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Surveillance, Suppression and Police Brutality: Mirror’s Edge’s Vision for the Future

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Paste Magazine writer Kyle McKenny compares the police state of the video games Mirrors Edge and Mirrors Edge: Catalyst to

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Scope Of FBI Data Collection Revealed For First Time After Gag Order Removed

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Asa J 1518 Views Accountability, administrative subpoena, Calyx Internet Access, cell-site location information, copblock, copblock.org, Doe v. Gonzales, electronic communication records, email addresses, FBI, federal district court, first amendment, free speech, Freedom Act, gag order, IP addresses, Judge Victor Marrero, location tracking device, national security, National Security Letters, Nicholas Merrill, NSL, Patriot Act, Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act, postal addresses, San Francisco, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, web browsing history

Requiring no approval by a judge, so-called “National Security Letters” are a type of administrative subpoena issued by the federal

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NSA “Ends” Bulk Phone Surveillance Program But Not Really

November 29, 2015November 29, 2015 Asa J 1119 Views ACLU, copblock, copblock.org, D.C. Court of Appeals, District Judge Richard Leon, edward snowden, espionage act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, fourth amendment, Free-dumb Act, Freedom Act, FreedomWorks, Jameel Jaffer, Judge Michael W. Mosman, meta-data, NSA, NSA bulk phone surveillance program, NSA whistle blowers, Obama administration, Obama regime, Patriot Act, phone surveillance, Police State, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, secret counter-terrorism court, Section 215, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, Thomas Drake, whistle blowers, william binney

The Obama regime said Friday that the once-secret NSA bulk phone surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013 will

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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 2003 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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