Privacy Matters

That’s what the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to do. In a June 4, 2012 report on the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill, it is pulling out the stops. 

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Conservation and wildlife activists are concerned that FBI stewardship of 900 acres of federal land connecting Laguna Wilderness Park to the Cleveland National Forest will destroy habitats and wreak biological havoc. 

Watch what you say as you travel through security and customs controlled areas at the Ottawa airport: officials will soon record your every word.

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President Obama has overseen an unprecedented war on whistleblowers, indicting six people in just three years -- more than all prior presidents combined. But his administration is now under fire for hypocrisy, accused of leaking sensitive or classified information to reporters in order to glorify the President.

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Chris Soghoian yesterday announced that he will join the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project as Principal Technology and Senior Policy Analyst. The organization is lucky to have him!

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It's now pretty well established: if your city plays host to a major "National Special Security Event" like a major party convention or global summit, your police department will probably gain broad new powers to restrict or intimidate dissent and tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of

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We've written a lot about the militarization of the police; it will continue to be an issue we highlight here and in our advocacy work for years to come.