The US and EU have agreed on a deal for sending European data to the US. The US will very seriously promise not to have the NSA look at it.

If you believe that promise …

The FBI Says It Can't Disclose Its Records Because Then the Public Would Know How the Bureau Works.

It is spreading further. The former head of the Department of Homeland Security has applied that organization's approach in monitoring faculty and students at the University of California. Professors condemn this snooping.

She refuses even to discuss what kinds of monitoring are being done. Supposedly our own safety forbids giving us any say in how much we are monitored. That's a recipe for tyranny — in DHS or in UC.

Professors should set up their own local networks, and relay data in and out of UC encrypted, to protect themselves and the students.

The article refers to security breakers as "hackers". To avoid giving us hackers a bad name, please use the term "crackers" for that.

US citizens: call for an investigation of Clayton Homes for racial bias in lending.

US citizens: phone your senators and say, don't use Flint to pass subsidies for fossil fuels.

Their "call tool" probably requires nonfree software, so skip that and call your senators directly.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

Australia's Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot keep refugees in foreign prisons forever while making up its mind very slowly about their cases.