Secret FISA Court Rules Itself Constitutional
In a landmark ruling earlier today, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), a judicial body which has clandestine proceedings and…
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US House of Representatives Passes Two-Year Reauthorization of Controversial Surveillance Law
The US House of Representatives recently approved a two-year reauthorization of a contentious warrantless surveillance law, known as Section 702…
White House Advisory Board Urges Intelligence Gathering Procedure Reforms in New Report
The US President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) has issued a crucial report supporting the reauthorization of Section 702 under the…
Devin Nunes’ Memo Claims Russia Probe Was Started Because of Controversial Steele Dossier
Summary: The controversial Nunes memo was released on Friday. The much-discussed memo written by Republican state representative, Devin Nunes, has…
House Votes to Allow Government to Collect Emails without Warrants
Summary: The House voted to renew the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. On Thursday,…
Federal Government Wiretapped Paul Manafort
Summary: The FBI reportedly had a wiretap on Paul Manafort earlier this year. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort had been…
Microsoft Battling Government With Three Separate Lawsuits
Summary: The general counsel for Microsoft, Brad Smith, has decried the privacy 'arms race' in this country and has filed three…
Systems of NSA Too Complex to Prevent Data Deletion
A multitude of lawsuits have been filed against the National Security Agency for its surveillance programs, but the agency says…
Justice Department Ordered to Declassify the Documents that Justified Surveillance
The Justice Department has agreed to declassify portions of its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions. Specifically, as of Tuesday, they…
More NSA Spying: Meet PRISM, Which Monitors Google, Apple, Facebook, and More
It’s worse than we thought. While many of us feel that the Patriot Act ought to be repealed, not everybody…
Federal Appeals Court Rules Telecommunications Companies Have Legal Immunity in Connection with NSA Program
In recent days, a federal appeals court ruled that a 2008 law granting telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the…
When the Government Listens, the Terrorists Win
Illegal wiretapping has been a touchy issue since Watergate, but after 9/11 it became something for every citizen to be…