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Will Domestic Drone Privacy Bills Fall Short Because of ALEC, Defense Industry Influence?
The ACLU and other civil liberties groups say privacy recommendations to help standardize piecemeal legislation aimed at regulating domestic drone technology fall short.
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The NSA Isn’t Foiling Terrorist Plots
There's still no credible evidence that the NSA's massive digital surveillance has disrupted any terrorist plots.
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Parkinson’s and Disability Have an Image Problem, and Michael J. Fox Isn’t Helping
The The Michael J. Fox Show is a fitting welcome back party for a beloved sitcom veteran, but thereu2019s no trace of serious symptoms and minimizes descrimination and other …
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Living the Orwellian Life
America has a tradition of spying on its own, something George Orwell predicted long ago in his novel 1984.
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Star Trek and the NSA
In which the head of the NSA is found to have more in common with the Borg than with Captain Jean-Luc Picard.
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Old Game, New Obsession, New Enemy: Now it’s China
More than jihadism or Iran, China is now Washington's obsession in Africa and beyond.
The Etiquette of War and Surveillance: Letters to Colonel Manners (Ret.)
Colonel Manners (ret.) answers letters from Americans puzzled by the etiquette, manners and language of the arcane national security world of Washington.
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How a Telecom Helped the Government Spy on Me
What happened next says a lot about what happens when the governmentu2019s privacy protections collide with the day-to-day realities of global surveillance.
What You Don’t Know About The NSA Spying Scandal
Are we living in a time of inverted totalitarianism?
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Obama’s Justice Department: Trumpeting a New Victory in War on Freedom of the Press
Thereu2019s something profoundly despicable about a Justice Department that would brazenly violate the First and Fourth Amendments while spying on journalists.