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Category Archives: Civil liberties
Intel Authorization Bill Would EXPAND Surveillance Against Americans
Below is the full text of the Dear Colleague circulated this afternoon by Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI): Block New Spying on U.S. Citizens: Vote “NO” on H.R. 4681 Dear Colleague: The intelligence reauthorization bill, which the House will vote on … Continue reading
Posted in Civil liberties, Intelligence Community
Tagged Capitol Hill, civil liberties, Congress, HR4681, Intelligence, Justin Amash, surveillance
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NSA Reform: When 293 Votes Is Not A Majority
Late this afternoon, I was informed that the only NSA reform measure to pass either chamber of Congress this year–the Lofgren/Massie amendment to the FY15 DoD approps bill–is being stripped out of that bill as part of the House-Senate deal … Continue reading
Posted in Civil liberties
Tagged AUMF, Capitol Hill, civil liberties, Congress, FISA, FISC, NSA, PATRIOT Act, Politics, September 11, Snowden, surveillance, Tom Massie, Zoe Lofgren
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Udall, The Torture Report and The Pentagon Papers Option
Shortly after Colorado Senator Mark Udall lost his reelection bid to Rep. Cory Gardner, it began–first as conversations among civil liberties activists, then in media outlets, and finally Udall himself raised the possibility: on his way out of the Senate, … Continue reading
On Ending The Surveillance State
Some fresh musings on Medium.
NSA Reform Legislation Update
I’ll withhold final judgement on the pending Conyers-Sensenbrenner bill until I see the bill text, but here’s a reality check based on the summary provided thus far by the bill’s authors and some accounts online: Conyers-Sensenbrenner would leave the Surveillance … Continue reading
HPSCI’s “Statue of Liberty” Play On PATRIOT Act Reauthorization
Did the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) engage in the document-based form of the old football deception play? That’s the allegation coming from Michigan Rep. Justin Amash: Justin Amash, the Michigan Republican whose effort to defund theNSA‘s mass phone-records collection … Continue reading
Posted in Civil liberties, Surveillance
Tagged civil liberties, classification system, Congress, FISA, HPSCI, HR 514, HR 5949, Justin Amash, NSA, PATRIOT Act, secrecy, surveillance, The Guardian
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David Bromwich On “Liberty, Security, and Fear”
Yale literature professor David Bromwich has a superb piece on HuffPo today that articulates so well the fraud that is the American Surveillance State: And what of liberty? A view taken by many apologists for massive surveillance holds that liberty is … Continue reading
Posted in Civil liberties
Tagged civil liberties, Congress, David Bromwich, FISA, HR 2818, NSA, PATRIOT Act, secrecy, Surveillance State Repeal Act
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Greenwald Repeats Claim NSA Analsyts Can Snoop Without Warrants
From The Hill, regarding Greenwald’s restated assertion that low-level NSA analysts can listen to To the phone calls or read the emails of U.S. Persons without a warrant: “These programs are, are very simple screens, like the ones that supermarket … Continue reading
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Tagged civil liberties, Congress, FISA, HR 2818, NSA, PATRIOT Act, Snowden, surveillance, Surveillance State Repeal Act
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Paul And Christie Spar Over Domestic Spying Scandal
Pretty typical Christie demagoguery, as reported by the Star-Ledger.
Posted in Civil liberties, Surveillance
Tagged Chris Christie, civil liberties, FISA, NSA, PATRIOT Act, Rand Paul, surveillance
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Hightower Calls For PATRIOT Act Repeal
Jim Hightower has joined the chorus of those calling for the repeal of the PATRIOT Act. Listen here.