Jul 31
2013
The Guardian reports “a top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals.”
Jul 30
2013
Jul 30
2013
Dan Gillmor writes for the Guardian and quotes one national security reporter: “We’re in a moment when journalism is being criminalized.”
Jul 29
2013
Investigative Post Editor Jim Heaney, appearing on WBFO’s Press Pass with Eileen Buckely, discusses the federal government’s unprecedented aggression against reporters and its implication for a democratic society.
Jul 25
2013
The Erie County Water Authority is spending $122,600 a year in salaries for three messengers, two of who are politically wired. Messengers in this day and age? A report from Scott Brown of WGRZ.
Jul 25
2013
The 650-foot smokestack at the Somerset coal-fired power plant in Niagara County billows plumes of smoke carrying greenhouse gases that can be seen on a clear day all the way across Lake Ontario in Toronto. The amount — 3.8 million tons in 2011 — makes the coal plant the top greenhouse gas polluter in New York State. That’s equivalent to the emissions from 712,893 cars annually. Western New York has two other facilities that rank in the state’s top 10 of greenhouse gas polluters: coal-fired power plants CR Huntley in the Town of Tonawanda and NRG Dunkirk in the City[...]
Jul 24
2013
Jul 24
2013
The House of Representatives narrowly defeated a measure Wednesday that would have reined in the federal government’s power to indiscriminately collect telephone records of American citizens. A report from the Guardian, including the roll call vote.