‘Ten Arrests in Eighty-Three Minutes: A Close Analysis of NYPD Tactics’

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NSA documents suggest powerful intel agency is engaged in a civil war

The Guardian, the New York Times, and ProPublica today simultaneously published bombshell stories about the NSA's massive decryption efforts. Find links to all the stories and documents here.

On proof, lies and expecting the worst from the surveillance state

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The murder investigation that wasn’t, and our slippery surveillance state

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Above: a news report from September 12, 2011, the day after three men were slain in a Waltham, Massachusetts apartment.

State Police tweets neglect to mention all the other people acting #peacefully

The Massachusetts State Police was out in force over Fourth of July weekend, and wanted the world to see just how attentive its officers were to security concerns surrounding the celebrations at the Esplanade. The police's media relations people tweeted tens of pictures of everything from an image of the video downlink from its surveillance helicopter (pictured above), to press conferences, to a photo of kids playing with a K-9 dog.

Privacy and technology news: 7-5-13

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This news round-up was created by the ACLU of Northern California's Chris Conley

Justice Kagan: Fourth Amendment and technology issues “a growth industry for the court”

 

Protecting democracy by killing it: the Obama administration’s ‘Insider Threat Program’