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Peekaboo, I See You: Government Authority Intended for Terrorism Is Used for Other Purposes
Yet again, terrorism concerns appear to be trampling our civil liberties.
Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion: A Shadow Form of National ID
The US government's many watchlists should be seen as a new form of national ID for a growing group of people accused of no crime.
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The National Security State Has Filled Us With Fear but Not Improved Our Well-Being
An excerpt from Tom Engelhardt's new book, Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World.
Edward Snowden and the Golden Age of Spying: An Interview With Laura Poitras
Director Laura Poitras, like reporter Glenn Greenwald, is now known almost as widely as Edward Snowden himself, for helping facilitate his entry into the world.
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Snooping on Everyone While the Big Box Thieves Get Busy
Congress is still dragging its feet on fixes more than a year after Edward Snowden's alarming revelations first came to light.
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It’s Time for a Real Debate on Reader Privacy
Promises regarding reader privacy is increasingly important and all too rare.
Progressive Change Institute and Massive Coalition of Advocates Come Out in Opposition to USA Freedom Act
The Progressive Change Institute and a trans-partisan coalition of surveillance whistleblowers, civil liberties advocates, and organizations representing millions of Americans are urging Congress to reject the Senate version of …
Shh! Life in a State of Surveillance
Nowadays it seems everyone wants to get their hands on our personal data.
Resisting the Surveillance State in Germany
On Saturday, August 30, more than 6,000 people took to the streets of Berlin, Germany to protest against intelligence agencies' mass surveillance.
The NSA Has a Secret Search Engine
The NSA has built a search engine with “Google-like” capacities with the sole purpose of sharing data about you with law enforcement agencies like the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration …