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![by Cora Currier, ProPublica Earlier this year, we detailed the Obama administration’s opposition to congressional efforts to require more oversight of aid to foreign militaries and police forces. Security assistance […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/gt_afghan_police_630x420_131119.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Military Aid Gets A Partial Pass on Foreign Assistance Transparency Push")
Military Aid Gets A Partial Pass on Foreign Assistance Transparency Push
Posted on November 20, 2013 | No Commentsby Cora Currier, ProPublica Earlier this year, we detailed the Obama administration’s opposition to congressional efforts to require more oversight of aid to foreign militaries and police forces. Security assistance […] -
![The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States will be the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia. For […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/production.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "US Set to be World’s Largest Oil Producer")
US Set to be World’s Largest Oil Producer
Posted on October 14, 2013 | 1 CommentThe U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States will be the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia. For […] -
![For decades, America has chased after the promise of clean, domestic energy. But even as costs fell and technology matured, that clean renewable energy future seemed to linger just beyond […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wind-energy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Five-Year Clean Energy ‘Revolution’")
A Five-Year Clean Energy ‘Revolution’
Posted on September 21, 2013 | No CommentsFor decades, America has chased after the promise of clean, domestic energy. But even as costs fell and technology matured, that clean renewable energy future seemed to linger just beyond […] -
![A government proposal to turn the entire Internet–its apps, services and software–into one giant, easy-to-access wiretap port drew withering fire in a report released today from a renowned group of […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/iStock_000016066249small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Experts: FBI Dream of Wiretap Ready Interent Flawed")
Experts: FBI Dream of Wiretap Ready Interent Flawed
Posted on May 17, 2013 | No CommentsA government proposal to turn the entire Internet–its apps, services and software–into one giant, easy-to-access wiretap port drew withering fire in a report released today from a renowned group of […] -
![Apparently some shabby bookkeeping and sloppy routine filing by the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has resulted in its right to do business revoked, according to a story in TorrentFreak. […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1073857136_4010a2f961_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Copyright Watchdog Caught With Pants Down")
Copyright Watchdog Caught With Pants Down
Posted on May 16, 2013 | 1 CommentApparently some shabby bookkeeping and sloppy routine filing by the Center for Copyright Information (CCI) has resulted in its right to do business revoked, according to a story in TorrentFreak. […] -
![This is the story of my first “Story by Disney,” which is a new storytelling app the company just released today in Apple’s App store. The idea is deceptively simple: […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/story.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Story of My First ‘Story’")
The Story of My First ‘Story’
Posted on May 9, 2013 | 2 CommentsThis is the story of my first “Story by Disney,” which is a new storytelling app the company just released today in Apple’s App store. The idea is deceptively simple: […] -
![A bold proposal from the FBI would mandate that popular Internet products like Facebook or Twitter build in secret surveillance back doors that only the Feds have access too. More […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SPI0092642_Veer.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Feds Float Idea of Internet ‘Wiretap Tax’")
Feds Float Idea of Internet ‘Wiretap Tax’
Posted on May 1, 2013 | No CommentsA bold proposal from the FBI would mandate that popular Internet products like Facebook or Twitter build in secret surveillance back doors that only the Feds have access too. More […] -
![Big news powering the current ECPA reform push being headed by my former CDT colleagues. First out of the gate, the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s historic move in passing (on a […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ComeBackWithAWarrant.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "ECPA Reform Gets a Two-Fer")
ECPA Reform Gets a Two-Fer
Posted on April 26, 2013 | No CommentsBig news powering the current ECPA reform push being headed by my former CDT colleagues. First out of the gate, the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s historic move in passing (on a […] -
![You think Ted Turner isn’t smiling? His ground-breaking and now all.too.essential CNN (cable news network, for those that have forgotten what those initials stand for) is the gold standard for […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/radio.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "TNN — Twitter News Network")
TNN — Twitter News Network
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsYou think Ted Turner isn’t smiling? His ground-breaking and now all.too.essential CNN (cable news network, for those that have forgotten what those initials stand for) is the gold standard for […] -
![In today’s digital age, the term “shared tragedy” takes us into an entirely new dimension of up-close-and-personal. The ferocious stream of raw imagery and unfiltered information that is force-fed to […]](https://i0.wp.com/gutcheckamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/flowers-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Incredible Lightness of ‘Shared Tragedy’")
The Incredible Lightness of ‘Shared Tragedy’
Posted on April 18, 2013 | No CommentsIn today’s digital age, the term “shared tragedy” takes us into an entirely new dimension of up-close-and-personal. The ferocious stream of raw imagery and unfiltered information that is force-fed to […]