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Bill to limit surveillance powers clears Senate hurdle
The Senate advanced a sweeping remake of U.S. surveillance powers Tuesday, two days after an internal split among Republicans caused the legal authority for key counterterrorism programs to temporarily expire... By Ellen Nakashima et. al.
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Senate Approves USA Freedom Act, After Amendments Fail
"It protects civil liberties and our national security," President Obama says. "I'll sign it as soon as I get it."
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FBI operating fleet of surveillance aircraft flying over US cities
The planes, which are equipped with video and cellphone technology at times, are being managed behind fake companies to mask government involvement
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Hola VPN Already Exploited by “Bad Guys” Security Firm Says
The PR disaster for geo-unblocking software Hola has deepened with a report from cybersecurity firm Vectra
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FBI is operating fleet of surveillance aircraft flying over US cities
The FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the US carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology – all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, the Associated Press has learned.
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It’s Time to Let Edward Snowden Come Home
The President and others have praised the U.S.A. Freedom Act, but haven’t mention the blindingly obvious fact that without Snowden the law wouldn’t exist.
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WikiLeaks reveals new trade secrets
Highly sensitive details of the negotiations over the little-known Trades in Services Agreement (TiSA) published by WikiLeaks reveals Australia is pushing for extensive international financial deregulation while other proposals could see Australians' personal and financial data freely transferred overseas. The secret trade documents also show Australia could allow an influx of foreign professional workers and see a sharp wind back in the ability of government to regulate...
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Reining in the NSA by David Cole
Sunsets require sunshine. That may be the most enduring lesson from the Senate’s passage on Tuesday of the USA Freedom Act, which will bring an end to the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records. If Edward Snowden had not revealed the NSA’s sweeping surveillance of Americans, Congress would have simply renewed Section 215, the USA Patriot Act provision that the NSA relied on before its expiration on June 1...
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Edward Snowden: Leaks were worth it
US whistleblower Edward Snowden has said becoming an "international fugitive" has been worth it because of benefits it has brought the public. The ex-National Security Agency (NSA) worker, who released thousands of documents to the press, said progress had been made in the two years since then, and added: "The difference is that you get a different quality of government when they are accountable to the public."
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New Snowden Documents Reveal Secret Memos Expanding Spying
The Obama administration has stepped up the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program on U.S. soil to search for signs of hacking.
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Snowden: balance of power has shifted as people defy government surveillance
A “profound difference” has occurred over the past two years, following the leaking of NSA documents that led to revelations about US surveillance on phone and internet communications, whistleblower Edward Snowden has said. Writing in the New York Times, the computer analyst said that the balance of power is changing as a post-terror generation “turns away from reaction and fear in favour of resilience and reason”.
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The World Says No to Surveillance
A post-terror generation is finally standing up for the right to privacy. By Edward J. Snowden.
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TTIP explained: The secretive US-EU treaty that undermines democracy
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), sometimes known as the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), is currently being negotiated behind closed doors by the European Union and the US. If it is successfully completed, it will be the biggest trade agreement in history. But TTIP is not just something of interest to export businesses: it will affect most areas of everyday life, including the online world.
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‘I am a citizen’: when border patrol agents violate the rights of US residents
As one Arizona border community calls for closure of checkpoint, concerns grow over increased racial profiling and invasion of civil rights
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TSA has no excuse to continue the groping
Thieving agents, racial profiling and excessive pat-downs haven’t made us safer.
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Why Obama Should Offer Edward Snowden a Deal
He may have broken the law, but he’s the definition of a whistleblower. By Jacob Weisberg
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Killing the Black Panthers
In the 1960s, the U.S. government – as well as state and local authorities – waged a war against the Black Panthers and other militants who were challenging white racism. The repression included sabotage and outright murder, a grim reality recalled in a new documentary, writes David Finkelstein.
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The Errors of Our Ways
A brief history of error reports
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Obama’s Slap in Britain’s Face
Shaker Aamer, a British resident held at Guantánamo since 2002, has been cleared for release. Why won’t the U.S. act?
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New Snowden Docs Show How the NSA and FBI Became BFFs
While everyone was freaking out about the NSA, a new Big Brother came into his own.
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