Rand Paul Endorses Kentucky's Thomas Massie
Reason Online (blog)
"He's also opposed to the PATRIOT Act, warrantless wiretapping, the police state, the drug war, and military adventurism. Massie's views on civil liberties put a lot of daylight between him and his most well-known competitor for the GOP nomination, …

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Nature Is Bad For The Economy: This Street Art Makes You Question Your Values
Co.Exist
We paint our faces and passionately support our favorite sports team, but won't protest against warrantless wiretapping. We want to save the world, but not if it's a hassle. We say religion shouldn't play a role in an election, but then accuse Obama of …

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Wiretapping: Oyarbide sends Macri to trial
Buenos Aires Herald
Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide decided to send all of the defendants involved in the illegal wiretapping case to trial, including Buenos Aires City Mayor, Mauricio Macri and former city police chief, Jorge Palacios. Oyarbide deemed the probe to be …

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Macri 'not surprised' at wiretapping trial recommendation
Buenos Aires Herald
Buenos Aires City mayor Mauricio Macri said he was “not surprised” Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide ordered him and former city police chief Jorge Palacios, along with other involved officials, to stand trial over illegal wiretapping allegations.

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DOJ seeks to tighten Baltimore policy on recording police
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The ACLU successfully defended Graber against criminal charges related to the taping, and the case sparked debate about Maryland's strict wiretapping laws and issues of recording law enforcement officers in public places.
US Department of Justice says citizens have a broad right to record police …The Verge

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Surveillance state saps freedom
Baltimore Sun
The Patriot Act allows our phones to be wiretapped. Our email and Internet transactions leave a trail for some to follow. The police can access our GPS location data through our smartphones without a warrant. Retailers record our purchasing habits with …

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Why Hedges v. Obama is Terribly Perplexing
Lawfare (blog)
Amnesty International—a constitutional challenge to the key provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. In short, the issue in Clapper is whether the plaintiffs can satisfy Article III standing requirements merely by alleging that, because they …

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NCTC Chief Matthew Olsen Urges Congress To Renew Surveillance Law
Huffington Post
In rare public remarks to a breakfast meeting of national security lawyers, Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), urged lawmakers to quickly reauthorize that section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) …
Counterterrorism Director Addresses Terror Threats, Media Leaks, WiretappingKGO-AM

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Why Conservatives Should Fund and Support a Strong National Defense
Heritage.org
The third point merits a thorough discussion that, in the interest of time, I must save for another occasion; it includes opposition to the Patriot Act, FISA surveillance, and, potentially, requirements to protect our private and government networks …

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Beyond CISPA: The cybersecurity bills you need to worry about right now
Digitaltrends.com
However, the ACLU says that this still does not go far enough to protect private information. SECURE IT: Critics say SECURE IT has no “meaningful requirements to ensure that private information is anonymized,” and would actually allow companies “to …

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