‘The Nunes Memo’ Is Worthless Without the Warrant
This whole circus is performative “transparency” from a bunch of hypocrites. Continue reading ‘The Nunes Memo’ Is Worthless Without the Warrant
Category Archives: FISC
FISA Court’s Secrecy Threatens to Subsume Our Open Court System
Keith Gartenlaub seemed like he’d be the first person to challenge secret FISA court surveillance. Then an appeals court had a secret meeting with the government’s lawyers. Continue reading FISA Court’s Secrecy Threatens to Subsume Our Open Court System
US gov says it can break your encryption without a court order
The encryption battle between the FBI and apple is all octopus ink, if you go by what the government says
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NSA collected records of 151m Americans – but wait, didn’t bulk collection stop three years ago?
How did the NSA end up collecting the records of so many people on 2015 when it was only authorized to go after 42 suspected terrorists? Continue reading NSA collected records of 151m Americans – but wait, didn’t bulk collection stop three years ago?
US Reps Requesting Further Intel Around Yahoo Surveillance Story
U.S. representatives are asking Yahoo for clarity around a surveillance program mentioned in reports earlier this month. Continue reading US Reps Requesting Further Intel Around Yahoo Surveillance Story
The Lowdown on the Apple-FBI Showdown
Many readers have asked for a primer summarizing the privacy and security issues at stake in the the dispute between Apple and the U.S. Justice Department, which last week convinced a judge in California to order Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of assailants in the recent San Bernardino massacres. I don’t have much original reporting to contribute on this important debate, but I’m visiting it here because it’s a complex topic that deserves the broadest possible public scrutiny. Continue reading The Lowdown on the Apple-FBI Showdown