Thomas Tamm, a former attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, has agreed to be publicly censured for his role in exposing the U.S. government’s warrantless wiretapping program in 2004. Almost a full decade before the world learned the name Edward Snowden, Thomas Tamm helped educate the public about the Bush administration’s program for intercepting Read More…
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CISA: The Patriot Act 2.0 Signed Into Law
On December 18th, 2015 Congress passed a $1.15 trillion omnibus spending package as a way of continuing to fund the federal government and avoiding a government shutdown. Snuck into the bill was a highly controversial bill called CISA, a cyber security bill that was defeated in the past due to civil rights and privacy concerns. Read More…