Bill Burns was America’s best diplomatic asset in the Biden years. He was also the nation’s spy chief.
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The Coming Threats to Press Freedom
Today on TAP: Watch out for massive libel suits, efforts to repeal Times v. Sullivan, and an attempt to create an official secrets act—as Trump and MAGA flood the First Amendment zone.
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How Best to Utilize Tulsi Gabbard’s Unique Talents
Today on TAP: Why just director of America’s intelligence agencies? Why not Russia’s, too?
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Stop Equating Trump With Hitler! This Week, He’s More Like Stalin.
Today on TAP: Purging generals, putting intelligence in the hands of a Putin-phile, turning Justice over to an alleged predator—we’re almost back in the USSR!
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Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech
DPS plans to spend millions in taxpayer dollars on a controversial software, used first as part of Gov. Abbott’s border crackdown, to ‘disrupt potential domestic terrorism.’
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Presidential Race Brings Out Silicon Valley’s Military Contractors
Tech executives are jumping into the presidential election. Many of them also do business with the Pentagon.
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Trump Skates Again in Aileen Cannon’s Court
We all saw this coming a mile away.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Julian Assange Did the Time, but Who Did the Crime?
The WikiLeaks founder was forced to plead guilty to something journalists do every day.
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Pro-Israel Groups Pushed for Warrantless Spying on Protesters
Today on TAP: The worst fears of reformers of warrantless spying could be realized.
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Reformers Narrowly Lose on FISA Reform, Now Get Patriot Act 2.0
A bad day for civil liberties in the House of Representatives
