Glenn Beck talks with Rep. Massie about the Surveillance State Repeal Act (H.R.1466), which he introduced with Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI). The bill would repeal the Patriot Act. . .
NSA used ‘back door’ to search Americans’ communications Director of national intelligence confirms use of new legal rule Data collected under ‘Prism’ and ‘Upstream’ programs
Spencer Ackerman The Guardian [UK] 1 April 2014
US intelligence chiefs have confirmed that the National Security Agency has used a “back door” in surveillance law to perform […]
“While Congress has great latitude to create statutory schemes like Fisa, it may not hang a cloak of secrecy over the constitution.”
~Judge Richard Leon
• Dragnet ‘likely’ in breach of fourth amendment • Judge describes scope of program as ‘Orwellian’ • Ruling relates to collection of Americans’ metadata • […]
James Robertson breaks ranks and says he was shocked to hear of changes to allow broader authorisation of NSA programs
Dan Roberts The Guardian [UK] 9 July 2013
A former federal judge who granted government surveillance requests has broken ranks to criticise the system of secret courts as unfit for purpose in the wake of […]