The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been transformed into a domestic intelligence agency and a threat to American liberty in the years since September 11, 2001. That’s the conclusion of one of the nation’s most respected legal advocacy groups, the ...
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Brazil Turns On US Because Of NSA Spying
The National Security Agency’s surveillance programs have poisoned the relationship between the United States and Brazil. Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is so angry about NSA spying that she wants her country to create its own Internet that’s independent of the ...
Read More »Obama Overturned Bush To Allow NSA Warrantless Spying
The Obama administration went out of its way to get restrictions on the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs removed in 2011, allowing it to search Americans’ communications without a warrant, according to a new report. The restrictions had been imposed ...
Read More »Silenced: Jailed US Journalist Can’t Discuss NSA Spying
A federal court in Texas has effectively denied an imprisoned reporter and his attorneys’ right to freedom of speech with a so-called gag order — preventing him from discussing US surveillance efforts. The order is only the latest action that ...
Read More »Google, Microsoft Sue US Government Over Spying Program
Microsoft and Google don’t want anything more to do with the National Security Agency’s surveillance of Internet communications. The two tech giants have uncharacteristically banded together to sue the Department of Justice for the right to release more of what ...
Read More »Government Acknowledges Drones, Blimps Used For Spying On Americans
If you think you’re being watched from the skies, you might be right. Law enforcement is increasingly using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles to spy on average people. In a letter to US Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the FBI admitted ...
Read More »Google Admits Gmail Threatens Your Privacy
Google might just be a bigger threat to your privacy than the surveillance programs operated by the National Security Agency. Recent news articles show that the online giant, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, has little regard for ...
Read More »Freedom Attacked: Airport Detains NSA Journalist’s Partner For 9 Hours
The partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald — who has written a series of scathing articles about the NSA – was questioned and held at London’s Heathrow airport for nine hours under the United Kingdom’s Terrorism Act. Greenwald, who writes for ...
Read More »How To Stay Off The Surveillance Radar
Average Americans are becoming more and like the characters in a spy movie; they are being tracked all the time. Law enforcement agencies, local governments, intelligence agencies, phone companies, banks, Internet companies, and many others are trying to track us. ...
Read More »Senator Obama Once Opposed NSA Programs He Now Supports As President
When he was a U.S. senator, Barack Obama supported placing tight restrictions on the surveillance operations intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA) can conduct against average Americans. The proposals Senator Obama backed are similar to ones President Obama ...
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