Surveillance
Judge Orders Google to Comply with Warrantless National Security Letters
Denies request to toss demands as illegal
Media Outlets Declining Off-the-Record Meeting with Holder
Want to be able to report on content of discussion of leak investigations
Holder to Meet with Media Outlets over DOJ Reporter Surveillance
The meetings will, of course, be off the record
Supporters Push for Leniency for Stratfor Hacker
Argue stolen e-mails showed the company's complicity in spying on activist groups
Texas on Verge of Enacting Strongest E-Mail Privacy Protections in Country
Don't mess with Texas e-mails
Texas Set to Enact Strongest E-Mail Privacy Protections in Country
Awaiting Rick Perry's signature
US Confirms Drone Crash in Somalia
But say it is "highly unlikely" it was shot down by militants
Maine Senate Passes Bill Requiring Warrant for Cellphone Tracking
Following Texas legislature's lead
Feds Continue Push for Easier Interception of Communications
Because they're not snoopy enough now
DOJ's Phone Records Grabbing at Fox Bigger than Just Reporter
DOJ took records for calls from at least five numbers associated with Fox news and two numbers from inside the White House
CBS Reporter: My Computers Have Been Compromised
Declines yet to make allegations against a particular organization, but she has been reporting on Washington scandals
Google Hackers Accessed US Surveillance Database
Maybe they'll be the ones to tell us who the government is spying on?
Former Goldman Sachs Director Wants Retrial on Insider Trading, Argues Wiretapping Shouldn't Have Been Allowed
Second circuit court hearing arguments today
Antiwar.com Suing FBI Over Surveillance Records of Editorial Staff ACLU Says It Couldn't Obtain
ACLU also joining in suit
Now that the Obama Administration Has Alienated Most Journalists, Does the Phone Privacy Bill Have Legs?
It probably won't really help protect leaks, but it's a start
Media Waking Up to Obama's Terrible Civil Liberties Record
Nothing like being the target of a broad records hunt to get their attention
Aaron Swartz Helped Create Tool to Help Anonymous Leakers
Went online at The New Yorker today
Seattle Couple Target of Man's Private Drone Surveillance
Time to start addressing those legal concerns
Justice Department Wants Us to Know it Values Freedom of the Press While Grabbing Phone Records
Did it really have no other way to track down a leaker?
DOJ Secretly Snagged AP Journalists' Telephone Records
Is there a rule of threes for scandals?
Boston Police Chief to Congressional Hearing: I Don't Endorse Moves Toward a Police State
Balance surveillance and civil liberties he says
Mozilla Battles Snoop Software Sold Under Its Trademark
The Firefox name is used to fool end users
Surveillance Cameras Are Not All That
Cameras were a big help in Boston, but that doesn't mean they are generally a good idea.
Michigan Considers Mandating Surveillance Cameras at Private Businesses
Why not the bathroom?
Chief Spy Admits Small, Boston Bombing-Style Plots Beyond the Reach of Surveillance
Minimal communications and civil liberties protections leave little with which to work
Sheriff Wants Residents To Report Any Neighbor Who 'Says He Hates the Government'
And you look pretty suspicious, too
All Snooping Requests Approved by Spy Court in 2012
Clearly, an effective barrier to excessive nosiness
Governments Use Spyware Meant to Look like Firefox
Mozilla not happy; sends out cease-and-desist letters