In May 1940, defying a congressional ban, President Franklin D. Roosevelt secretly authorized warrantless wiretapping inside the United States. His attorney general, Robert Jackson, had ordered a halt ...

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The United States government classifies vast amounts of information as “secret.” It then gives millions of people clearance to see what’s hidden from the rest of us. This overclassification is widely ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Freemasonry is the world’s most famous secret society. Its secrecy, indeed, made it into one of history’s most contagious ...

CAPAF's John D. Podesta outlines to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution key recommendations for restoring the rule of law. Most Americans appreciate the need to keep secret national ...

In February 1996, Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch gave an unclassified worldwide threat briefing to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Although intelligence leaders had ...

“You see, Charlie, not so very long ago there used to be thousands of people working in Mr. Willy Wonka’s factory. Then one day, all of a sudden, Mr. Wonka had to ask every single one of them to leave ...

Raymond Baker is a man on a mission. Following a long career in business that started in Nigeria during the decolonisation period, he published in 2005 Capitalism’s Achilles Heel, a seminal book on ...

The revolutionary discovery of nuclear fission in December 1938 helped launch the Atomic Age, bringing with it a unique need for secrecy regarding the scientific and technical underpinnings of nuclear ...

Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker, hasn't just opened up the issue of surveillance for debate, Josh Marshall argues. He has also subverted the ability of a democratically elected government to make ...