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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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London Thought Police To Crack Down On Offensive Online Comments

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 Asa J 1197 Views Angela Merkel, anti-immigration speech, anti-migrant views, Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton, Assistant Chief Constable Maurice Mason, Brexit, chilling effect, classical liberalism, copblock, copblock.org, demographic displacement, denmark, diversity, Dutch police, Europe, European migrant crisis, European Union, Freedom of speech, germany, hate crime, Home Office, Immigration, imperial tactic, Islamic extremism, Islamization of Europe, London, London Metropolitan police, London Transit, Mark Hamilton, mass migration, Maurice Mason, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Merkel regime, Muslim rape, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Hate Crime, Nigel Farage, offensive comments, Offensive Online Comments, Office for Policing And Crime, online hate crime hub, Owellian thought police, police raids, Police State, Political Correctness, referendum vote, Sadiq Khan, Scotland, social media, Stasi, Sweden, Thought Police, Tim Farron, troll hunting, trolling hunting, UK Independence Party, xenophobic, xenophobic comments

In yet another confirmation that political correctness means a draconian police state, police in London have set up a “trolling

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Federal Judge Becomes First To Throw Out Warrantless Stingray Evidence

July 13, 2016July 17, 2016 Asa J 1170 Views ACLU, cell phone surveillance, Cell phones, cell-site simulator, Civil rights, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Department of Justice, drug trafficking, Drug war, federal judge, Judge William Pauley, Maryland appeals court, Nathan Freed Wessler, Police State, Raymond Lambis, Stasi, Stingray, Surveillance, surveillance state, U.S. District Court, unreasonable search, warrantless search, Washington Heights

A federal judge has became the first to suppress evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a

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

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 828 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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Scope Of FBI Data Collection Revealed For First Time After Gag Order Removed

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Asa J 1455 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 1061 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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The Surveillance State Couldn’t Prevent The Paris Attacks – So Why Expand It?

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Asa J 1324 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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Federal Court Overturns District Ruling Barring NSA Phone Surveillance

August 30, 2015November 28, 2015 Asa J 1025 Views copblock, copblock.org, D.C. Court of Appeals, edward snowden, federal appeals court, fourth amendment, Larry Klayman, metadata, NSA, NSA surveillance, phone metadata, phone surveillance, Richard Leon, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, USA Freedom Act

A federal appeals court overturned a district court ruling Friday that barred the NSA’s bulk collection of phone metadata. The

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Military Facial Recognition Tech Now In The Hands Of Local Police

August 13, 2015November 28, 2015 Asa J 1616 Views ACLU, american civil liberties union, biometric program, biometrics, boston, chicago, civil liberties, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, DNA profiles, facial recognition, facial recognition software, FBI, fingerprints, fourth amendment, intelligence agencies, iris scans, Lt. Scott Wahl, military, New York, New York Times, Next Generation Identification, Next Generation Identification biometric program, oakland, photographs, Privacy, privacy rights, san diego, San Diego police, software, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance cameras, surveillance state, Technology, voice identification records

According to a new New York Times report, facial recognition software utilized by intelligence agencies and the military is currently

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Oakland Residents Attempt To Reclaim City From Stasi Surveillance

July 14, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 1121 Views ACLU, ACLU of northern California, Attorney Matt Cagle, California, copblock, copblock.org, domain awareness center, lawyer Brian Hofer, license plate readers, oakland, Oakland California, occupy oakland, occupy wall street, privacy advisory committee, Stasi, Stingray, Surveillance, surveillance state, unwarranted spying, unwarranted surveillance

Residents in Oakland, California are attempting to reclaim their city from unwarranted spying by police. Activists are hopeful that city

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FBI Response To Bill Limiting Aerial Surveillance: Just Trust Us

June 20, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 1206 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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The Fight Against Warrantless Cell-Phone Tracking

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Asa J 2016 Views ACLU, cellphone data, cellphone location information, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Evidence control laws, expectation of privacy, fourth amendment, fusion centers, Gov. Bill Haslam, Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, gps, House Bill 468, House Bill 4791, Information Sharing Environment, MetroPCS, New Hampshire, NSA, Off Now Coalition, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Property rights, Rep. Garry Smith, Rep. Neal Kurk, Reuters, south carolina, Stasi, Stingray, Supreme Court, Surveillance, surveillance state, Tennessee, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Party Doctrine, Tower dumps, usa today, Utah, verizon, Virginia, warrantless data collection

There are many ways American’s cellphone location information is obtained by law enforcement agencies. On the federal level, the NSA

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