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'Beyond Orwellian': Outrage Follows Revelations of Vast Domestic Spying Program
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, cover-up, corruption, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms Govtfearmongering, lies, media, politics, propaganda, Spying )

Kit
- 12 days ago - commondreams.org
FISA court order 'broadest surveillance order ever issued' against private citizens. Americans should be outraged!
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EMERGENCY PETITION: Congress Must Investigate Spying On Our Phone Calls ACTION US
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: congress, usa, ethics, privacy, spying, phone calls )

Nancy
- 13 days ago - act.boldprogressives.org
"The numbers of both parties on a call are handed over, as is location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of all calls," reports The Guardian.
42 comments
Action Alert: STOP THE INTERNET CLAMP DOWN
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: action alert, sign the petition, internet, freedom, neutrality, privacy under assault, electronic privacy, domestic surveillance, spying, police state, legislation, civil liberties )

Brian
- 194 days ago - act.aflcio.org
"The Internet as we know it is at risk.The International Telecommunications Union (or ITU), a United Nations agency, is considering new rules that could clamp down on the fundamental freedoms of citizens online."Please sign the petition.
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National Security Agency Whistleblowers William Binney, Kirk Wiebe, and Thomas Drake Give Dire Warning
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: National Security Agency, Thomas Drake, Kirk Wiebe, William Binney, whistleblowers, Eliot Spitzer, violation of constitution, Stellar Wind, Trailblazer, privacy, spying, Bluffdale, Utah )

Dandelion
- 399 days ago - current.com
"Not only did I discover the wheels had come off the existing vehicle, we were in an entirely new vehicle -- in absolute violation of the Constitution. I knew if I remained silent that I would be complicit to the subversion of our own Constitution."
38 comments
Who's Watching You? Drones Overhead In American Skies
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: u.s., usa, Americans, freedoms, rights, right to privacy, government, domestic surveillance, spying, drones, unmanned surveillance, police state )

Brian
- 420 days ago - eff.org
FAA Releases Lists of Drone Certificates--Many Questions Left Unanswered. Click the map and see what is flying your state's air space.
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Online Surveillance Bill (C-30) Opens Door for Big Brother
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Action Alert, Canada, Spying, Freedom )

TomCat
- 486 days ago - politicsplus.org
See 1st comment - another quality article by Lynn Squance.
35 comments
Have Cell Phones Become Personal Tracking Devices?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: cell phone, cell phones, spy, spying, government, tracking device, ethics, freedoms, survelilence, tracking chip, GPS, GPS chip, smart phoneusa, u.s. )

Carol
- 1007 days ago - news.yahoo.com
"Cell-phone data may be the most efficient way ever invented for a government to spy on its people - since people are planting the devices on themselves and even paying the monthly bills. The KGB never had anything like it."
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Iran President Urges Full Defense for US Reporter
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Iran, American-Iranian, American journalist, spying, freedoms )

Dee
- 1521 days ago - news.yahoo.com
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president said Sunday that an American journalist convicted of spying for the U.S. should be allowed to offer a full defense during her appeal, a day after she was sentenced to eight years in prison.
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FBI Can Now Interrogate of Americans Without Any Links to Terrorism
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: FBI, domestic surveillance, domestic interrogation, Michael Mukasey, spying, terrorism )

RC
- 1711 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The excuse for new "guidelines" allowing the EFF-BEE-EYE to pull all kinds of dirty tricks on unsuspecting innocents is "the guidelines are necessary to fulfill the FBI's core mission to predict threats and respond even before an attack takes place." HAH!
62 comments
NSA Agents Admit Spying on Americans' Private Calls
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: spying, homeland security, abuse, americans, bush, bushadministration, cheney, cia, constitution, corruption, crime, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government )

Deborah
- 1712 days ago - rawstory.com
The Bush administration has repeatedly defended its warrantless surveillance. Two intercept operators who worked for the National Security Agency at Fort Gordon in Georgia have come forward to tell ABC News that isn't true.
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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
- 1967 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
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 )

Tamme
- 2005 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
Next Generation Identification Being Readied By the FBI - You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: FBI, biometric data, fingerprints, iris patterns, spying, loss of privacy )

RC
- 2006 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A huge database with biometric traits, including for the time being images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns but projected to add iris patterns, face-shape data, scars and other uniquely-identifying data, is the latest FBI pet project.
38 comments
Filibuster Amnesty Bill for AT&T and Verizon
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, bushadministration, spying )

Brandy
- 2014 days ago - act.credomobile.com
The White House does not often lose a fight that really matters. However, the struggle to secure amnesty for the telecom companies that helped the Bush administration illegally spy on Americans may be the rare exception.
4 comments
Nada Prouty Worked for the FBI and CIA Now There's Worry She's Not Who They Thought She Was
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, terrorism, fbi, cia, lies, government, usa, middle-east, cia, crime, hezbollah, lebanon, spying )

Juliana
- 2037 days ago - tayyar.org
She was just what the spooks were looking for. Nada Nadim Prouty was athletically fit and aggressive, shrewd and tough-minded. She spoke fluent Arabic--an all-too-rare skill in the American intelligence community--and she had a CPA's license, the better to
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