for patriots in attendance. Now, the school has banned the song entirely, according... 

The NATO approach to freedom of expression is threatening independent journalists, closing social network accounts, blocking Twitter and hacking into websites. For some reason it must be. Despite these Fascist policies, those who have felt millions of people gathering around us, desperate for information, have a duty to say what is going on. For all of those who have been contacting me daily, asking... 

In a response to a question asked by Infowars correspondent Robert Wanek at Iowa State University during the recent Ames straw poll, Ron Paul said that the federal government was preparing for civil unrest and martial law in the United States. Paul was asked for his opinion on whether H.R. 645 (The National Emergency Centers Establishment Act) could lead to Americans being incarcerated in detention... 

A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for £15.8 million over what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information. Each person in the suit is seeking one million won (£568) in damages, Kim Hyeong-seok, one of their attorneys, announced today. He said they are targeting Apple and its South Korean unit to ‘protect privacy’ rights. Apple’s... 

A senior Federal Security Service (FSB) official speaking off the record to reporters this morning in the Kremlin labeled the US social media website Facebook as the world’s most dangerous “Information Warfare Weapon” and stated that unless its powers were curbed the freedoms of everyone on Earth would be stripped away entirely. Important to note is that this top FSB official had previously... 

Part of a damaged helicopter is seen lying near Osama bin Laden's compound on Monday, a day after U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed the al-Qaida leader. Bin Laden was killed in the U.S. special forces assault on the Abbottabad, Pakistan compound, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the man who had been the guiding star of global terrorism. In my recent article, “Creating... 

NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. The UN Security Council condemned on Wednesday ongoing violence in Syria and urged the country’s authorities to stop using force against peaceful protesters, while... 

In a new twist to the TSA saga to which we can only say, “We told ya so,” the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has obtained documents through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that reveal TSA employees are reporting “cancer clusters” among their own employees who work near radiation body scanners. At the same time, DHS refuses to issue dosimeters to TSA employees... 

The scientist who claimed polar bears were drowning because of melting ice caps is being investigated for ‘scientific misconduct’. Dr Charles Monnett, an Alaskan wildlife biologist working for the U.S. government, stunned the world after spotting four polar bear bodies floating in the sea miles from shore. He suggested the high winds and waves of a recent storm had exhausted the predators,...