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 ... MORE
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Andrew 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 ... MOREBill Perna: Why Some Americans Hate Edward Snowden
We can no longer be in denial. Edward Snowden's actions confronts us with a vexing problem. Because of Snowden's actions we are now burdened with the knowledge and evidence that we live in a surveillance state. We are confronted with our complacency. A fundamental question begs an answer. What does it now mean to be an American? ... MOREWe Are All Terror Suspects Under The FBI’s Program
by Thomas S. Neuberger. What Big Brother is looking for. If you engage in any of the following activities, you could be on a terrorism watch list: Make suspicious comments regarding anti‑US, radical theology, vague or cryptic warnings that suggest or appear to endorse the use of violence in support of a cause. Make unusual comments ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Freedom Or The Slaughterhouse?
The American Police State from A to Z. For those whose minds have been short-circuited into believing the candy-coated propaganda peddled by the politicians, here is an A-to-Z, back-to-the-basics primer of what life in the United States of America is really all about. A is for the AMERICAN POLICE STATE. As I point out in my book ... MORE
The FBI Wants The Key to Your Data: Is Gov't-Resistant Encryption An Intolerable Threat To Public Safety?
by Jacob Sullum. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, FBI Director James Comey argued that data should never be transmitted or stored in a way that frustrates government snooping. Comey warned that encryption is a boon to criminals and therefore must be designed so that law enforcement agencies can decode it ... MORE
US Gov't’s Reported Number Of Wiretaps Only One Third Of Those Reported By AT&T, Verizon, Sprint And T-Mobile
by David Kravets. Somebody is lying. The government published its latest Wiretap Report on July 1. The
headline finding was that encryption wasn't foiling federal and state
law enforcement officials, despite a growing chorus of people suggesting
that we're all gonna die unless the tech sector builds backdoor access into their products to ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Jade Helm, Terrorist Attacks, Surveillance And Other Fairy Tales For A Gullible Nation
A cautionary tale. Once upon a time, there was a nation of people who believed everything they were told by their government. When terrorists attacked the country, and government officials claimed to have been caught by surprise, the people believed them. And when the government passed massive laws aimed at locking down the nation and ... MOREJacob Sullum: Christie Vs. Paul On Surveillance & Security
NJ governor unconcerned about warrantless snooping. Chris Christie says Rand Paul, one of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, is "politicizing America's national security" by objecting to the government's indiscriminate collection of our telephone records. The New Jersey governor's puzzling charge against the Kentucky senator ... MORESecret Court Allows Resumption Of Metadata Spying
by David Kravets. Thought Congress halted the snooping program Snowden exposed? Think again. A secret US tribunal ruled late Monday that the National Security Agency is free to continue its bulk telephone metadata surveillance program—the same spying that Congress voted to terminate weeks ago. Congress disavowed the program NSA ... MOREGiving Government 'Backdoor' Access To Encrypted Data Threatens Both Personal Privacy And National Security
How domestic spying makes us less safe. The "Crypto Wars" are here again, which means federal officials are doing all they can to limit the technological tools that keep our personal data secure. President Obama and leaders from the National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been pressuring ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Lies The Government Is Telling You
Because the government is not us. Last week, Republicans and Democrats in Congress joined President Barack Obama in congratulating themselves for taming the National Security Agency's voracious appetite for spying. By permitting one section of the Patriot Act to expire and by replacing it with the USA Freedom Act, the federal government ... MOREConnie Mack IV: A Spirited Defense Of Liberty
Liberty has a champion. Whether you like his brand of conservatism or not — and there’s
plenty about his approach to national security and foreign policy that I
don’t like — you have to admire the principled stand that Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky took on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Mr. Paul
made Americans step back and take a ... MOREUSA Police State Celebrated As “Defense Of Freedom”
by William Boardman. One needs a wicked sense of humor these days to fully appreciate the present moment in American history, as a supposedly free country debates which police state practices to adopt, while ignoring any thought that maybe the United States should not be a police state at all. For a brief shining moment early on June 1, ... MOREJohn W Whitehead: Slave Or Rebel? Ten Principles For Escaping The Matrix And Standing Up To Tyranny
The more things change, the more they stay the same. It’s a shell game intended to keep us focused on and distracted by all of the politically expedient things that are being said—about militarized police, surveillance, and government corruption—while the government continues to frogmarch us down the road toward outright tyranny. ... MORE
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