Really! Enough is Enough. Byron York: On Trump-Russia, too much secrecy keeps public in dark

National leaders of all stripes have complained for decades that Washington keeps too many secrets. Too much of the government’s information is classified, the argument goes, making it nearly impossible for Americans to know what their leaders are doing.
— Read on www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/byron-york-on-trump-russia-too-much-secrecy-keeps-public-in-dark

Google’s true origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance — Quartz

The story of the deliberate creation of the modern mass-surveillance state includes elements of Google’s surprising, and largely unknown, origin. It is a somewhat different creation story than the one the public has heard, and explains what Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set out to build, and why.
— Read on qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-cia-and-nsa-research-grants-for-mass-surveillance/