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Tag Archives: secrecy
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
Surveillance Reform: House Mid-term Election Impact Update
While seven House races remain undecided, what we do know is that seven House members who voted for the Massie/Lofgren/Holt NSA surveillance reform amendment to the FY15 DoD appropriations bill were defeated on election night. They are Shea-Porter (NH-1), Garcia … Continue reading
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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Federal Judge Makes It EASIER To Prosecute Whistleblowers
From the Federation of American Scientists Secrecy News blog: In a new interpretation of the Espionage Act, a federal judge made it easier for prosecutors in leak cases to meet their burden of proof, while reducing protections for accused leakers. … Continue reading
Posted in Whistleblowers
Tagged classification system, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, secrecy, US. v. Morrison, whistleblowers
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