03/02/18 Overnight Links

MintPressNews: Inside the concerted attempt to discredit Wikileaks as a reliable option for whistleblowers

The Intercept: Norway used NSA tech for potentially illegal spying

CityLab: How cities are fighting secret surveillance

Daily Mail: State surveillance and mugshot images of MLK and civil rights movement used to intimidate activists

ACLU: Detroit police are playing Big Brother at local businesses

Activist Post: Rental cars to use facial recognition to spy on your vacation

Interesting perspective on upcoming SCOTUS decision: The Hill: Do we really need a new Constitutional amendment to protect privacy online?

LA Times: Pentagon’s new problem after years of crying poverty: Spending all that cash

This means the Pentagon is probably already testing this crap on us: DARPA Pentagon lab worries about CRISPR bioattack as China eyes genome lead

Shortlist: Facebook has a creepy data file on you.  Here’s how to see it.

National Review: Public sector unions’ First Amendment exception must end

Reason: Ben Carson spent $31,000 on a dining table, and 5 other times Trump cabinet members wasted your money

Author: S. Smith