Domestic surveillance within the United States has a history that is rich in lessons for our post 9/11 world. Early in the 20th century, the threat of terrorism spurred the development of a domestic intelligence bureaucracy. The fear of “radical ideas” brought...
Take action to update the Massachusetts public records law. Transparency is a prerequisite for a functioning democracy. If we don’t know what our government is doing, we have no ability to meaningfully engage or change it. With among the weakest public records...
Photo: Gabe Camacho The United States is not a battlefield, and our homes and communities should not be targets for military raids. But throughout Massachusetts today, forces composed of members of our public police departments increasingly resemble military units, backed up by...
The ACLU of Massachusetts occasionally produces original reports and briefing papers, predominately based off of government documents obtained through the public records process. The following are in-depth examinations of issues relating to policing, privacy, and surveillance. Surveillance law “Inside Orders: Secrecy and Warrantless...
I don’t have anything to hide. Why should I care? Not concerned about your privacy? Great! Please email me all of your passwords, especially your banking and email passwords, and drop a copy of your home and car keys in the mail...
