Only the framework changed. Plenty of surveillance going on. At 11:59 P.M. on Saturday night, the U.S. National Security Agency
supposedly yanked the cord on its bulk telephone records collection,
thereby ending an expansive surveillance program that the nation’s
intelligence community put in place in the wake of the September 11, ... MORE
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Robert Hackett: No, NSA Phone Spying Has Not Ended
Only the framework changed. Plenty of surveillance going on. At 11:59 P.M. on Saturday night, the U.S. National Security Agency
supposedly yanked the cord on its bulk telephone records collection,
thereby ending an expansive surveillance program that the nation’s
intelligence community put in place in the wake of the September 11, ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Spies Who Ruin Us
The Fourth Amendment has numerous virtues. In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/11 and create the impression that it was doing something — anything — to avoid a repeat, the federal government tampered seriously with freedoms expressly guaranteed in the Constitution. ... MOREMetadata Surveillance Didn’t Stop The Paris Attacks
by Marcy Wheeler. And yet intelligence officials and politicians are now saying it could have. They’re wrong. Since terrorists struck Paris last Friday night, the debate over whether
encryption prevents intelligence services from stopping attacks has
reignited. The New York Times and Yahoo reported on vague claims that the terrorists’ use of ... MORETwo Years After Edward Snowden's Exposure, The NSA To End Bulk Collection Of Data From American's Phone Calls
At least, that is the official line. The NSA is ready to end later this month collecting Americans' domestic call records in bulk. It will move to a more targeted system, meeting a legislative deadline imposed earlier this year, according to a government memo seen by Reuters. The memo, sent on Monday from the NSA to relevant committees in the U.S. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: ‘Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death’ - The Loss Of Our Freedoms In The Wake Of 9/11
To comply or to resist? What began with the passage of the USA Patriot Act in October 2001 has snowballed into the eradication of every vital safeguard against government overreach, corruption and abuse. Since then, we have been terrorized, traumatized, and acclimated to life in the American Surveillance State. The bogeyman’s names and faces ... MOREAmerican Hero Arrested For Disabling Red Light Cameras
by Sean Davis. Who is the REAL public servant here? The arrest of a New York man for disabling red light cameras poses a
vital question that all Americans must answer: is this Son of Liberty a
great hero, or the greatest hero? Stephen Ruth, a 42-year-old New Yorker, was arrested earlier this week for neutering red camera lights, which act as automated ... MORENYC Unveils Pilot Program To Track Driving Habits
Big Brother comes a knocking. It’s a new city pilot program to track how you drive, when you drive, how fast your drive and how much gas you use. The Department of Transportation says it will help fix street problems. Others say its like Big Brother is watching you, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported Friday. It’s a tiny black box about the size of a ... MOREBig Government Update:The California Gas Restriction Act Of 2015 Spells The End Of Privacy For California Drivers
Big Brother is watching. The California Gas Restriction Act of 2015, Senate Bill 350, not only is a reckless political agenda but one that will raise costs drastically in California, burden the State with yet more regulations, and eliminate citizens’ privacy. Regulators now have a plan to monitor personal driving data that can be used to enforce gas ... MOREBaltimore Attorneys Reviewing 2,000 Cases Where Police Secretly Used Phone Tracking Devices On Petty Criminals
by Wils Robinson. Lawyers in Baltimore are challenging almost 2,000 criminal cases where police secretly used cell phone tracking devices. Defense attorneys will reportedly ask the judge to 'throw out' a number of the cases where cops tracked down a suspect with stingray and reopen a 'large number' of others. It is a device that acts as a cellphone ... MOREIndiana School Fingerprints Students For Lunch Program
by Kyle Olson. A new method of tracking the sheep. The grumbling in New Albany cafeterias isn’t coming from students’ stomachs. It’s from parents. The southern Indiana school district is one of the latest to deploy technology which “biometric identification to match a finger scan with a personal identification number,” WAVE reports. According to a ... MORECommon Core: Who's Watching the Kids?
by Mary Anne Marcella and Cort Wrotnowski. Common Core is about more than just a shift in educational standards. The architects of Common Core have always planned to integrate computer technology with Common Core standards under the guise of “closing the digital divide” and “preparing our children for the 21st-century workplace.” They ... MORESteve Weis: When Curtains Block Justice
A parody of “When Phone Encryption Blocks Justice”. In June, a laptop was stolen
from a bedroom on a Monday afternoon in Palo Alto, CA, a suburb 15 miles
south of San Francisco. There were no witnesses to the larceny, and no
surveillance footage either. With a laptop thief on the loose and few leads at their disposal, investigators ... MOREAT&T Has “Partnership” With NSA To Spy On US Internet
by Clayton Browne. Your world delivered. The most recent release of secret documents by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden
makes it clear that telecom giant AT&T has been actively
cooperating with the NSA in its large scale program to spy on the
internet traffic of Americans. Based on the documents, it appears that AT&T has been ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Chris Christie vs. Rand Paul
Or, King George vs. Thomas Jefferson. The dust-up between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over presidential fidelity to the Constitution – particularly the Fourth Amendment – was the most illuminating two minutes of the Republican debate last week. It is a well-regarded historical truism that the Fourth Amendment was ... MOREChris Christie And Rand Paul Reflect The Clash Between The GOP's Authoritarian And Libertarian Tendencies
by Jacob Sullum. One of the most telling moments in last week's Republican presidential debate came when moderator Megyn Kelly asked New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to defend his position that Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator, should be held responsible for the next terrorist attack on Americans because he opposes the National Security Agency's ... MORENico Sell: It’s Time To Build The Private Web
A place for private communication and uncensored info. The establishment of the U.S. Postal Service was one of the most visionary civil liberties ideas of its time. It was deeply rooted in George Washington’s belief that a strong state and society can only exist if every citizen has access to uncensored information and can freely communicate, ... MORENSA Grooming And Recruiting Children To Be Hackers
by William Lawler. Recruitment posters show multiple young people placing their hands on a basketball sized earth as digital streams flow around the planet. The image conveys the distinct impression that these children control the world utilizing technology. This may be a powerful draw for children viewing the poster. Of course it does not hurt ... MOREPaul Rosenberg: Why You Must Dump Microsoft NOW
"they redefined their operating system to be spyware." I’ve written about dumping Microsoft before
– and I stand by those comments – but the newest outrage from Redmond
forces me to it again. I don’t care how “inconvenient” you think it may
be, you have to stop enriching Microsoft. NOW. Yes, I have serious issues with Apple too, but ... MORELocal Gov'ts Are Increasingly Poking Through Your Garbage
by Jenna McLaughlin. "Nothing is safe, not even our trash." Civil libertarians are worried about an increasingly common form of domestic surveillance that has nothing to do with listening to your phone calls or reading your emails; it has to do with looking through your garbage. Municipalities across the United States are implementing ... MORE
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