Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference ……
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Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In “Terrifying” FISA 702 Reauthorization
By Tyler Durden On Monday, the House finalized procedural business on a bill to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…
Deja Vu: The FBI Proves Again it Can’t be Trusted with Section 702
By Matthew Guariglia We all deserve privacy in our communications, and part of that is trusting that the government will only access them within the…
Making a Mockery of the 4th Amendment
By Michael Boldin Despite a well-documented pattern of lawlessness by the FBI, including a failure to comply with even the most modest reforms, the secret…
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Has Made a Mockery of the Constitutional Right to Privacy
By Andrew Crocker The latest evidence that Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA) must be ended or drastically reformed came last month…
Time To End the FBI’s FISA Follies
By Patrick Eddington Late last Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a heavily redacted April 2022 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court…
“Trickle down” FISA Proceedings Result in Further Revocation of Rights
By Janet Phelan As the country swings further towards despotism, some interesting and telling cases are being filed in the courts, in an effort to…
The Government’s Lust To Spy
By Andrew Napolitano In 2019, agents of the federal and state governments persuaded judges to issue 99% of all requested intercepts. An intercept is any…
Judge Rules NSA Spying Program Revealed By Snowden Was Illegal, Useless Against Terrorists
By John Vibes This week, a federal appeals court ruled that the NSA’s controversial spying program was illegal – the same program Edward Snowden released…
All Spying All The Time
By Andrew P. Napolitano During this summer of madness in Portland, Oregon, and sadness over COVID-19, two below-the-radar events occurred implicating the insatiable appetite of…
Barr and Trump United in Opposition to Spy Bill — But The Reasons Raise Questions
By Janet Phelan Attorney General William Barr has reversed himself and is now urging Congress to vote down the surveillance reauthorizations in HR 6172. Stating…
Congressman Massie Speaks Out Against Patriot Act/FISA Reauthorization
By RepThomasMassie With the Patriot Act/FISA set to be re-authorized, at least one congressman – Rep. Thomas Massie – reminds the American people about what…
House Lawmakers Extend Section 215 into Next Year Even Though They Had Years to Stop Illegal Overcollection of Americans’ Sensitive Data
By India McKinney With federal agencies set to run out of money this week, House lawmakers today passed a short-term funding bill that contained a…
FBI Use Of Foreign-Surveillance Tool Violated Privacy Rights: FISA Court
By Tyler Durden The FBI’s use of electronic surveillance tools violated the constitutional privacy rights of Americans whose communications were swept up in a controversial…