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What we do know about Snowden is something we don’t know about the new owner of the Washington Post: whether he can go up against the most powerful and secretive forces on the planet… and win. Jay Rosen Press Think 8/11/2013 …When his free press moment comes — and it will come — will Jeff […] August 12th, 2013 | Tags: Amazon, Barton Gellman, Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, Jeff Bezos, Katharine Graham, National Security Agency, Pentagon Papers, President Richard M. Nixon, The Washington Post, transparency, whistleblowers | Category: 1st Amendment, 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, Government, History, Internet, journalism, Media accountability, Politics, technology | Comments are closed
Glenn Greenwald The Guardian [UK] 31 Jul 2013 • XKeyscore gives ‘widest-reaching’ collection of online data • NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches • Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history • NSA’s XKeyscore program – read one of the presentations A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to […] July 31st, 2013 | Tags: "metadata", Bill O'Reilly, Brad Thor, Digital Network Intelligence (DNI), domestic surveillance, Edward Snowden, emails, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), IP addresses, James R. Clapper, National Security Agency, Sen. Ron Wyden, X-Keyscore | Category: 1st Amendment, 4th Amendment, Internet, Right to Privacy, technology, Utah | Comments are closed
Jim Treacher Facebook 7/28/2013 “They’re killing Big Bird!” “Binders full of women!” “Romney put his dog on top of his car!” Yes, please lecture us about #phonyscandals.
Update: One commenter wrote, “You forgot ‘Romney cut a high school classmate’s hair!’ ”
Also, Family of Murdered Border Patrol Agent: Nothing ‘Phony’ About Deaths […] July 28th, 2013 | Tags: Agent Brian A. Terry, Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Ann Wagner, Associated Press, Benghazi, Big Bird, Glen A. Doherty, James Rosen, Mitt Romney, National Security Agency, NPR, Operation Fast and Furious, scandal, Sean Smith, Tyrone S. Woods | Category: 1st Amendment, 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, corruption, Elections, IRS, Islam, Media accountability, Saul Alinsky, Tea Parties, terrorism, The 9/12 Project | Comments are closed
Reps. Justin Amash and John Conyers tried to protect the Constitution. Barack Obama, not so much. Nick Gillespie Reason Magazine 7/27/2013 This is what bipartisanship looks like—and it looks pretty damn fresh. Yesterday, a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and John Conyers (D-MI) that would have brought NSA domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens […] July 27th, 2013 | Tags: domestic surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Trey Radel, rule of law | Category: 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, civil liberties, Congress, legislation, Right to Privacy, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Mary Katharine Ham Hot Air 7/24/2013 A strange bedfellows moment on the floor of the House Wednesday, as a coalition of libertarian Republicans and liberal Democrats joined up in an attempt to restrict the NSA’s domestic spying powers. The amendment was vocally opposed by leadership of both parties, even earning a White House statement against […] July 25th, 2013 | Tags: National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Tom Cotton | Category: 4th Amendment, Glenn Beck, Video | Comments are closed
Andrew P. Napolitano LewRockwell.com 7/24/2013 When Edward Snowden revealed that the federal government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, was unlawfully and unconstitutionally spying on all Americans who use telephones, text messaging or emails to communicate with other persons, he opened a Pandora’s box of allegations and recriminations. The allegations he […] July 24th, 2013 | Tags: consent of the governed, domestic surveillance, Edward Snowden, liberty, Natural Rights, power, public safety | Category: 4th Amendment, Founding Fathers, Government, History | Comments are closed
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