mass surveillance
The LAPD Thinks It’s at War and Now It Has Drones
Drones were so unpopular in Seattle that the police department there had to give them away. But nobody wants them—not even in Los Angeles, a city that already has helicopters flying overhead every day.
This Legislation Could Right (Some of) the Patriot Act's Wrongs
The Senate takes its first stab at real surveillance reform.
Journalists and Attorneys Are Increasingly Adopting Spycraft
A Human Rights Watch/ACLU report says US mass surveillance policies could do "long-term damage to the fabric of democracy."
Journalists and Attorneys Are Increasingly Adopting Spycraft
Mass surveillance programs are chilling the rights of journalists and lawyers, and weakening democratic institutions in the process, according to a new report authored by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU.
With or Without WikiLeaks’ NSA Revelation, Violence Reigns in Afghanistan
Keeping secrets does not prevent violence, it simply maintains a US monopoly over the shaping of violence.
The NSA Reform Bill the House Passed Today Is a Watered-Down Piece of Nonsense
The USA Freedom Act has been an exercise in time wasting and political grandstanding.