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'The Nunes Memo' Is Worthless Without the Warrant
This whole circus is performative "transparency" from a bunch of hypocrites.
FISA Court's Secrecy Threatens to Subsume Our Open Court System
Keith Gartenlaub seemed like he'd be the first person to challenge secret FISA court surveillance. Then an appeals court had a secret meeting with the government's lawyers.
The NSA's 12-Year Struggle to Follow the Law
A change requested by the Trump administration will allow the NSA to keep information it acquired illegally.
Would You Trust These Men With a Massive Surveillance Dragnet?
America's top intelligence officials had a shady day in Congress.
The NSA Says It Has to Spy on You to Find Out If It's Spying On You
"To determine if communicants are US persons, NSA would be required to conduct significant further research."
This Is the Secret Court Order That Forced the NSA to Delete the Data It Collected About You
The court found an "institutional lack of candor on NSA's part and emphasized that this is a very serious Fourth Amendment issue."
Did You Enjoy the 28 Days the NSA Stopped Spying on You?
A secret court just allowed the NSA to resume its bulk collection program.
Congress Will Vote on an NSA Reform Bill That Won't Reform Much of Anything
But at least it beats the alternative, which was a civil liberties nightmare.
The US Surveillance Court Hasn't Turned Down an NSA Request This Decade
It has been four years since the FISC court turned down a government request to conduct surveillance.
The Supreme Court Rejected an Early Challenge to the NSA
The ongoing inability of outside observers to challenge the NSA remains appalling.