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Secret Provision Would Expand FBI’s Warrantless Access To Online Records

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 359 Views administrative subpoena, copblock, copblock.org, data collection, electronic communications transaction records, FBI, gag order, Government Surveillance, intelligence authorization bill, national security, National Security Letters, online records, Police State, secret provision, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Ron Wyden, senate bill, Senate intelligence panel, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, USA Freedom Act, warrantless data collection, warrantless search

A secret provision snuck into the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization bill would expand the FBI’s ability to acquire Americans’ online records

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A Touch Of Dystopia: Milwaukee Police Hid Stingray Use From Courts, Says ACLU

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Isiah Holmes 719 Views 7th circuit court of appeals, Accountability, ACLU, america, american civil liberties union, American police culture, amicus brief, blog, Brutality, cell phone data, Civil rights, comment, constitution, cop block, copblock.org, cops, Corruption, courts, data collection, Department of Justice, discuss, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, dystopia, Ed Flynn, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, encouraging police to prey on the people, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federal probe, federal program, freedom, fugitive, Harassment, illegal, Illegal search/entry, insanity by definition, intelligence cop, jail, journalism, judge, Justice System, milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, milwaukee police, monitoring, MPD, news, no victim no crime, nondisclosure agreement, oddly vague language, orwellian, overuse, phone tracking, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police industrial complex, Police State, politics, PR event, prison industrial complex, rights, scrutinous pressure, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, share, stingrays, streamlining convictions, strike the root, subverting the courts, Surveillance, surveillance state, sustainable democratic models, Transparency, undisclosed Stingray use, unethical, Update, warrantless data collection, Warrior Cop, wi, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, writing

Scrutinous pressure continues to bury Milwaukee’s police department despite its recent DOJ-sponsored public forum. Days later, the ACLU blasted the

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Microsoft Vs. DOJ – Feds Argue They Can Demand Emails From Anyone In The World

September 10, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 452 Views Apple, Attorney Lee Tien, Brad Smith, business records, Cisco, copblock, copblock.org, data collection, Department of Justice, drug trafficking investigation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, emails, Executive Vice President for Legal and Corporate Affairs, federal court case, foreign emails, fox news, Government of Ireland, Hotmail, international law, Ireland, microsoft, Microsoft General Counsel, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, national sovereignty, NPR, Redmond Washington, search warrant, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Snowden leaks, Surveillance, The Guardian, three-judge panel, verizon, Washington

A monumental court case resumed Wednesday between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice that will set critical precedent in

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NSA, FBI Scramble As Post-9/11 Patriot Act Surveillance Authorization Set To Expire

April 17, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 749 Views 911, ACLU, bulk collection, bulk phone collection, Civil rights, clinging to a pipe dream, Dan Coats, data collection, Devin Nunes, FBI, fearmongering, federal bureau of investigation, FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, freedom, Freedom Act, Georgia, House intelligence committee, Kentucky, Lynn Westmoreland, Mark Pocan, National Security Agency, NSA, NSA briefing, Patriot Act, Police State, PRISM, rights, Section 215, Senate GOP leadership, Stasi, statements of efficacy, Surveillance, surveillance state, Surveillance State Repeal Act, Terrorism, The Guardian, Thomas Massie, warentless wiretapping, Wisconsin

The National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation held secret briefings with a House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday

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