In the years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Washington has built a vast, complex intelligence network, with a scope unmatched anywhere else in the world. More than a dozen Washington Post journalists spent nearly two years researching and producing “Top Secret America,” which chronicles the historic national security buildup that followed the 2001 terrorist [...]

The National Security Agency is a massive organization with more than 60,000 employees. According to the National Security Archive at George Washington University, the NSA is the largest spy organization in America and very likely the world. Yet, it’s history is one fraught with inefficiency and technical problems. Created in 1952, the NSA has grown [...]

The recent release of air-ground transcripts should bury some 9-11 conspiracy theories once and for all. In the years since the government released air traffic control recordings from the four hijacked planes, the 9-11 conspiracy theorists are still going strong with daily posts on sites like 911truth.org, perhaps the web’s largest manufacturer of pseudoscience and [...]

September 11 was not only a time to honor the human heroes, but the animals who serve and protect us every day. Earlier this month, the American Humane Association paid tribute to the the hero dogs of 9/11 during a New York gala. Whoopi Goldberg, who gave a special presentation and Animal Planet’s Victoria Stilwell, [...]

Russian rime Minister Vladimir Putin is reaching out to the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi in what some see as an attempt to avoid another Orange Revolution. It’s no coincidence Putin is attempting to reach out to Russia’s youth following the November 2004 mass protests in Ukraine, which came to be known as the Orange Revolution. [...]

Libyan Rebels Discover Documents that Reveal Vast Gaddafi Spy Network Rebels who fought to release Libya from the hands of dictator Muammer Gaddafi were infiltrated by Gaddafi spies, according to a report in The Sunday Leader. Documents recovered from Col Gadaffi’s headquarters show the spies breached several rebel leadership positions and worked for Liya’s intelligence [...]

The horrible events of 9-11 left us not only saddened and scared, but resigned to living in a perpetual state of fear. In the name of national security, we have given up our own rights as major companies cut deals with the Defense Department to share our personal information. We are scanned – full body [...]

Scientology is one of the most criticized and mysterious religions of our time. Its controversial stance on psychology has drawn widespread skepticism, but other critics say the group’s supposed use of “confusion tactics” makes the religion all the more pervasive throughout many communities. Arizona psychiatrist Milton Erickson, who said confusion was a standard in almost [...]

The mining industry in Chiapas, Mexico continues to exploit the indigenous people of the area while stripping the land of its resources. In 2007, Blackfire Exploration Ltd, a Canadian company, started work on the world’s largest barite mine. So far, at least 200 indigenous families have been removed from their lands and reallocated in other [...]

The post World War Two power struggle saw the development of strange and even dangerous interrogation tactics. Hypnosis, drugging and torture became common experiments among the KGB, other Eastern Bloc communist countries and the United States. According to a CIA report, the pro-Communist sentiments expressed by an American released from Communist prisons led the American [...]