National security journalist Barton Gellman talks about "the surveillance-industrial state," the possibility of a Biden presidency or a second Trump term, and his gripping new book.
Barton Gellman's new book is a riveting account of exposing NSA excesses to the light of the day.
The FBI and attorney general want to ruin everybody's data security and draft Apple into compromising your safety.
People insisted the wiretapping of Carter Page was perfectly normal. That turned out to be wrong.
An effort by Sen. Rand Paul to forbid warrantless investigation of citizens was soundly defeated.
Plus: Washington, D.C., extends its lockdown and U.S. COVID-19 cases might finally be declining.
The amendment lost by one vote. Absent from today's vote? Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Feds now say the national security advisor's lie wasn’t “material” and they cannot prove it.
The USA Freedom Act expired in March. Some senators are pushing for better privacy protections before the renewal vote.
If you’re invoking an obscure law designed for the purpose of punishing political adversaries, don’t be surprised when it backfires.
Agents regularly attempt to catch suspects in lies to threaten them with prosecution, even when they can’t prove underlying crimes.
An innocent man was beaten up by a local police detective and an FBI agent. No one wants to take responsibility.
Carter Page was not an anomaly.
They have a long history of spying on dissident political groups, from early 20th century socialists and mid-century civil rights leaders to modern environmentalists and Black Lives Matter.
The USA Freedom Act is about to sunset. Who will decide how and if it will be changed?
A congressional battle erupts over how much to reform the soon-to-expire USA Freedom Act—if they reform it at all.
The findings shared by Inspector General Michael Horowitz revealed some rotten practices at the FBI and a major media blindspot.
The Supreme Court will decide whether three Muslims who refused to be informants can sue for damages under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The former national security advisor accuses prosecutors of misconduct—and says his former defense lawyers had conflicts of interest.
After seriously messing up its warrant applications with the FISA Court, can the FBI be trusted?
A deadly shooting on a Naval base in Florida may lead to a new battle against encryption.
The Cato Institute wants Congress to investigate the FBI after it refused to confirm or deny the existence of files on dozens of political advocacy groups.
Hate crime data suggest that claim is overblown.
Be skeptical of the spymasters.
The problems revealed by the DOJ inspector general go far beyond "errors" and "sloppiness."
Judge demands to know what the agency will do prevent future “omissions” in the applications.
In an interview with Fox News, the former FBI director admitted mistakes with the FISA process but defended his team.
Clint Eastwood's masterful true-life drama about a wrongly accused American hero doubles as an awkward brief for Trump.
Privacy advocates have long warned about potential abuses. Will the mishandling of the Carter Page investigation change some minds?
Republicans were wrong to side with the state on privacy issues, and the media was wrong to lionize anti-Trump G-men.
Was what happened with Carter Page an anomaly or does the agency regularly leave out important information?
The government's surveillance of Carter Page might not have been improperly motivated, but it was still seriously flawed.
The FBI’s screw-ups when wiretapping Carter Page weren’t motivated by political bias. But that’s not exactly good news.
The Netflix original series chronicles the origins and development of the FBI's profiling unit and its quest to identify serial murderers.
The bureau has a long history of escaping accountability for intrusive and abusive action.
Even if they unseat a president opposed by many Americans, the FBI and the intelligence community are not the heroes you're looking for.
Operation Independence Day is just Operation Cross Country by a different name.
Years after surveillance reforms, federal personnel can’t seem to comply with the Fourth Amendment.
Plus: Parents sue Illinois child services, Pennsylvania mulls liquor-store weed sales, Giuliani consorts with Manafort, and more...
Many arms of government are unpopular with large swathes of the American population.
Whistleblower Michael German's new book exposes how the FBI failed us on 9/11 and continues to endanger us all through racism, incompetence, and institutional inertia.
Partisans, to your battle stations!
The FBI is looking for companies to comb through social media posts and pinpoint possible threats ahead of time. Think of it like a meme-illiterate Facebook-stalking precog from Minority Report.
The operation is still arresting sex workers and calling it a rescue mission.
A domestic terrorism law is bound to threaten liberty more than it hampers terrorists.
In order to fight crime, Americans must...make their data more susceptible to hacking?
This is a bad idea—and even the director of the FBI says so.
Surrender the Fifth Amendment or the dog dies.
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