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Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form. Declan mcCullagh CNET 7/25/2013 The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users’ stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in […] July 25th, 2013 | Tags: algorithms, AOL, Apple, AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, National Security Agency, passwords, salts, Sen. Ron Wyden, Time Warner Cable, Twitter, Verizon, Yahoo! | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Justice, FBI, Internet, Right to Privacy, Social networking websites, technology | Comments are closed
Dozens of Senators worry the NSA may be collecting our gun data, too Norvell Rose Liberty News 6/29/2013 What?! The National Security Agency (NSA) may also be harvesting data that could be used to construct a national gun registry? We already know that the government snoops – claiming they’re acting ethically to protect us from […] June 29th, 2013 | Tags: border security, domestic surveillance, gun control, international gun registry, James R. Clapper, National Security Agency, profiling, Sen. Ron Wyden | Category: 2nd Amendment, Islam, National Intelligence, National Security, Right to Privacy, terrorism | Comments are closed
Burgess Everett Politico 6/7/2013 Concern in Congress is mounting over broad surveillance by the Obama administration as new revelations surfaced that the National Security Administration is monitoring Internet usage. Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee is shopping bills that would address some portions of the government monitoring, an aide said, particularly the NSA collection of Verizon […] June 7th, 2013 | Tags: Aaron Walker, CREDO Mobile, Democracy Alliance, domestic surveillance, FISA Amendments Act, Laura Ingraham, Michael Kieschnick, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Mike Lee, Sen. Ron Wyden | Category: 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, civil liberties, Congress, Internet, legislation, National Intelligence, National Security, Politicians, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama Glenn Greenwald The Guardian [UK] 5 June 2013
• Read the court order in full here “there is now a significant gap between what most Americans think the law allows and what […] June 5th, 2013 | Tags: ACLU, Al Gore, domestic surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), George Orwell, International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), James Rosen, Judge Roger Vinson, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, scandal, Sen. Mark Udall, Sen. Ron Wyden, telephone records, telephony metadata, Twitter, Verizon | Category: 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, corruption, FBI, National Security, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
American Power Blog 3/12/2013 _ _ Related: Not Just ‘Right-Wing Nuts’: 8 House Democrats(!) Blast Obama For Secretive Drone Policy When Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) led a filibuster last week against the administration’s lack of answers on its use of targeted assassinations, many wondered why Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) was the only Democrat to show […] March 12th, 2013 | Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, CNN, due process, filibuster, imminent threat, John Brennan, National Defense Authorization Act, Rep. Barbara Lee, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Ron Wyden, Separation of Powers, signature strikes, transparency | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Justice, Politicians, Progressives, terrorism, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
Terence P. Jeffrey CNS News 3/11/2013 The New York Times published an editorial on Sunday calling on President Barack Obama to prohibit construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil to the United States from Canada–but not to protect a fragile landscape in Nebraska or anywhere else in the United States. The […] March 12th, 2013 | Tags: "global warming", gasoline prices, greenhouse gases, Keystone XL pipeline project, Sen. Ron Wyden, The New York Times, TransCanada | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Energy, Education, Energy, Environment, MSM (Mainstream Media), Nebraska, Progressives, State Department | Comments are closed
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