NSA

Politics

How a Bipartisan Majority in Congress Shredded the Constitution, Again.

Hidden in the Cromnibus was a clause allowing the NSA to gather your private data and share it with law enforcement and foreign governments.

Andrew Napolitano | 12.18.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Edward Snowden Today: Maybe We Don't Need Any Spy Agencies At All

Brian Doherty | 12.12.2014 5:36 PM

Politics

If You Care About Internet Freedom, Read About Ross Ulbricht's Silk Road Trial NOW

Nick Gillespie | 12.12.2014 8:13 AM

Surveillance

Surveillance 'Backdoor' Prevention Law Dumped from Cromnibus Bill

Scott Shackford | 12.10.2014 5:30 PM

Politics

Richard Posner: Privacy is "Mainly" About Concealing Guilty Behavior

Nick Gillespie | 12.8.2014 3:31 PM

Civil Liberties

NSA Assistance

Online anonymity

Zenon Evans | 12.1.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

The Internet Does Not Increase Terrorism

Most terrorism takes place in Internet-free zones.

Ronald Bailey | 11.28.2014 1:30 PM

Internet

Ronald Bailey Reports that the Internet Does Not Increase Transnational Terrorism

Reason Staff | 11.28.2014 1:30 PM

Domestic spying

Ron Paul Weighs In On the USA FREEDOM Act

Ronald Bailey | 11.24.2014 2:23 PM

Politics

Anthony Fisher Talks Immigration, Surveillance and Ferguson on HuffPost Live's "Political Junkies" Today at 2p ET

Anthony Fisher | 11.21.2014 1:54 PM

Politics

USA FREEDOM and Rand Paul

Civil libertarians are disappointed by the Kentucky senator's vote against debate on NSA reform legislation.

Ronald Bailey | 11.21.2014 1:30 PM

Rand Paul

Ronald Bailey: Rand Paul May Regret Voting Against the USA FREEDOM Act

Reason Staff | 11.21.2014 1:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obama's Executive Action Play, Jared Polis on Pelosi & NSA, John Stossel on Jon Gruber, U.S. Continues to Plummet, Drinking Your own Pee, and Two Minutes Hate

Matt Welch | 11.19.2014 8:30 PM

Domestic spying

Senate Votes to Maintain the National Security Surveillance State

Ronald Bailey | 11.19.2014 9:51 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Goodbye, USA Freedom and Keystone Pipeline! Hello, Executive Action, Weird Chinese Censorship, and Ferguson Build-up! Also, Anthony Fisher on Jerusalem Terror, and After-show

Matt Welch | 11.18.2014 8:13 PM

Domestic spying

Mitch McConnell: USA FREEDOM Act Would Be 'Tying Our Hands Behind Our Back.' Yes, That's Actually the Point of It.

Ronald Bailey | 11.18.2014 4:02 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Gruber? I Just Met Her! Plus Bill Nye the Science Guy, Robert Bryce on Keystone, Kmele Foster on the USA Freedom Act, Michael Weiss on ISIS, After-show, and More!

Matt Welch | 11.17.2014 8:27 PM

Rand Paul

Rand Paul Gives Thumbs Down to Weaker NSA Reform Bill

Scott Shackford | 11.14.2014 4:00 PM

Edward Snowden

For Thanksgiving: Go See Citizenfour!

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 12:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Justice Department Lied in Court About National Security Letters

J.D. Tuccille | 11.14.2014 11:32 AM

Surveillance

Feds Engage in Massive Spying on Americans' Cellphones from the Air

Ronald Bailey | 11.14.2014 11:01 AM

Politics

Justin Amash: The New GOP Majority May Be Better Than You Think

Matt Welch | 11.13.2014 4:43 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Now What? With a Trash-Talking Ron Paul, Plus Gary Johnson, Alan Colmes, Andrea Tantaros, FAIR's Dan Stein, and More

Matt Welch | 11.7.2014 8:31 PM

Politics

Rep. Mike Rogers Is Taking His NSA Propaganda to the Airwaves

Patrick Hannaford | 11.7.2014 10:52 AM

NSA

Appeals Court Hears NSA Mass Surveillance Arguments

Battle over whether it is constitutional

Reason Staff | 11.4.2014 3:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Targeted Surveillance? NSA Says It Can't Distinguish American Emails From Foreign Missives.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.31.2014 5:07 PM

Civil Liberties

Post Office Tracks Your Mail (Often Without Proper Authorization)

J.D. Tuccille | 10.28.2014 1:27 PM

Politics

Does Hillary Clinton Oppose NSA Spying? Nobody Knows (Except Maybe the NSA)

Robby Soave | 10.28.2014 9:59 AM

Politics

Obama's Taylor Swift Strategy: Shake It Off (Remy Remix)

Remy and Meredith Bragg | 10.26.2014 1:00 PM

Edward Snowden

NSA Groupie Rep. Mike Rogers Wants Edward Snowden Charged with Murder

Scott Shackford | 10.22.2014 5:30 PM

Edward Snowden

Rep. Mike Rogers Wants Snowden Charged with Murder

Just retire already

Reason Staff | 10.22.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

NSA Opponent Mark Udall Could Lose Senate Seat

Lucian McMahon | 10.20.2014 3:59 PM

NSA

NSA Investigating Current Official's Work With Ex-Chief's Lucrative New Firm

Yet, they somehow don't know if the two are actually working together.

Zenon Evans | 10.20.2014 3:10 PM

Politics

Live Today at 12 Noon ET: Edward Snowden Interviewed by Lawrence Lessig

Nick Gillespie | 10.20.2014 11:13 AM

War

4 Ways Democrats Are Full of Shit

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2014 2:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Florida Supreme Court Rules Cell Phone Location Data Protected by 4th Amendment

Reason Staff | 10.16.2014 12:50 PM

Politics

Whistleblower Monday: Watch the V.A.'s Scott Davis and the NSA's William Binney Explain How the Government Punished Them for Telling the Truth

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 6:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Edward Snowden: If You Care About Your Privacy, Avoid Dropbox, Facebook, and Google

Reason Staff | 10.13.2014 9:03 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Governmental Breakdown, With Glenn Reynolds, Mike 'Heckuva Job' Brown, NSA Whistleblower William Binney, Thad McCotter, and Critics of the V.A., CIA, and Post Office!

Matt Welch | 10.10.2014 6:01 PM

Politics

Google Warns That NSA Is Breaking Internet

Lucian McMahon | 10.10.2014 3:39 PM

Civil Liberties

This Is How the Feds Illegally Obtain Evidence of a Crime and Lie About It in Court

The NSA and Justice Department go after suspects in crimes unrelated to national security using an unlawful, deceptive practice called "parallel reconstruction."

Andrew Napolitano | 10.9.2014 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Federal Court to Review F.B.I.'s Secret Electronic Spying

Reason Staff | 10.8.2014 9:45 AM

Civil Liberties

Librarians Mount Defense Against Government Surveillance

Lucian McMahon | 10.6.2014 3:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Truth or Gaffe? Biden Admits U.S. Faces No Existential Threat From Terrorism

Lucian McMahon | 10.3.2014 3:05 PM

Policy

How the NSA and Its Allies Tried to Stop the First Book-Length Exposé of the Agency

James Bamford's battles with the National Security Agency.

Jesse Walker | 10.3.2014 12:39 PM

Politics

Eric Holder is a Back Door Man (Tech Edition)

Nick Gillespie | 10.1.2014 10:11 AM

Politics

"Eric Holder's Legacy: Duplicity, Incompetence, Obliviousness"

Nick Gillespie | 9.25.2014 2:56 PM