We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot Act. As we see it, there is now a significant gap between what most Americans think the law allows and what the government secretly claims the law allows. This is a problem, because it is Read More…
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FBI to Interrogate Clinton Over Email Scandal – Possibly Before California Primary
Late Thursday night, it was announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is likely to interview Hilary Clinton in the next few weeks about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and the subsequent leakage of top secret information. Officials noted that they have already begun interviewing some of her aides. Read More…
“LulzBoat” Sets Sail: Anonymous Hacks NSA, CIA, FBI, NASA, & Releases Massive Dox
After such a long wait, the LulzBoat officially set sail once again to pirate the open data waters of the world’s internet servers; this time under the banner: #AntiGovernment. Hacker “Mw@0day” of LulzSec Global produced what should be considered one of the most interesting and relevant hacks of recent time, continuing to ante up to Read More…
If You Use Tor Browser, The FBI Just Labeled You a Criminal
Absent action by Congress, the rule change will go into effect in December. The U.S. Supreme Court quietly approved a rule change that would allow a federal magistrate judge to issue a search and seizure warrant for any target using anonymity software like Tor to browse the internet. Absent action by U.S. Congress, the rule Read More…
‘Honeypot’ Recording is More Evidence of How FBI Targets American Muslims
In recorded conversation, FBI informant ‘deftly steered the conversation to violence against other people.’ Providing “a rare glimpse into how federal informants work,” The Intercept on Thursday published a recording of a conversation between a lonely, 21-year-old Michigan man and the woman whom he tried to impress by claiming he had both an AK-47 and supposed Read More…
Disregarding Privacy, Court Rules Common Cell Surveillance Method is Legal
The court rejected an argument that collecting phone location data without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment In a show of “complete disregard” for privacy, a federal appellate court on Wednesday ruled that the warrantless collection of cell phone location data is constitutional. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in United States v. Carpenter that Read More…