The Fourth Amendment and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
The USA Freedom Act provides cover for unconstitutional searches of citizens.
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Most Police Forces Still Refuse Transparency When it Comes to Use-of-Force Statistics
Fewer than .31 percent of law enforcement agencies are willing to make their use-of-force data public or share it with the federal government.
FBI Won't (or Can't) Say How It Broke Into Terrorist's IPhone
Agency wants to avoid a review process over passing information back to Apple.
FBI's Creepy Intiative to Turn Imams Into Informants
The Shared Committees Responsibility program is surveillance masquerading as community service for Muslims.
The FBI's Orwellian Little Program To Catch Would-Be Jihadis
The Shared Responsibility Committees program will force ordinary Muslims to spy on their own communities
Obama's Faint Praise of Hillary is Either Machiavellian or Dumb
The president characterizes his former secretary of state's use of a private email server as "careless," but under the law it's negligence.
Will the FBI Share Its IPhone-Cracking Methods with Apple?
The two switch sides in the request for access, but the underlying issues are the same.
The Clinton Investigation Enters a Dangerous Phase
The presumptive Democratic nominee faces a prudent legal but treacherous political decision.
FBI Allegedly Cracks Terrorist's Phone, Ending Fight with Apple (for Now)
The Senate is still interested in legislation that could weaken everybody's security.
The FBI Might Not Need Apple's Decryption Help
The FBI says a mysterious "outside party" has found a way to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's iPhone without assistance from Apple.
Justice Dept. to Apple: Never Mind on That Encryption Thing, Maybe
In the 11th hour, feds ask to delay court hearing over access to terrorist's work phone.
The Man J. Edgar Hoover Blamed for Pearl Harbor
Larry Fly, the forgotten hero who refused to illegally wiretap Americans
FBI Warns About Car Hacking. Encryption Security Helps Prevent That.
Beware of hatchback doors in your cybersecurity.
Rep. Thomas Massie: I Stand with Apple in Protecting Encryption
Americans have the right to privacy and security of their digital data.
Apple Slaps Down the FBI's Encryption Hail Mary Effort: 'The Founders Would Be Appalled'
Both sides will be back in court next week.
Hillary Clinton Should Stop Playing Dumb
The secretary of state turned 2016 presidential candidate is smart, shrewd, and experienced enough to recognize a state secret when she sees one.
Here's How Apple Plans to Beat the FBI
Among other things, Apple alleges that the FBI violates its First Amendment rights by compelling company engineers to write code.
Silicon Valley Backing Apple Because 'fbiOS' Precedent Would Apply to Them Too
A murder of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies would want their own backdoors too.
Apple Finds It Has Many Friends in Encryption Fight Against FBI
Big names in tech file briefs in support.
Hillary Clinton's False Hopes
There's been a relentless barrage of bad legal news for Clinton lately.
Reps Skeptical of FBI in Encryption Fight Against Apple
Judiciary Committee members understand the precedent involved.
Don't Trust the FBI's Ability to Keep an iPhone Back Door to Itself
Federal officials can't keep their own secrets. Would you really trust them with the ability to access yours?
Federal Judge Takes Apple's Side vs. Feds in New York
Says government has overstepped bounds
Republican Candidates All Agree: Apple Should Be Obligated to Work for the FBI
Rubio, Cruz accept claim that the encryption fight is over "just one phone."
Edward Snowden: The Individual Is More Powerful Today Than Ever Before.
The national security whistleblower talks to the Free State Project from an undisclosed location in Russia.
Apple's Involuntary Servitude
The DOJ has persuaded a judge to issue a search warrant for a thing that does not exist, by forcing Apple to create a key that the FBI is incapable of creating.
Apple to Judge: Forcing Them to Write Code for FBI Violates Their Free Speech
Company reveals formal opposition plan to demand they help weaken phone security.
'Unfortunately we have not been able to trust the federal government when it comes to surveillance'
Kennedy and Matt Welch defend Apple against the FBI
Does Anybody Believe the FBI Isn't Out to Defeat Encryption?
The talking points insist this Apple case is an isolated incident. Evidence suggests otherwise.
How to Protect Your Data from the Government (And Apple)
A handy guide for chatting anonymously online.
My data is safer with Apple than with a government
Which side are you on? Government spies or corporate guardians?
Super Bowl 'Sex-Trafficking Stings' Net Hundreds of Prostitution Arrests
In addition to sex-worker arrests, 552 people "would-be sex buyers" were arrested for soliciting undercover cops, to the tune of at least $187,000 in fines.
Reds and Feds
What the FBI's war on the Maoist fringe tells us about the surveillance state
If Hillary is Elected President and Indicted, Can She Pardon Herself?
It's not not illegal.
FBI to Muslim Immigrants: Snoop for Us or Get Deported
The need for information about possible internal threats creates some predictably twisted incentives.
Can Anyone Doubt That Hillary Clinton Failed to Safeguard State Secrets?
It seems that every week, more information comes to light about Clinton's grave legal woes.
To Prosecute Clinton for Espionage, Evidence of Negligence Is Enough
The failure to safeguard state secrets is an area of the law in which the federal government has been aggressive to the point of being merciless.
FBI Helps Shut Down Seattle Sex-Work Review Board
Federal agents are more than happy to spend their time playing website whack-a-mole when there are assets to seize.
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Top-Secret Material Among Hillary's 'Lost' Emails
While we've been fixated on Trump, federal prosecutors continue to examine Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
Facebook Check Wouldn't Have Stopped San Bernardino Terrorists, No Matter What GOP Candidates Say
Did an Obama-administration policy prevent the feds from looking at Tashfeen Malik's social-media profiles? Yes and no.
FBI to Better Track Fatal Police Shootings—If the Departments Participate
Extremely inaccurate database to be replaced and revamped
Choose Your Own Mass Shooting Statistics
From Mother Jones to the Mass Shooting Tracker: where activists and reporters get their stats
See for Yourself for the First Time What User Data the FBI Demanded in a National Security Letter
Gag order lifted in decades-old case fought by small Internet provider.
