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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 19, 2013 34 Comments

Google experienced a massive outage Friday night 8/16.   All of its services were disrupted, and while it was only down for a period of just under five minutes, the blackout had a rather large impact on internet traffic overall. From the Daily Mail: Worldwide internet traffic...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 18, 2013 21 Comments

The partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald was detained and questioned for nine hours on Sunday at Heathrow airport in London as he was returning home to Rio de Janeiro.  Authorities ultimately released him, but not before confiscating several pieces of his electronics equipment. From The...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 18, 2013 8 Comments
Wikileaks has been known to release insurance files from time to time.  These are dumps of encrypted files that can only be opened by those who hold the encryption key to do so.  For one, it makes certain that information reaches the public in the event those who hold the information aren't available to release it themselves.  It can also be sort of a secret holder's way of saying, "back off, or I'll go all secret-exposing nuclear on you..." But Wikileaks' latest release of such files has everybody talking.  That's because they're almost 400 gigabytes large.  That's large. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/368411280622620672 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/368411399053008896 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/368411566229577728 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/368426845735120896 So, folks are all wondering, what could possibly be in there?

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 17, 2013 13 Comments

The younger brother of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has reportedly been arrested, as the military's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood continues amidst protests in Egypt. From the Associated Press (via Washington Post): Egyptian authorities have arrested the brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri, a security official...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 16, 2013 11 Comments

In an online video forum hosted by the transparency organization OurSay.org before a live studio audience in Australia on Friday, Campus Reform editor-in-chief Josiah Ryan asked Wikileaks founder Julian Assange his thoughts about Matt Drudge and Rand Paul. Assange praised Drudge for breaking down self censorship...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 16, 2013 15 Comments

The Washington Post released a detailed report last night, stating that the NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year.  The report is based on documents shared earlier with the outlet by NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and it presents a clearer picture of precisely...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 15, 2013 3 Comments

The Syrian Electronic Army is claiming credit today for hacking content recommendation service Outbrain, which appears to have affected several media outlets that include TIME, CNN and the Washington Post. https://twitter.com/Official_SEA16/status/368038668709019648 Outbrain has confirmed the attack (without mention of SEA). https://twitter.com/Outbrain/status/368044125536272386 The Washington Post also confirmed its disruption this...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 14, 2013 14 Comments

As the defense neared the end of its side in the sentencing phase of Bradley Manning's trial, the convicted Wikileaker spoke to the court himself today.  In an unsworn statement, he began with an apology, saying, "I am sorry that my actions hurt people; I...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 14, 2013 4 Comments

It appears Israel is gearing up for its own citizen army to defend itself - on social media. From the Jerusalem Post's article, Government to use citizens as army in social media war: The Prime Minister’s Office has a far-reaching plan to utilize students and other supporters...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 12, 2013 15 Comments

The fifth day in the trial of accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan opened Monday with the testimony of a nurse who called 911 on the day of the shooting. Shemeka Hairston cried as the prosecution played the 911 recording for the courtroom. https://twitter.com/KenKalthoffNBC5/status/366951607046377473 From the local Killeen...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 08, 2013 27 Comments

Well, this was a bit of mysterious news today.  Apparently, the owner of Lavabit - the same email service reportedly used by NSA leaker Edward Snowden to contact human rights groups last month - has decided to shut down its operations in order to avoid...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 08, 2013 12 Comments

The Fort Hood shooting trial resumed Thursday after the judge refused to grant a request from Nidal Hasan's standby defense attorneys to drop out of the case.  The attorneys argued Wednesday that Hasan’s strategy in court thus far has demonstrated that the defendant – who...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 07, 2013 21 Comments

Day two in the trial of the accused Fort Hood shooter came to an unexpected halt Wednesday morning, after standby defense attorneys for Nidal Hasan requested to either be reinstated as official counsel or be removed from the case entirely.  The attorneys filed a motion,...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 06, 2013 13 Comments

As the sentencing phase in the court martial of Bradley Manning continues, a military judge has ruled that his maximum possible prison sentence will be reduced to 90 years. From Reuters: A U.S. military judge reduced potential prison time for Private First Class Bradley Manning to 90...

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