05/15/18 Overnight Links

Defense One: The Border Patrol’s ‘Constitution-Free Zone’ is probably bigger than you think

The Verge: Ecuador reportedly spent $5 million protecting–and spying on–Julian Assange

EFF: The Supreme Court says your expectation of privacy probably shouldn’t depend on the fine print

The Nation: The CIA didn’t just torture. It experimented on human beings.

The Intercept: Ahead of vote on Gina Haspel, Senate pulls access to damning classified memo

Techdirt: Bill introduced to prevent government agencies from demanding encryption backdoors

Ars Technica: Ex-CIA employee identified but not charged in Vault 7 leak of hacking tools

Washington Post: Nothing says ‘peace’ like 58 dead Palestinians

Antiwar.com: US blocks UN probe into Gaza deaths

Activist Post: If any other country was shooting civilians like Israel, the US would be calling for invasion by now

New York Times: The legacy of stop-and-frisk in New York’s marijuana arrests

The Atlantic: Big Pharma gets a big win from Trump

FEE: Why words like ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ are losing their power, and why that’s a bad thing

The Atlantic: A new theory linking sleep and creativity Ed: As someone afflicted with an extreme form of sleepwalking, I find all research on sleep fascinating.

Quanta: A new world’s extraordinary orbit points to planet nine

High Times: New study finds alcohol, tobacco the most lethal substances worldwide

Business Insider: A best-selling author tried LSD, magic mushrooms, and DMT, and wrote about all 3 experiences

Author: S. Smith