by The Staff of Danger Room | Nov 6, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> Robotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president’s behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale. The White House already has an incredible amount of power to...
by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan | Nov 1, 2012 | Monitor
Russian communications minister Nikolai Nikiforov meets with president Vladimir Putin. Photo: Kremlin.ru On the surface, it’s all about protecting Russian kids from internet pedophiles. In reality, the Kremlin’s new “Single Register” of banned...
by Arikia Milikan | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
Wading through drone data is a 5,000-person job. Darpa wants you to help them change that. Illo by Arikia Millikan. If living in a college dorm for two months while you’re prodded by government officials in a “short-fuse, crucible-style environment”...
by Robert Beckhusen | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
National Reconnaissance Office patch commemorating a satellite launch. Photo: mr. smashy/Flickr The National Reconnaissance Office — the secretive Pentagon agency in charge of spy satellites — is supposed to safeguarding Americans and American interests...
by Zachary Lum | Jun 29, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> Paris in June. Some come for the shopping, the museums, the sidewalk cafes, the romantic evening strolls through the city of light. And then there’s the crowd that’s jonesing for the hangar-and-asphalt vibe of Eurosatory,...
