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Surveillance in the Age of Trump: What Does FISA Reauthorization Mean for Our Privacy?
An amendment proposed by the House of Representatives would have added new privacy measures to section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that shored up the rights of U.S. citizens. Unfortunately that didn't happen.
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Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists
Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists’ phone records with approval from two internal officials — far less oversight than under normal judicial procedures.
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Can the Surveillance State Repeal Act Shift the Course on Spying?
Eager to reset the debate and anchor it in long overdue transparency, a bipartisan block of representatives have introduced the proposal to restore civil liberties, privacy and freedom of thought.
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Twitter Sues U.S. Government Over Surveillance Disclosure Rules
The social media giant filed suit Tuesday against the Department of Justice and FBI, saying it's been "unconstitutionally restricted by statutes that prohibit and even criminalize" information disclosure.
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America's Kangaroo Justice: Welcome to The Post-Constitutional Era
Our corporate masters, unchecked by state power and dismissive of the popular will, do not see the fires they're igniting – and the Supreme Court's refusal to hear Hedges v. Obama is a signpost on the road to dystopia.
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Hedges v. Obama: Fighting the Militarized State
This law, if it is not struck down, will essentially replace our civilian judiciary with a military one, meaning people will not have a chance to get a lawyer or see the inside of a courtroom.
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Hedges: The “Dual State” That Edward Snowden Enabled Us To See
A debate this week at Oxford University centers on whether the NSA whistleblower helped or harmed the public good – but on a deeper level, this debate revolves around our nation’s loss of liberty.
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Justice Department Withholds FISA Court Orders on NSA's Bulk Collection of Data
The decision to keep some of the records secret, in the thick of Edward Snowden’s revelations, has raised suspicions within the ACLU that the government continues to hide bulk surveillance activities from the U.S. public.
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NSA Fails to Deny Spying on Congress As FISA Court Reauthorizes Phone Metadata Seizure
In its statement, which comes as the NSA gears up for a make-or-break legislative battle over the scope of its surveillance powers, the agency pointed to “privacy protections” which it says it keeps on all Americans' phone records.
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Beyond the NSA: Other Agencies Spy on You, Too
The Surveillance State Repeal Act would rescind the PATRIOT Act entirely, as well as the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, restoring rights that have been constitutionally violated by the FBI among other agencies.
