Federal Agencies
Feds Buying Their Way Around the Fourth Amendment
The feds are buying access to private data collection companies as a way to gather information on people without a warrant. According to a report by The Intercept, the U.S. Treasury Department bought two data feeds from a company called Babel Street. Tech Inquiry...
Is Every Federal Agency a Spy Agency?
A totalitarian state needs to keep a close eye on people to ensure compliance and control. With USPS and even the National Park Service joining the surveillance-state fray, if we’re not already there, it’s pretty close – and getting worse. Path to Liberty:...
U.S. Post Office Operating as Part of Surveillance State
Yahoo News revealed that the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been secretly tracking and collecting Americans’ social media posts. “The details of the surveillance effort, known as Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP), have not previously...
The Feds Can’t Even Get Constitution Day Right
Today is “Constitution Day.” On Sept. 17, 1787, delegates (most of them, but not all) at the Philadelphia Convention signed the proposed Constitution for the United States. Given the operation of the federal government today, it should come as no surprise...