Global Surveillance

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    senator wyden

    ByDaveslocker

    If you squint at a world map long enough, the United States looks less like a republic and more like a giant, slightly frayed Wi-Fi router that occasionally forgets its own password. Somewhere near the blinking “SENATE” light sits Ron Wyden—Oregon’s senior senator, professional committee chair, and improbable apostle of digital privacy—busily trying to keep…

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    007 first light

    ByDaveslocker

    007 First Light: When the Sun Never Sets on British Nostalgia By Correspondent at Large, Dave’s Locker Global Desk The codename “007 First Light” sounds like the title of an overpriced artisanal gin, but it is in fact the freshly unclassified designation for the United Kingdom’s next-generation signals-intelligence satellite constellation, launched last week from a…