Jewel v. NSA: Americans (Still) Deserve Their Day in Court
By David Greene With little explanation, the Ninth Circuit today affirmed the district court’s decision dismissing our landmark challenge to the US government’s mass communications…
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Did The NSA Create Bitcoin?
Op-Ed by Insight History The mysterious origins of Bitcoin have led to endless theories pertaining to who Satoshi Nakamoto actually is. One prominent theory, which…
Litigation Against Mass NSA Surveillance: Year in Review 2020
By Cindy Cohn EFF takes on fights for the long run, and some of our longest running legal fights are focused on bringing the National…
NSA Dodges Questions About Controversial “Backdoors” In Tech Products
By Tyler Durden Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing campaign exposed the National Security Agency in 2013 for having “backdoors” into commercial technology products. The US spy agency…
Former NSA Director Who Oversaw Spying Program Joins Amazon’s Board Of Directors
By John Vibes In a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week, Amazon revealed that former NSA director Keith Alexander will be…
Historic: Judge Rules NSA Domestic Spying Exposed By Edward Snowden Was Illegal
By Aaron Kesel A federal appeals court has ruled that the NSA’s historic controversial domestic spying program was illegal, one of the same programs NSA…
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…
NSA Warns Location Tracking Settings on Mobile Devices Are Difficult If Not Impossible to Turn Off
By B.N. Frank There seems to be no shortage of expert warnings that smartphones and other wireless or “smart” devices offer infinite possibilities for surveillance…
NSA Whistleblower Reveals Covert Torture Program on RT America
by Chevalier de Lorimier On April 11, 2020, the former Technical Director of the NSA, William Binney, and Pulitzer-prize winning Chris Hedges were discussing on…
NSA’s Social Network Mapping is More Vast, Omnipresent and Horrifying Than Snowden Revealed
By Jake Anderson Most people know by now about the surveillance abuses perpetrated by the NSA earlier this century, but a new book about Edward…
Senate Approves Spy Bill, Possible Link to Pending Covid-19 Actions
By Janet Phelan In a vote of 80-16, the US Senate yesterday approved HR 6172, which reauthorizes several surveillance authorities originally passed into law via…
Federal Judge Cites “National Security” as Reason to Throw out Lawsuit over NSA Spying
By Michael Maharrey People often say we shouldn’t worry about federal surveillance because the federal courts will protect our rights and ensure agencies like the…
Yes, Section 215 Expired. Now What?
By India McKinney and Andrew Crocker On March 15, 2020, Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act—a surveillance law with a rich history of government overreach…