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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with privacy

Crossing the Border? The Government Will Know - For Fifteen Years
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: privacy, Homeland Security, border crossings, domestic surveillance )

RC
- 462 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A new tracking system quietly introduced by the Homeland Security Department is now storing the land border crossing of all US citizens for fifteen years. What are they looking for?
25 comments
TAKE ACTION: Stop the Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Worker SAVE Act (H.R. 4088) - American Friends Service Committee
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: the SAVE act, H.R. 4088, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, labor rights, privacy, anti-children, anti-family, exclusion, deportation, AmericanFriendsService Committee )

Alba
- 618 days ago - secure2.convio.net
I want humane immigration reform that protects our rights NOT the SAVE Act: Hurts every US worker, labor rights & privacy. Increases imprisonment of children by expanding family detention space. Wastes taxpayer dollars by putting resources toward ineffect
5 comments
FISA, Telecom Immunity, and Cheney Lies...Watch This   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: telecoms, att, sprint, bell, privacy, rights, spy, spying, government, uncoinstitutional, fisa, cheney, bush, impeach )

Ratty
- 665 days ago - youtube.com
Note, the guy doesn't go far enough about how bad this is...ALL internet is routed where the net is least busy, so a person in the US emailing another US person can have their email go outside our borders. Therefore it's everyone at risk.
10 comments
Somebody's Watching You | Center for Media and Democracy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: surveillance, privacy )


- 685 days ago - prwatch.org
Two leading privacy rights organizations have put together a world map of surveillance societies, rating various nations for their civil liberties records.
9 comments
California Could Be 3rd State to Ban Forced RFID Implants
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: WORK, BANK, School, RFID, Privacy, Microchipped-population, Prophecy, Mark-of-the-beast, CANCER )


- 689 days ago - stateline.org
It would be an interesting feature of an employee's first day: sign a contract, fill out a W-2 and roll up your sleeve for your microchip injection. Sounds like sci-fi, but it's happened, and now a handful of states are making sure their citizens will nev
7 comments
Privacy Rights: Spying on Us
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Privacy, Rights, Spying, wiretapping, domestic, americans, usa, unethical, warrantless, criminal, unconstitutional, human rights, freedoms, Govtfearmongering, corruption, constitution, bushadministration, bush, cia, cheney, americans, abuse, congress, cov )

TW
- 704 days ago - seattlepi.nwsource.com
The thought that telecommunications companies might be granted retroactive immunity from lawsuits for cooperating with the government's warrantless wiretapping programs ought to keep lawmakers up at night.
4 comments
US Withdraws Subpoena Seeking Identity of 24,000 Amazon Customers - International Herald Tribune
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: freedoms, privacy )


- 728 days ago - iht.com
The withdrawal came after a judge ruled the customers have a right to keep their reading habits from the government.
18 comments
Panel Drops Immunity From Eavesdropping Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: wiretap, panel, eavesdropping, security, civil liberties, privacy )

Emily
- 739 days ago - nytimes.com
Reflecting the deep divisions within Congress over granting legal immunity to telephone companies for cooperating with the Bush administration's program of wiretapping without warrants, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a new domestic surveillance l
3 comments
A Story of Surveillance
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: freedoms, privacy, internet, AT&T, NSA )


- 747 days ago - washingtonpost.com
"That was my 'aha!' moment," Klein said. "They're sending the entire Internet to the secret room."
4 comments
Stop Warrantless Wiretapping of US Citizens!!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: illegal, warrantless wiretaps, privacy, government, dishonesty, constitution, bushadministration, bush, americans, crime, freedoms, congress, lies, propaganda, terrorism, republicans, democrats, Govtfearmongering, politics )

Rebecca
- 757 days ago - usalone.com
Support the The FISA Modernization Bill of 2007 H.R. 3782 (Holt Bill) and put an end to warrantless wiretapping of US citizens. We CAN have legality AND privacy and still fight terrorism effectively! Call on your Senators to support the Holt Bill Now!
2 comments
READ EVERYTHING ON REAL IDs - COMING TO YOUR STATE ANY MINUTE
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: REAL ID, surveillance, US spying, invasion of privacy, privacy, ID cards )

RC
- 831 days ago - cnn.com
PLEASE get very familiar with ALL the info on this page, click ALL the links and know what our government has in the pipeline. This is the movie MINORITY REPORT come to life with - THE REAL ID.
69 comments
EFF: FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government (FLAG) Project
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: corruption, cover-up, freedoms, spying, privacy, FOIA )

Davida
- 858 days ago - eff.org
National security and law enforcement demand some level of government secrecy, but too much secrecy enables abuses of power. The Justice Department's cell phone tracking without probable cause, the NSA's illegal spying program, and other recent privacy...
4 comments
   

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