Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?: Via Salon: Glenn Greenwald. Earlier this week, Kevin Drum said that "nine times out of ten" Obama's policies are "pretty much what expected is in the area of detainee and civil liberties...

CIA’s Lost Magic Manual Resurfaces: Via Danger Room | Wired.com . At the height of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency paid $3,000 to renowned magician John Mulholland to write a manual on misdirection, concealment, and stagecraft. All...

Fear and Public Perception: Via Schneier on Security. This 1996 interview with psychiatrist Robert DuPont was part of a Frontline program called "Nuclear Reaction." He's talking about the role fear plays in the perception of nuclear power. It's a...

Leaked 9/11 Text Messages: Via Schneier on Security. Wikileaks has published pager intercepts from New York on 9/11: WikiLeaks released half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September...

Wikileaks Says It Has Half-a-Million 9/11 Pager Messages: Via Threat Level. The document-leaking site Wikileaks says it’s preparing to release 500,000 intercepted wireless pager messages from a 24-hour period encompassing the September 11, 2001...