FISA
The Judges Approving the NSA's Surveillance Requests Keep Buying Verizon Stock
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) is packed with judges who own stock in the telecom companies handing over data to the government.
The NSA’s Racist Targeting of Individuals Is as Troubling as Indiscriminate Surveillance
The latest NSA revelation shows that it has been spying on five distinguished Muslim-Americans, and isn’t above using the term “raghead.”
Congress Will Vote on an NSA Reform Bill That Won't Reform Much of Anything
But at least it beats the alternative, which was a civil liberties nightmare.
Not Even US Human Rights Workers Can Escape The NSA
Intercepted communications, if leaked to other governments, “could put human rights defenders the world over in imminent danger.”
The Legal Fight Against Warrantless Surveillance Is Gaining Steam
With more scrutiny from all angles, the legal landscape is shaping up to force change.
FISA Judges Slammed the NSA for Knowingly Violating Court Rules
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence just published the original document OK'ing the spy agency's sweeping surveillance program.
How Congress and the Patriot Act Legalized the NSA's Phone Data Collection
When the courts allow highly questionable acts simply because admittedly bad laws say so, we've got a serious judicial problem on our hands.
If You Liked '1984,' You'll Love 2013!
On Sunday, the grassroots organization Restore the Fourth rallied activists across the country for the second time this year to protest the National Security Agency’s dragnet-style surveillance programs and their violations of the Fourth Amendment. The...
NSA's PRISM Program Doesn't Mean the CISPA Fight Was in Vain
Unless you're an "agent of foreign power," that is.
Going Dark: What's Wrong with the Government's Plan to Tap Our Internet
What the government needs, it argues, is easier access to your inbox, your Gchats, even your gaming data—and in real-time.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, We Get Warrantless Wiretaps Forever
Tuesday was a sad day for America. It was the day a little bit of freedom died.