Surveillance rules loosened. I have, oh-so-cynically, referred to
the court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as
a "phony
baloney" court that grants rubber-stamp approval to virtually
every snooping request that comes its way. Of course, I base that
subjective assessment on the fact that, in 11 years, the
court has denied ... MORE
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J.D. Tuccille: Court Secretly Expands NSA Power
Surveillance rules loosened. I have, oh-so-cynically, referred to
the court set up under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as
a "phony
baloney" court that grants rubber-stamp approval to virtually
every snooping request that comes its way. Of course, I base that
subjective assessment on the fact that, in 11 years, the
court has denied ... MOREJerry Brito: How Leaks Advance Liberty And Resist Tyranny
Using technology to keep the government in check. We now know what we have long suspected: that the National
Security Agency is collecting the phone call records of all
Americans. And we are now justified in suspecting what we have long
feared: that it is also keeping a permanent backup copy of
everything that happens on the ... MOREJulian Sanchez: Our Dishonest Debate Over NSA Spying
Secret FISA court rules the Fourth Amendment be damned. The House of Representatives recently signed off on another five years of sweeping warrantless surveillance by the National Security Agency, voting by a wide margin to extend the controversial FISA Amendments Act of 2008. But the debate on the House floor showed that the law’s ... MORE
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