AFTERMATH OF THE NUNES MEMO: SCHUMER HITS BACK From Politico: House Intel members: Release the FISA application After the controversial release of the Nunes Memo on Friday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged Trump to allow the House Democrats to release a...
Earlier this week, just before he gave his state of the union address, Trump came a step closer to fulfilling his promise to “load it up” by issuing an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay open indefinitely. According to the order, the...
BEWARE OF THE BOTS From the New York Times: The Follower Factory On January 27th, the New York Times released a report on the sale of bots and social media identity theft. The investigation found that Devumi, a social media “influence” company, routinely...
On September 11, the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, thousands of spies, police officers, prosecutors, and surveillance profiteers will gather in Washington D.C. for a spying technology extravaganza known as ISS World Americas. On its website, the event organizers describe ISS...
In mid-August, Donald Trump offended much of the country when he appeared to equate anti-fascist protesters with neo-Nazis. Last week, he pardoned the notorious Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of criminal contempt after refusing to follow a federal judge’s order to...
Mayor Marty Walsh and Police Commissioner Bill Evans have spoken out in defense of Boston’s immigrant community, pushing back against the xenophobic and racist rhetoric coming from our nation’s highest political office. Boston, our leaders want the world to know, is a...
Yesterday I was interviewed for an NBC Boston story about DHS funded research to build a machine that would enable the electronic searching of hundreds of people at a time. The system would work sort of like the all electronic tolling gantries...
Yesterday, Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Paul (R-KY) and Representatives Polis (D-CO), Farenthold (R-TX), Smith (D-WA), and Beyer (D-VA) introduced legislation to protect digital privacy from the prying eyes of DHS employees at US borders. The legislation would require warrants for searches of US citizens’ and...
Last week, President Trump tweeted that President Obama wiretapped him during the 2016 presidential campaign. That’s probably not true. Since the intelligence reforms of the 1970s, it’s been unlawful for presidents to order targeted wiretapping of Americans. Only prosecutors can do that, and...
In a letter signed by two dozen technology experts and business leaders, the ACLU and the Alliance for Business Leadership call on Governor Charlie Baker to continue to use his bully pulpit to protest against discriminatory federal immigration policies, and to support...