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

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 824 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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DHS To Urge Public To Become Online Spies For The Government

February 24, 2016March 4, 2016 Asa J 1092 Views ALCU, anti-government groups, BATF, Central California Intelligence Center, chilling effect, Citizen spy networks, communities against terrorism program, constitutional rights, copblock, copblock.org, cyber PSA, Cyber Security, DEA, department of homeland security, Department of Justice, DHS, DHS intelligence assessment, Domestic Terrorism Counsel, facebook, federal bureau of investigation, fusion centers, government spies, homeland security, Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, ICE, if you see something say something, Janet Napolitano, John Carlin, joint terrorism task force, Joint Terrorism Task Forces, Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center, MIAC report, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, national security, Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, New York City, NSI, Office of Partnership and Engagement, online spies, Privacy, privacy rights, Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism, Propaganda, propaganda campaign, PSA, rights, see something say something, sovereign citizen, Sovereign Citizen Movement, START, Surveillance, surveillance state, suspicious activity, suspicious internet activity, Twitter, Wal-Mart

In the wake of 9/11, the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign debuted in New York City in 2002 and then expanded

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

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Asa J 1446 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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TSA Confiscates 5-Year-Old’s Disney World Toy, Throws It Away As He Cries

November 19, 2015January 20, 2016 Asa J 1592 Views 5-year-old, 95 percent of the time, agents missed banned items, atlanta, body scanners, box cutter, Buzz Lightyear toy, carry-on bag, Consolidated Terrorist Watchlist, copblock, copblock.org, DHS, Disney World, Double Standard, Florida, Fort Lauderdale International Airport, inspector general report, Levi Zilka, loaded gun, national security, NBC News, Office of the Inspector General, Paris terrorist attacks, Pedophiles, Peter Neffenger, Police State, replica firearm, scissors, sexual assault complaints, souvenir, Swiss Army knife, Terrorism, toy claw, TSA, violent criminals

The TSA is probably one of the most inept and ridiculous government agencies on the face of the planet –

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

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Asa J 1311 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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The FBI’s Ever Increasing Role In Domestic Surveillance

March 30, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 2356 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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A Fascist State Defined: Police are Given Virtually Unlimited Power.

February 25, 2015October 16, 2015 Kelly W. Patterson 1516 Views Civil rights, cop block, copblock, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, corporatism, Corruption, disdain for human rights, Dishonesty, double-standards, Drug war, election fraud, Fascism, freedom, graphic, kelly patterson, mainstream media, militarism, national security, Nationalism, police, police powers, Police State, quick hit, rights, signs of fascism, US Government

The following was received via an anonymous submission on the Cop Block Submissions page. A study was done to identify

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A Eulogy for Liberty

February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 CopBlock 597 Views 911, national security, Patriot Act, police militarization, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution, TSA, war on drugs, war on terror, World Trade Center

Citizen M shared this post via CopBlock.org’s submit page. The destruction of The World Trade Center rang the death knell for

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