The information in meta-data
The EFF highlights how powerful telephone record metadata can be with these examples: In response to the recent news reports about the National Security Agency’s surveillance program, President Barack...
View ArticleACLU sues the Obama administration over spying
Today, the ACLU has filed suit against the Obama administration to stop the telephone metadata collection program disclosed last week. From The New York Times: The American Civil Liberties Union on...
View ArticleNSA Quote of the day
I acted on my belief that the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance to see these issues determined by open...
View ArticleSnowden’s lawyer corrects lies from the NSA and its defenders
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View ArticleGood news and bad news from the surveillance state
It appears that the NSA does not currently collect telephone meta data on all US phone calls. Specifically, they apparently collect metadata on cellular calls. That is the good news. But don’t get too...
View ArticleSurveillance state quote of the day
I probably shouldn’t say this, but I will. Had we been transparent about this from the outset right after 9/11—which is the genesis of the 215 program [telephone meta-data collection]—and said both to...
View ArticleSurveillance state quote of the day
They lied to us, to put it bluntly. James Clapper lied directly to the Congress. And he keeps lying. Does anyone believe for a second his new excuse for brazenly deceiving the public he is supposed to...
View ArticleAT&T issues patently bogus transparency report
AT&T this week released its first transparency report purporting to show the number of governmental requests for information concerning the company’s customers. The total number released was over...
View ArticleObama to stop telephone metadata program
The New York Times, and others, are reporting that the Obama has decided to end the NSA telephone metadata program that has been sucking up data on almost all phone calls of US citizens. Under the...
View ArticleSurveillance state quote of the day
The Court of Justice declares the Data Retention Directive to be invalid. It entails a wide-ranging and particularly serious interference with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to...
View ArticleDistrict court judge rules NSA metadata collection program not a violation of...
Judge Rosemary M. Collyer is a US District Court judge who also sits on the FISA court. In March, sitting on the FISA court, she ruled that the existing telephone metadata collection program that...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary Committee to attempt surveillance reduction
The US surveillance state is largely untouched since the disclosures of Edward Snowden last June. Yes, there have been purported claims of increased privacy protections, especially with regard to the...
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