Collaborate Disseminate
The plans for an internal CIA training game was released to the public last month—now it’s becoming real and getting Kickstarted. Continue reading These People Are Selling the CIA’s Internal Board Game to the Public
Motherboard found that federal and more local law enforcement agencies have bought tech to unlock up to date iPhones. But the FBI, which is pushing for backdoors, refuses to say whether it has also purchased the equipment. Continue reading FBI Refuses to Say Whether It Bought iPhone Unlocking Tech ‘GrayKey’
Citing the infamous b5 exemption, the Federal Communications Commission refused to release emails related to the planning of the net neutrality video. Continue reading The FCC Is Refusing to Release Emails About Ajit Pai’s ‘Harlem Shake’ Video
Vigilant Solutions said law enforcement is facing an “onslaught” of transparency requests from people who … want government to be accountable to taxpayers. Continue reading License Plate Surveillance Company Attacks Nonprofits For Filing FOIA Requests
Motherboard obtained the FCC chair’s official calendar through a Freedom of Information request. Continue reading This Is Ajit Pai’s Official Calendar for the Months Leading Up to the Net Neutrality Repeal
The story of net neutrality as an Obama-led takeover of the internet was refuted by an Inspector General investigation whose findings were not made public prior to Thursday’s vote. Continue reading Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False
That’s it, case closed: the media companies that filed a Freedom of Information Act request can’t appeal Continue reading FBI’s secret iPhone hacking tool must stay under wraps, court rules
Want to meet the US Park Police horse? Get in line. Continue reading The Interior Secretary’s Favorite Horse, ‘Tonto,’ Has Been Very Busy
New York Times reporter Charlie Savage writes about some bad statistics we’re all using: Among surveillance legal policy specialists, it is common to cite a set of statistics from an October 2011 opinion by Judge John Bates, then of the FISA Court, about the volume of internet communications the National Security Agency was collecting under the FISA Amendments Act ("Section… Continue reading What the NSA Collects via 702
New unpublished documents from the US Geological Survey reveal the agency had no role in squashed meeting between its climate scientist at the Facebook CEO. Continue reading ‘Yikes, This Is Bad Press’: Internal Emails Show Federal Employees Asking Why a Climate Scientist’s Meeting With Mark Zuckerberg Was Canceled