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Worth pointing out that the “reform” USA Freedom Act allegedly achieved remains open to dispute:
https://www.justsecurity.org/22553/usa-freedom-surveillance-reform-minimalism/
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Certainly true, but for the average user probably not a practical alternative.
Certainly true, but for the average user probably not a practical alternative. The larger overall problem here is not technical, but political. Until the composition of the Congress is changed from an anti-Bill of Rights majority to a pro-Bill of Rights majority, we won’t be able to get the
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Only if you use an encrypted cloud service like Spideroak, because under the PATRIOT Act’s lower…
Only if you use an encrypted cloud service like Spideroak, because under the PATRIOT Act’s lower legal standard it’s easier for federal agents to get warrants to search cloud services for your data. Using Spideroak would likely render such a warrant useless.
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Except for the part where every bit of that data in the cloud can be had by federal agents via the…
Except for the part where every bit of that data in the cloud can be had by federal agents via the PATRIOT Act & related surveillance statutes under a legal standard well below the Fourth Amendment’s “probable cause.”
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Should Manning Get Clemency?
Obama has granted it for drug offenders. He should do so for the Army whistleblower
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Does Putin Control Trump?
The Buzzfeed document dump calls the question
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Capitol Hill Reacts to #Russianhacking Assessment
If you want to understand why this issue is going nowhere fast, read on.
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The Intelligence Community #Russianhacking Assessment : An Analysis
Executive Summary: While the report provides new and important details on the multifaceted Russian operation, its failure to include…
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Make public all Russian election hacking and influence op intel. Now.
Electoral College electors deserve all the facts before casting their votes
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What does Pearl Harbor have to do with the Bill of Rights? Everything.
The attack that led to the war that grew the National Security State
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Will,
I think a lot folks have had the same reaction. As my work involves issues at the intersection of the Bill of Rights and “national…
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Hit Job: Congress Attacks Ed Snowden, Continues Ostrich-style “Oversight”
If you’re a current or former member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) or a current or former staff member of…