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

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 357 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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The Surveillance State Couldn’t Prevent The Paris Attacks – So Why Expand It?

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Asa J 548 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 460 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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Lawmakers Introduce The End Warrantless Surveillance Of Americans Act

May 10, 2015February 28, 2016 Asa J 423 Views CALEA, Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, Congressman Ted Poe, Congressman Thomas Massie, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, constitutional rights, copblock, court-ordered warrants, Encryption, FBI, FBI Director James Comey, fourth amendment, House of Representatives, Illegal search and seizure, James Comey, master key, NSA, NSA Spying, Privacy, The End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act, U.S. House of Representatives, USA Freedom Act, warrantless search, warrantless surveillance, warrantless wiretapping

A bill introduced this week in the U.S. House of Representatives would require law enforcement agencies to obtain court-ordered warrants

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