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Justice Dept Launches Probe Into Chicago PD As Unions Attempt To Destroy Records

December 16, 2015December 16, 2015 Asa J 426 Views Accountability, Attorney Anita Alvarez, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, chicago, Chicago City Council, chicago police department, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, commander Jon Burge, Cook County, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, craig futterman, Department of Justice, Dishonesty, double-standards, Fraternal Order of Police, Freedom of Information Act requests, Harassment, Illinois, Illinois Appellate Court, Illinois Circuit Court, Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, Jamie Kalven, Judge Franklin Valderrama, Judge Peter Flynn, Justice System, Laquan McDonald, Mayor rahm emanuel, New York Times, Obstruction, officer George Hernandez, Officer Jason Van Dyke, Police Benevolent and Protective Association, Police State, police Torture, President Dean Angelo, Torture, uperintendent Garry McCarthy

The Chicago police department has been mired in controversy after footage was released late last month showing officer Jason Van

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The Surveillance State Couldn’t Prevent The Paris Attacks – So Why Expand It?

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Asa J 483 Views Apple, Bashar al-Assad, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Christopher Cantwell, CIA, CIA Director John Brennan, commissioner Bill Bratton, copblock, copblock.org, counterterrorism, cryptography, cultural enrichment, cybersecurity, data encryption, director James Comey, diversity, edward snowden, facebook, FBI, foia, Foreign Policy Magazine, France, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information Act requests, French government, Google, Gun rights, iMessage, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, Islamic extremists, Islamic militants, Islamic State, Judicial Watch, Lisa Monaco, mass-spying bill, mass-surveillance, Michael Daniel, migrate wave, Mujahideen, national security, new york police, NSA, Obama administration, Paris attacks, Paris terrorist attacks, Police State, President Barack Obama, privacy protections, refugee crisis, Soviet war in Afghanistan, Stasi, stefan molyneux, Surveillance, surveillance reform, surveillance state, Syria, The Guardian, the New York Times, tolerance, united kingdom, USA Freedom Act, WhatsApp, White House cybersecurity office

In the wake of the unfortunate and diabolical terrorist attacks perpetrated in Paris, the international surveillance and intelligence communities have

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Confirmed: IRS Using Stingray Cell-Site Simulators To Track You

October 27, 2015October 27, 2015 Asa J 480 Views 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, ACLU, cell-site simulators, copblock, copblock.org, data interception technology, DEA, Dept. of Justice, Director Lois Lerner, expectation of privacy, FBI, fifth circuit court of appeals, fourth amendment, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of Information Act requests, HailStorm, Harris Corporation, invoices, irs, IRS Using Stingray, libertarian, location data, location tracking, Nate Wessler, NSA, search warrants, Stingray, Supreme Court, tea party, The Guardian, Third Party Doctrine, U.S. Marshals, usa today, warrantless cellphone searches, warrantless cellphone tracking, warrantless search

A USA Today investigation published in late 2013 first revealed that police departments across the country were utilizing whats been

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FBI Response To Bill Limiting Aerial Surveillance: Just Trust Us

June 20, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 456 Views Aerial Surveillance, american civil liberties union, Amy Thoreson, Associated Press, baltimore riots, Cessna, Cessna 182, Cessna 206, Cessna Enforcer, COINTELPRO, Congress, copblock, copblock.org, counter intelligence, FBI, FBI spy planes, FBI surveillance, fictitious corporations, first amendment, FISA Amendments Act, foia, fourth amendment, Freddie Gray, Freedom of Information Act requests, Jay Stanley, Michael German, post-9/11 surveillance powers, Protecting Individuals from Mass Aerial Surveillance Act, Senator Dean Heller, Senator Ron Wyden, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI’s Unchecked Abuse of Authority

In response to the introduction of the Protecting Individuals from Mass Aerial Surveillance Act in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, the

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