• "Clear Channel Sucks!" WNFX Takeover FCC complaints

    “Clear Channel Sucks!” WNFX Takeover FCC complaints

    Boston’s WFNX recently went from being among the last alternative radio stations in the United States to the latest acquisition of media giant Clear Channel, spurring complaints to the Federal Communications Commission that the station should keep its rock format.

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  • Hunting for child porn, FBI stymied by Tor undernet

    Hunting for child porn, FBI stymied by Tor undernet

    Recently released documents detail the federal government's inability to pursue cybercriminals shrouded by the tricky anonymity tools used by the Silk Road marketplace and other darknet sites - tools which are funded in part by the federal government itself. In this particular case, a citizen reported stumbling upon a cache of child pornography while browsing the anonymous Tor network's hidden sites.

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  • The Feynman Files: The professor's invitation past the Iron Curtain

    The Feynman Files: The professor’s invitation past the Iron Curtain

    While his roguish charm won over classrooms and the public, physicist Richard Feynman was subjected to years of espionage and scrutiny as the Federal Bureau of Investigation trailed him and his associates, intent on rooting out communist sympathies from the man who helped make America the world’s first nuclear power.

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  • Richard Feynman, master of deception and enemy of America?

    Richard Feynman, master of deception and enemy of America?

    While the vast majority of letters, interviews and other data gathered by the FBI regarding Richard Feynman pain the picture of a loyal genius who helped America build the first atomic weaponry, one interviewee saw a more sinister purpose: A methodical, patient path towards betraying the country from its very highest ranks.

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