The Obama administration didn’t want the US Supreme Court to rule on the legality of the federal government’s collection of large numbers of telephone records, and it got its ways Monday when the Supreme Court declined to hear a case ...
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Patriot Act Author To Introduce Anti-NSA Bill
The author of the much-maligned Patriot Act thinks the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs are out of control, and he plans on introducing a bill as soon as this week to rein it in. The bill by Rep. Jim Sesenbrenner ...
Read More »FBI Wants Software Installed To Intercept Americans’ Internet Usage
The FBI is trying to force Internet providers to install software that will allow federal agents to track Americans’ Internet usage. CNET’s Declan McCullagh has learned that the FBI has developed an application called a port reader designed to collect ...
Read More »Pew Poll: Americans More Concerned About Invasion Of Privacy Than Terrorism
For the first time since 9/11, Americans are more concerned about the government invading their privacy than they are about terrorism. That’s according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, which conducted the survey in light of revelations ...
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