Patriot Act Renewal: A Bipartisan Attack on Liberty Since Day One
With another so-called federal “shutdown” looming, a measure to fund the feds for another 3 months just passed the House. Expect it to pass the Senate and get signed. Included near the very end of the legislation is a clean and full reauthorization of the...
NSA Official Refuses to Reveal the Success – or Failure – of Phone Surveillance
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee from both sides of the aisle are questioning the necessity of renewing one of the NSAโs many telephone surveillance programs. During a hearing on Wednesday, Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democrat Dianne...
NSA Spying: They’re Trying to Make Warrantless Surveillance Permanent
Earlier this year, it was reported that a massive call records program was no longer being used and was probably going to be scrapped. But in yet another flip-fop, the administration is pushing congress for a permanent renewal of the mass surveillance programs started...