Barack Obama and Eric Holder did not create a weaponized DOJ and FBI; the institutions were already weaponized by the Patriot Act. What Obama and Holder did was take the preexisting system and retool it, so the weapons of government only targeted one side of the political continuum…
Democrats Once Opposed the Post-September 11th Expansion of the Surveillance State…
The Dept. of Homeland Security, once viewed as an Orwellian power grab, is now championed by Democrats to police “dangerous” political speech…
To the Government, We’re All Terrorist’s Now…
You may think you’re not worth spying on. But to our government, we’re all terrorists now…
Taibbi: The Washington Post Dabbles in Orwell…
Snowden is America’s most famous revealer-of-secrets, and the way he’s talked about has evolved to an extreme degree in less than a decade, showing how quickly a story about security overreach can be flipped into an argument for more vigilance…
Edward Snowden Reconsidered…
This summer, the fifth anniversary of Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA surveillance passed quietly, adrift on a tide of news that now daily sweeps the ground from under our feet. It has been a long five years, and not a period marked by increased understanding, transparency, or control of our personal data. In these years, […]
Who’s Spying on Who? FBI’s Use of NSA Foreign Surveillance Program Needs to Be Investigated, Say Whistleblowers…
A controversial NSA surveillance program used to monitor foreigners was also being used by the FBI as ‘backdoor’ to gain warrantless access to American communications, according to numerous former U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials with knowledge of the program. The whistleblowers, who recently disclosed the program’s process to Congressional oversight committees, say concern over […]
Supreme Court Hears Arguments About Cellphone Location Tracking in Landmark Privacy Case…
The Supreme Court heard arguments for the first time Wednesday about whether police can obtain cellphone location records without a warrant, setting up the possibility for legal precedent that could affect privacy law for generations. Experts have said the case could have consequences far beyond location tracking by law enforcement – it could impact National […]