The government can very easily access our private data when it is held by third parties like Twitter, Google, Facebook or Verizon, and unless we act to change the law, we might not have the right to challenge any disclosures in open court.
While the president is getting bashed by Republican wannabe presidents for “big government” bailouts, his former chief of staff is experimenting with anti-democratic elements of neo-liberal “shock doctrine” in Obama’s home town.
The United States Government is playing a very dangerous game with the First Amendment, and unfortunately, some members of the media are cheerleading the effort.
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How many GPS devices have been secretly installed on cars by the FBI without warrants? A hundred? A thousand? More?
The answer, according to FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann, is closer to three thousand. That’s 3,000!
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The chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, Peter King, supports the NYPD's racist program of spying on Muslim communities in and around New York. Watch.
The Triangle Center of Terrorism and Homeland Security recently released its third report on Muslim-American Terrorism.
Have you ever heard the maxim, "You can't lie to the FBI, but they can lie to you"? Unlike many things your high school friends told you, this one is actually true. You can go to jail for years if convicted of "making false statements" to any federal government official, but FBI agents are allowed to lie to you, no problem.
UPDATE: The court ruled in Jones. Read about the decision here.
