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

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 826 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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A Touch Of Dystopia: Milwaukee Police Hid Stingray Use From Courts, Says ACLU

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Isiah Holmes 1803 Views 7th circuit court of appeals, Accountability, ACLU, america, american civil liberties union, American police culture, amicus brief, blog, Brutality, cell phone data, Civil rights, comment, constitution, cop block, copblock.org, cops, Corruption, courts, data collection, Department of Justice, discuss, Dishonesty, DoJ, double-standards, Drug war, dystopia, Ed Flynn, eff, Electronic Frontier Foundation, encouraging police to prey on the people, excessive force, FBI, federal bureau of investigation, federal probe, federal program, freedom, fugitive, Harassment, illegal, Illegal search/entry, insanity by definition, intelligence cop, jail, journalism, judge, Justice System, milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, milwaukee police, monitoring, MPD, news, no victim no crime, nondisclosure agreement, oddly vague language, orwellian, overuse, phone tracking, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police industrial complex, Police State, politics, PR event, prison industrial complex, rights, scrutinous pressure, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, share, stingrays, streamlining convictions, strike the root, subverting the courts, Surveillance, surveillance state, sustainable democratic models, Transparency, undisclosed Stingray use, unethical, Update, warrantless data collection, Warrior Cop, wi, Wisconsin, wisconsin police, writing

Scrutinous pressure continues to bury Milwaukee’s police department despite its recent DOJ-sponsored public forum. Days later, the ACLU blasted the

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The Fight Against Warrantless Cell-Phone Tracking

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Asa J 2011 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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