What was the most underreported story of 2012?
According to Project Censored, it was “Signs of an Emerging Police State,” as evidenced by President Obama putting his signature last New Year’s Eve on the NDAA of 2012.
Now that the elections are over, we must gear up to make an impact on Congress and the White House in the coming months. We should also be preparing to take local actions that move human and constitutional rights back onto the political agenda.
NSA whistleblower Bill Binney and ACLU of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose spoke to a packed crowd at MIT on November 19, 2012. The conversation focused mainly on the military's warrantless wiretapping program and the FISA Amendments Act, but covered a host of topics related to technology, liberty, privacy and security.
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Start the clip at 3:50 and prepare to be totally shocked.
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Videographer Michelle Leddon interviewed privacy, legal and computer experts at the 2012 DefCon convergence in Las Vegas, Nevada. She put this video together, which explores Why Privacy Matters from a number of angles.
Civil libertarians, much to our collective pain and anguish, have thus far failed to convince majorities of the US population that our legal rights should be protected in a perceived crisis. Emergency rule is The Rule and frankly, most Americans either don’t seem to care or aren’t paying enough attention.
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