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Mandy Nagy

Mandy Nagy (aka "Liberty Chick") was an investigative writer and researcher. She primarily covered the institutional left, protest movements, hacking and cybercrime, and technology. After suffering a serious stroke in September 2014, Mandy no longer was able to work at Legal Insurrection, but she's always on our minds and in our hearts. For more information, see here.

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 28, 2013 43 Comments

A jury has sentenced Nidal Hasan to death for his heinous actions in the November, 2009 Fort Hood massacre. https://twitter.com/FtHoodShootings/status/372794794281820160 https://twitter.com/JasonWhitely/status/372795077875089409 https://twitter.com/JasonWhitely/status/372795307618086912 On August 23rd, Hasan was found guilty of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder.  Hasan's own standby defense lawyers had asked...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 27, 2013 11 Comments

The NY Times experienced an outage today for the second time in two weeks.  On August 14th, the issue was said to have been an internal issue.  But today, the issue was characterized as something more malicious.  And that may not be the only target,...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 27, 2013 8 Comments

A couple of trolls want Israel's name removed from Google Maps and decided to express those sentiments by defacing the 'Google Palestine' search home page. Google.ps, the Palestinian version of Google's web search, was hijacked and redirected to another web site for some time Monday before...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 27, 2013 22 Comments

As international pressure mounts for action in response to chemical attacks alleged to have been perpetrated by the Assad regime, US officials say they could launch military strikes on Syria as early as Thursday. From NBCNews.com: The United States could hit Syria with three days of missile...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 26, 2013 4 Comments

The Guardian has added another partner to its reporting collaboration on the NSA files leaked by Edward Snowden.  Investigative reporting outfit ProPublica confirmed that it has been quietly working with The Guardian on a story on the subject and has recently joined with the New...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 26, 2013 6 Comments

It might not help you figure out what's really behind those redacted portions of documents the NSA chooses to release. But if you've ever been annoyed by those entire pages blacked out from view, at least you can poke some fun at it on your own...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 25, 2013 5 Comments

NSA leaker Edward Snowden - speaking through The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald - has now alleged that the UK government intentionally leaked information to the media with the purpose of justifying the government's claim that Snowden's leaked documents could present a danger to the public’s safety...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 24, 2013 2 Comments

College Insurrection celebrated its birthday this week. College Insurrection is One Year Old Our 10 Favorite “Freshman Year” Posts at College Insurrection It’s a good thing too, because some are only just catching up. Rolling Stone notices the higher ed bubble College costs remain a challenge. Record college savings aren’t enough...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 23, 2013 62 Comments

In a unanimous verdict, Nidal Hasan has been found guilty on all counts in the November, 2009 Fort Hood massacre. https://twitter.com/NBCDFW/status/370962863424561152 https://twitter.com/chrissadeghi/status/370962880021008384 Hasan had been charged with 13 premeditated counts and an additional 32 attempted premeditated counts of murder.  Today's verdict means that Hasan will face the death...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 21, 2013 21 Comments

Reports are coming out of Syria today that the government may have launched a chemical attack outside Damascus; as is common in these situations, the reports are murky and the Syrian government has, not surprisingly, denied the accusation. From the Washington Post: Syrian activists accused the government...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 21, 2013 21 Comments

Bradley Manning was sentenced by a military judge today to 35 years in prison for releasing classified information to Wikileaks, the largest leak in US history. https://twitter.com/RT_America/status/370188191803772928 The army soldier apologized to the court last week, saying “I am sorry that my actions hurt people; I am...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 20, 2013 39 Comments

The fallout of NSA surveillance revelations continues to produce the closings of many services and outlets in the name of privacy.  After the closure of encrypted email service provider Lavabit and Silent Circle's shuttering of its Silent Mail product, another valuable tool has decided to...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 20, 2013 15 Comments

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger revealed Monday that security experts with the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) entered the Guardian's building weeks ago and oversaw the destruction of hard drives containing documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. In a post published at The Guardian, Rusbridger...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 19, 2013 32 Comments

Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald warns that he will publish many more documents about the British government's surveillance activities, after his partner was detained and questioned at a London airport this weekend. From Reuters (via Huffington Post): "I will be far more aggressive in my reporting from now....

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