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Perspectives: Edward Snowden’s message we need to hear
OPINION – The cat is out of the bag. Thanks to a courageous whistleblower and a journalist with integrity, we now know that our own government is spying on American citizens in a big way. The White...
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On the EDge: Careful what you say, you-know-who is listening
OPINION – Even though Mexico is hurricane country and frequently has inclement weather that can wreak havoc with social media because of an electric outage that can collapse the communications...
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Letter to the Editor: Vote clarifies who loves power more than liberty; Amash...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR – An amendment to end the NSA’s warrantless spying failed 217-205 this past week. I am filled with a terrible sadness. Can there be a more cut and dried test of the loyalty of our...
View ArticlePerspectives: One year after Snowden’s revelations, what’s changed?
OPINION – One year ago, when Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the true scope of our federal government’s spying on its citizenry, it should have been our wake up call. His revelations about the...
View ArticleAirship flown over NSA Utah data center to protest government spying
BLUFFDALE – The environmental campaigning group Greenpeace, digital rights watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Tenth Amendment Center joined forces Friday to fly an airship over the...
View ArticleLee reacts to circuit court ruling on NSA’s data collection program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Lee issued the following statement Thursday after a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals found that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of...
View ArticlePerspectives: Fearmongering; the difference between patriots, nationalists
OPINION – If there is one good thing to be said about fear, it’s that it is a powerful and effective uniter. Unfortunately, it is almost always used to manipulate the masses for irrational ends. Two...
View ArticleOfficials in Utah defend NSA’s role fighting cyber-attacks
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The National Security Agency’s massive data center in Utah isn’t being used to store Americans’ personal phone calls or social media activity, but plays a key role in protecting...
View ArticleChaffetz, Stewart among those wanting answers about NSA spying report
ST. GEORGE – A report alleging the National Security Agency spied on the communications of top Israeli officials and snared exchanges with members of Congress in the process has House Republicans...
View ArticlePerspectives: What Harriet Tubman could teach us about ourselves
OPINION – We remember Harriet Tubman with admiration for her heroic efforts in escaping slavery and then helping hundreds of slaves find their way to freedom. We would be wise to pay closer attention...
View ArticleDid the feds spy on you? Judge hears 2002 Olympics snooping claim
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The National Security Agency asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit from a former Salt Lake City mayor who says the agency conducted a mass warrantless surveillance program...
View ArticlePerspectives: Unelected and unaccountable, our enemy, the deep state
OPINION – Most of the nation’s attention this week will be focused on either cheering or jeering the inauguration of America’s 45th president. Violent left-wing activists, whose social justice...
View ArticleEx-spy says NSA did mass surveillance during Utah Olympics
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former top spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says the National Security Agency conducted blanket surveillance in Salt Lake City during...
View ArticlePerspectives: The folly of putting our faith in political saviors
OPINION — The past week has provided an enlightening peek into the deteriorating psyche of the American body politic. It started with the melodramatic partisan reactions to a canned speech made...
View ArticleSouthern Utah University designated as National Center of Academic Excellence...
CEDAR CITY — The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated Southern Utah University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. SUU is...
View ArticlePerspectives: Who’s responsible for creating your ‘safe space’?
OPINION — I’m certain that a lot of folks heaved a sigh of relief when they heard that broadcast bullhorn Alex Jones had been given the boot by most social media platforms. Perhaps some of them feel...
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