The FBI spied on the civil rights leader for years. Would releasing its surveillance files just be a further violation of King's privacy, or would it make future abuses less likely?
"This bill would basically allow the government to institute a spy draft," warns head of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
New language could make almost anybody with access to a WiFi router help the government snoop.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
"I told everybody, 'Do what you want,'" Trump said on Friday night, as he let the deep state win again.
The measure would have required federal agents to get a warrant before searching American communications collected as part of foreign intelligence.
Plus: A fight over Section 702 spying reforms, Iran threatens Israel and the U.S., Trump's proposed tariff is even worse than we thought, and more...
A Section 702 reauthorization moving through Congress could actually weaken privacy protections.
Congress gave FISA’s Section 702 a brief lease on life, but civil liberties concerns haven’t gone away.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.
The bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act would stop a lot of warrantless surveillance as a condition for renewal of Section 702 authorities.
A divided board recommends reforms as Congress debates renewing snooping authority.
The reauthorization of Section 702 is one of the most important issues facing Congress in the second half of this year.
Plus: Montanans challenge ban on drag story hour, Arizona approves birth control without a prescription, and more...
The FBI's sloppy, secret search warrants should be a concern for all Americans.
Officials shield government abuses from litigation by claiming “national security.” The Supreme Court declined to weigh in.
They both share in their authoritarian desires to censor online speech and violate citizen privacy.
Part of a law that authorizes warrantless snooping is about to expire, opening up a opportunity to better protect our privacy rights.
In November, the Supreme Court declined to consider an ACLU petition arguing that the public has a First Amendment right to see the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's classified decisions.
In a program separate from the ones disclosed by Edward Snowden, we see more mass secret domestic data collection.
Why trust an agency that conceals information from judges but prosecutes us for lying to it?
The investigation of Trump aide Carter Page has exposed major problems with federal secret surveillance warrants.
Do Americans have a right to know the extent that the government surveils them?
More than 400 problems were found with 29 warrant requests, twice the number previously revealed.
Section 702 is supposed to be used to snoop on spies and terrorists, not Americans.
At least something good could come out of this mess of an investigation.
Weak reforms to the government’s power to secretly snoop on Americans wasn’t enough for the president. What happens next?
Sen. Wyden withdraws support for amendment due to fears it has been weakened too much.
The House will consider a surveillance reform proposal that failed in the Senate by just one vote.
An effort by Sen. Rand Paul to forbid warrantless investigation of citizens was soundly defeated.
The amendment lost by one vote. Absent from today's vote? Sen. Bernie Sanders.
An amendment to a FISA renewal bill would let the FBI snoop on your online browser history.
The USA Freedom Act expired in March. Some senators are pushing for better privacy protections before the renewal vote.
Carter Page was not an anomaly.
Some Republican senators are working hard to get Trump behind stronger fixes.
Privacy activists on the left and the right decry a limp set of proposed changes to the USA Freedom Act.
The USA Freedom Act is about to sunset. Who will decide how and if it will be changed?
Plus: Who's using Clearview AI?, court rules against Joe Arpaio, and more...
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.
A bipartisan coalition wants to restrain secret snooping and create more independent oversight of the secretive FISA Court.
After seriously messing up its warrant applications with the FISA Court, can the FBI be trusted?
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.
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?
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