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Senate Kicks Off Debate Over Reauthorizing Controversial NSA Programs

May 11, 2016 PPJC Picks nsa Comments are off for this post

Modest reform of the Patriot Act was the first and only legislative response by Congress to the wide-ranging revelations from Edward Snowden in 2013. Reforming FISA data collection would be the second.

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A Misleading Moment of Celebration for a New Surveillance Program

June 4, 2015 Current News Domestic Issues Comments are off for this post

The morning after final passage of the USA Freedom Act, while some foes of mass surveillance were celebrating, Thomas Drake sounded decidedly glum. The new law, he told me, is “a new spy program.” It restarts some of the worst aspects of the Patriot Act and further codifies systematic violations...

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Choosing Between Big Brother and the Bill of Rights

May 29, 2015 PPJC Picks nsa Comments are off for this post

On Sunday, those who represent us must either vote for Big Brother or vote for the Bill of Rights. They can't have it both ways.

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DoJ Report: Expiring Parts of Patriot Act Not Critical but Often Abused

May 28, 2015 PPJC Picks FBI Comments are off for this post

The only public information we have suggests the government has either not used, or has misused, the expiring provisions.

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Now the GOP Must Choose: Mass Surveillance or Privacy?

November 7, 2014 PPJC Picks nsa Comments are off for this post

Is a party that purports to favor constitutional conservatism and limited government going to ratify mass surveillance that makes a mockery of the Fourth Amendment?

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Where Is the Investigation Into Financial Corruption at the NSA?

October 24, 2014 PPJC Picks nsa Comments are off for this post

Officials at the very top of the NSA have enough free time, while holding high-pressure national-security jobs, to invest in surveillance companies, develop multiple patents, and operate multiple side-businesses? Really?

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James Risen is not going to let the US fear-mongering machine win in secret

October 15, 2014 PPJC Picks Free Speech Comments are off for this post

"This is the longest continuous period of war in American history. At some point, people should begin to think: what are the consequences of that?”

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The most important national-security secrets case you’ve never heard of

October 8, 2014 PPJC Picks National Security Letters Comments are off for this post

It’s pretty telling that the government considers Constitutionally mandated court oversight of surveillance as “judicial interference”, isn’t it?

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The Debate We Should Be Having Is Whether Keith Alexander Is a Hero or Traitor, Not Snowden

May 29, 2014 PPJC Picks Edward Snowden Comments are off for this post

The question Mr. Williams and his guests should have been discussing is whether former NSA head Keith Alexander is a criminal and traitor.

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The Snowden Effect: Obama, Lawmakers Propose End to NSA Bulk Spying

March 25, 2014 Current News civil liberties Comments are off for this post

No consideration of revamping the current programs would be happening without the public outrage that followed the disclosure of the program Snowden.

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