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As we celebrate a ten year anniversary, here are ten posts from Jim White that are worth about a dime. But please donate more than that to the blog if you can.

Every year on December 4th I tell people about what was done to the 21-year old revolutionary, Fred Hampton, by the government of America and his city of Chicago in 1969. But this year I wanted to talk about what Fred Hampton gave us before he was assassinated, and maybe what he could have given us if he'd lived.

Some key non-surveillance posts from 2013 through 2015.

Some key posts from the first three years of emptywheel.

It is big game championship Saturday in college football. I know everybody is focused on the Auburn and Georgia rematch, but I am kind of excited for the Memphis/UCF pairing. Two fun and well coached teams, should be a lot of scoring. It the…

In its greatest act of reform, HPSCI would require the government to tell it why it isn't following notice requirements of FISA 6 months after it's too late to do anything about.

I don't have three things. I just have three (or more) layers of pure rage about the so-called tax reform bill now returned to the Senate floor. This is an open thread -- vent your rage here.

Back door searches violate the FBI's own requirement to use the least intrusive investigative methods. But national security swallows up that rule.

Let's use IP3's PowerPoint presentation for the Saudi King to look behind the curtains at the famous orb photo.

The retired generals of IP3, one of the companies that Michael Flynn advised and interacted with but did not disclose in his security clearance renewal, state that current US strategy in the Middle East is to "resource conflict". That is a stunning admission and rare bit of self-awareness that could be used as a springboard to a better policy.