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Countering Others' Insurgencies | RAND
This study examines the counterinsurgency strategies and practices adopted by threatened regimes and the conditions under which U.S. "small-footpri...
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The All-American Al Qaeda Suicide Bomber | CNN
Seconds before he detonated the massive truck bomb that killed him and a number of Syrian soldiers two months ago, Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha radioed...
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"Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth" | Foreign Policy
As Washington awaits the release of the highly classified probe into the CIA's torture program, John Brennan's integrity is being questioned just w...
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Recap: Rich Hill
Rich Hill, Missouri, a once thriving coal town home to 1,400 people, is mined out. Like hundreds of other small towns across America, Rich Hill has...
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How the NSA Hurts Our Economy, Cybersecurity, and Foreign Policy| Slate
More than a year after the Snowden revelations, we’re clearly still grappling with the effects of NSA surveillance. Copyright 2014, Slate Read the ...
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Over 40 Advocacy Groups Agree: New USA FREEDOM Act is a Significant First Step to Needed Comprehensive Reform
Last week, OTI, along with a broad coalition of 44 privacy and advocacy groups, sent a letter to Congress supporting Sen. Leahy's new, stronger ver...
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The Myth of Everybody
Dear Civic Tech: If you really want to make change, we can do better. Copyright 2014, Medium Read the article in Medium
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Kurdish oil tanker off Texas coast ... huh? | Christian Science Monitor
Steve LeVine of Quartz reported on July 24 that the State Department has decided to stop actively fighting the sale of Kurdish oil. Instead, US off...
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Government Spying Hurts Journalists and Lawyers, Report Says | TIME Magazine
A report released earlier this month by the New America Foundation argues the NSA deliberately weakens cybersecurity, making online communications,...
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Can Congress Rein in the Spies? | New York Review of Books
And the same day, the New America Foundation issued Surveillance Costs, a report noting the widespread economic harm to US tech companies that NSA ...
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Is NSA’s PRISM program ruining cloud computing’s growth? | FedScoop
Danielle Kehl: The New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute said that without reforms, NSA will continue to “cause significant damage to ...
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New Report: Snowden Revelations Hurt U.S. Companies | Wall
A new report by the nonpartisan New America Foundation surveyed the revelations’ impact on U.S. businesses. The authors found that the resulting er...
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U.S. tech business losses foreseen if NSA spying isn't curbed
U.S. technology companies are in danger of losing more business to foreign competitors if the National Security Agency's power to spy on customers ...
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How data caps could reshape the economics of the Internet (again)
This idea that you should pay more for greater usage is hardly new. As the New America Foundation noted last year, advocates for usage-based pricin...
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NSA Costs U.S. Tech $35 Billion Over Three Years | BusinessWeek
U.S. technology companies are in danger of losing more business to foreign competitors if the National Security Agency’s power to spy on customers ...
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NSA Spying Will Cost US Tech Titans Billions, and That's Just the Start | Motherboard
“Too often, we have discussed the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs through the distorting lens of a simplistic ‘security versus pri...
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Leahy's new USA Freedom Act — Out this morning: The costs of surveillance — FCC Commissioners talk telecom policy with MMTC | Politico
AND, NEW THIS MORNING: THE COSTS OF NSA SURVEILLANCE---A lengthy new report from New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute crunches the nu...
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The War Of Zeros And Ones
Military operations around the world are quickly expanding into the digital realm. With cyberwarfare, we’re all in the line of fire. Click here to ...
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Bloggingheads TV Discussion between Robert Wright and Lisa Goldman | Bloggingheads.tv
New America's Robert Wright and Lisa Goldman discuss the Gaza conflict.
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OTI Supports New, Stronger USA FREEDOM Act to Rein in NSA Surveillance
Washington, DC — Today, Senator Leahy re-introduced a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act intended to reform the National Security Agency’s surveill...
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Fast Track Eases Medicaid Enrollment, but Implementation Matters Too
Relatively simple policy changes can make a big difference in helping people get access to health insurance – and health coverage helps many famili...