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FBI Grabbing More Power While They Still Can
Relax, We’re Only Assessing YouJacob Sullum / August 21, 2008 Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) and several of his colleagues are worried about new guidelines for FBI investigations that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is on the verge of approving. Yesterday, in … Continue reading
Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent
‘Increasingly, there are no limits technologically as to what a company can do in terms of collecting information’By Ellen Nakashima / August 12, 2008 Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Google, Internet, Internet Marketing, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology
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Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border
No suspicion required under Homeland Security policiesBy Ellen Nakashima / August 1, 2008 Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Searches, Civil Liberties, Computers, Homeland Security, Surveillance, Terrorism, War on Terror
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There’s A Man Going ‘Round Taking Names
ACLU: Million on terrorist watch listby Michael Grabell / July 14, 2008 There won’t be any balloons dropping from the ceiling to mark this milestone. And if there are any bells and whistles, it will only be from the metal … Continue reading
Stop the New FISA
Allowing the new surveillance law to stand would seriously cripple our free pressby Chris Hedges / July 11, 2008 If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday — giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Presidency, Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Press, Privacy, Surveillance, Telecoms, War on Terror
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Barack Obama on FISA, Telecoms
Today, in response to those of us who have strongly disagreed with his position on the FISA legislation, Barack Obama posted the following message on mybarackobama.com. My position on FISABy Barack Obama / July 4, 2008 I want to take … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, FISA, National Security Agency, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Privacy, Surveillance, Telecoms
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AT&T Whistleblower on Congress and FISA
Mark Klein in the offices of his lawyers in San Francisco. Photo by Ryan Singel / Wired.com.Says Spy Bill Creates ‘Infrastructurefor a Police State’By Ryan Singel / June 27, 2008 Mark Klein, the retired AT&T engineer who stepped forward with … Continue reading
