Infowars.com | Crack investigative journalist Ben Swann weighs in on IRS scandal.

NBC | Law enforcement official told NBC Holder signed off on search warrant that identified Fox News reporter as a “possible co-conspirator” in violations of the Espionage Act.

US News & World Report | Several YouTube videos show hobbyists who have allegedly created rudimentary armed drones.

RT | Scripps has been accused by telecom attorneys of hacking into computers to gain access to records.

Steve Jolly | ‘Airport-style’ harassment to “help people who use public transport feel safer.”

newyorklawjournal.com | New York City police violate the U.S. Constitution on a massive scale.

csindy.com | “Unmanned aircraft is going to be the future.”

zeenews.india.com | New York Police Department is defending itself in a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Reuters | Unnerving everyone from lawmakers to casino operators worried about the potential for hitherto unimagined privacy and policy violations.

FastCompany.com | Software allows developers to turn any webcam into a real-time video analytics sensor.

CBS News | The odds are you are not just a face in the crowd any longer.

Paul Joseph Watson | Google Now: Next phase of technology giant’s takeover of your entire life.

cnsnews.com | IRS spokesmen also did not respond to repeated emailed and telephone inquiries.

Paul Joseph Watson | Part of ‘Intellistreets’ rollout?

politico.com | Tea party members worried they’d be punished for tweets or Facebook comments by followers.

Mike Adams | Associated Press reporters are outraged over recent revelations that the Obama administration engaged in a “sweeping seizure” of private phone records.

newsmax.com | IRS officials in Washington and at least two other offices were involved.

Paul Joseph Watson | After years of denouncing Bush wiretapping, Think Progress says phone taps necessary to protect against terrorists.

foxnews.com | Republican lawmakers have vowed to investigate and hold hearings, calling the revelations deeply troubling.

The Atlantic Wire | The letter the AP received has not been made public, but it apparently provided no reason for the seizure.

Violet Blue | Congress and “many defenders of Internet freedom” must understand that serious damage was done.

Donna Anderson | Arizona officials fear that non-compliance would result in loss of funding for other similar projects.

BioMetric Update | Employers would have to cross-reference new hires in the database to ensure they really are who they claim to be.

Fox News | Brennan made headlines last year when photos showing him standing near a metal detector without any clothes on went viral.

Michael Snyder | What do speed traps, parking tickets, toll roads, speed cameras and red light cameras all have in common?

Sun Journal | ACLU Maine executive director says attorney general thinks police should not need a warrant to use drones.

Mac Slavo | You may be reading this article in the privacy of your own home, but somewhere in a National Security Agency control center your every move is being tracked.

EFF.org | Law enforcement agencies increasingly using sophisticated cameras to scan and record license plates of millions of cars across the country.

nytimes.com | FBI’s original proposal would have required Internet communications services to each build in a wiretapping capacity.

Adan Salazar | “Kids don’t think about ‘Cowboys and Indians’ anymore, they think about drive-by shootings and murders…”

American Dream | Big Brother is watching everything that you do on the Internet and listening to everything that you say on your phone.

William Norman Grigg | This is precisely the kind of pilot program the Feds would find worthwhile.

The Guardian | A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case.

The Telegraph | ‘Could be switched off automatically in British homes without the owners’ consent under EU proposals to help power stations meet demand for electricity.’

The Guardian | Newly released data show that the government submitted 1,789 eavesdropping requests last year, and none was rejected.

RT | FISA court quietly rubber stamped nearly 2,000 government requests to search or electronically monitor people in the U.S. last year.

Thomas DiLorenzo | Governmental critic will be sent for mental health evaluation, and his life possibly ruined.

EFF.org | Did you post an ad on craigslist between July 26, 2012 and August 8, 2012? If so, bad news for you.

The Register | Apparatchiks whine that technology’s making it too tough.

Declan McCullagh | Immunizes from prosecution companies participating in cybersecurity program.

Adan Salazar | All your children are belong to us.

The Guardian | Internet giant details requests for material to be pulled from YouTube, Blogger service and from Google search.

NY Daily News | Funds would go to the state’s newly created Children’s Health Promotion Fund and other similar programs aimed at kids.

Healthy Home Economist | Teacher suspend without pay after giving lesson on gardening tools to second grade students.

Infowars.com | But your government always loves you:)

EFF.org | Get ready for the nitty-gritty details: who has your information, how they get it, and what they do with it.

libertyblitzkrieg.com | Congress sure is hard at work at the moment trying to pass one horrific bill after the other.

Bay News 9 | Measure delayed to accommodate feedback from an advisory committee.

The Hill | “Marketplace Fairness Act” bill would allow states to tax out-of-state online retailers, but exempts small businesses earning less than $1 million a year.

Bill Anderson | A nation under permanent martial law is a nation of drones serving a governmental master.