The Surveillance State Lives
In sizing up Obama's "reforms" of the indiscriminate gathering of data on every American, remember this: Politicians will do everything they can get away with in pursuit of their own agenda.
In sizing up Obama's "reforms" of the indiscriminate gathering of data on every American, remember this: Politicians will do everything they can get away with in pursuit of their own agenda.
Why it's hard to believe the president is serious about surveillance reform
Related to lawsuit about lack of transparency
NSA officials told media outlet they wanted to kill whistle-blower
Protesters received texts
From a critic of the Patriot Act to its defender, it's been quite a transformation.
Head of the organization says rights continue to be violated
Most also believe that the reforms Obama recently announced won't change much
Never have so many Americans been brought under surveillance for such a meager payoff.
Telecoms don't want responsibility of maintaining metadata database
One that acknowledges the existence of the Fourth Amendment
According to The New York Times
The president will make a speech about surveillance on Friday
Testifying before a Senate committee
Looking for folks to audit their code
Number of phone records collected and how many of them were viewed
Would require requests on a case-by-case basis
A new history of the FBI undermines today's ubiquitous surveillance state.
Company says its not true
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