FISA Archives - Cop Block

Only Two Percent Of Surveillance Requests Denied By Secret Spy Court

April 22, 2017 Asa J 1125 Views Carter Page, communications, copblock, copblock.org, Donald Trump, FBI, FISA, FISA request, FISA warrant, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court, government spying, Justice System, NSA, Police State, rubber stamp, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, surveillance warrants, U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court

Proving that the U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court is nothing more than a rubber stamp for the government’s spying apparatus,

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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 1828 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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The FBI’s Ever Increasing Role In Domestic Surveillance

March 30, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 2368 Views ACLU, ACLU National Security Project, american civil liberties union, Apple, back door access, Bill Clinton, Brookings Institute, built-in surveillance, CALEA, Civil rights, COINTELPRO, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, cop block, copblock.org, DCSNet, Dishonesty, domestic surveillance, double-standards, edward snowden, email, Encryption, FBI, FBI Director James Comey, Featured, federal bureau of investigation, first amendment, FISA, fourth amendment, freedom, Google, Hina Shamsi, Illegal search/entry, informants, invasion of privacy, iphone, Julian Assange, justice department, national security, No-Fly List, obama, On-Star, Police State, rights, smartphone, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, telecommunications, Terrorism, Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI’s Unchecked Abuse of Authority, USA PATRIOT Act, Washington D.C., wiretapping

Even with recent revelations from the likes of Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, the American public hasn’t quite yet grasped

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