Top Secret Writers

National Security Archive Researcher Kate Doyle Wins ALBA Puffin Award

Ryan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:42 +0000

For any researcher out there that feels their efforts could never make a big difference in the world, one only needs to look at Kate Doyle to gain a bit of hope. Kate Doyle, the director of the Evidence Project at the National Security Archive has been awarded the prestigious Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive (ALBA) [...]

Undercover Activists Expose Duck Abuse at Foie Gras Farms

Ryan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:00:10 +0000

It was like a scene out of a horror movie – a metal tube shoved down the throat of one duck at a time, food forced down into the stomachs, and the duck tossed aside. Many survived to become lethargic up until slaughter, while a few fell ill and died. This true story came to [...]

Shark Tank Attacks Business Owner For Not Selling Out America

Ryan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:02 +0000

In one of the most impressive examples of American patriotism I’ve ever seen, Donny McCall of Invis-A-Rack rejected demands by the wealthy investors of the Shark Tank TV show to consider having foreign workers produce his products. Shark tank investors repeatedly grilled McCall on why he wouldn’t consider off-shoring production in order to lower his [...]

NYU Joins Up With ECNU to Promote Open Discussions

WC — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:16 +0000

I recently read that New York University will open a joint program with the East China Normal University. According to the spokesmen from both institutions, the program will follow a western style curriculum. China’s academics have hailed the move as they believe it can help rid China of the “bureaucracy and academic plagiarism” of many [...]

Robert Weiner Says Not Just Any President Would Have Taken Out Bin Laden

GabriellePickard — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:06 +0000

In August of last year, Britain’s Channel 4 broadcasted a one-hour documentary about President Barack Obama’s decision to raid a compound near Islamabad to kill Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. The documentary, which was titled ‘Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill’, was President Obama’s and America’s top security advisers’ first interview about the subject. In [...]

War Against the Weak: How Philanthropy Funded the US Eugenics Movement

Janet — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:32 +0000

Between 1929 and 1971 North Carolina’s eugenics program sterilized more than 7,500 residents considered genetically inferior. Now just coming to light, the Tar Heel State’s genetic agenda was a horrifying chapter in U.S. history. But few people realize similar programs prevailed in more than 30 other states – with many receiving support from some [...]

Was the Rand Paul TSA Experience Proof of a Police State?

GabriellePickard — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:19 +0000

In 2010, the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) introduced a pat-down procedure, which involves airport screeners running their hands up the inside of passengers’ thighs and around women’s breasts. The move immediately sparked criticism, with some critics referring to the procedure as nothing less than sexual assault. The pat-downs followed close on the heels of [...]

Untruth #3 We Need Not Fear Intellectual Property (IP) Theft in China

WC — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:53 +0000

Der Spiegel calls China “a major capital of patent theft (108)”, and they should know. For, according to this German newspaper, China’s magnetic levitation technology was partially purloined from Germany’s Transrapid company. While it took Transrapid decades of testing, the Chinese were able to ramp up and produce within twenty two months. Pretty remarkable when [...]

Former CIA Officer Charged With Espionage For Talking to Journalists

GabriellePickard — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:37 +0000

As part of an unprecedented clampdown on security leaks instated by the Obama administration, John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer, has been charged under the Espionage Act for disclosing classified information to journalists. According to a report in The LA Times, 47-year-old Kiriakou, who worked for the CIA from 1990 to 2004, has been charged [...]

How I Became a Conspiracy Theorist – Part 2

Nicholas — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:48 +0000

David Icke wasn’t my first trip down the black hole of conspiracy theory. The pre-Internet bulletin board systems were a teeming marketplace of strange ideas. I also bore the distinct (mis)fortune of living near Providence, RI’s semi-world-famous Newspeak, home of Paranoia magazine. However, what really introduced me to the full palate of weird was an [...]