Tag Archives: Patriot Act

How Secrecy Has Already Corroded Our Democracy in Concrete Ways

Posted on August 8, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Conor Friedersdorf This summer, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, an author and longtime champion of the Patriot Act, emerged as one of the most concerned voices arguing that the law is being used to violate the rights of Americans. A letter the … Continue reading →

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No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data

Posted on June 7, 2013 by The Soul Brother

  By Theodoric Meyer and Peter Maass   Update June 6, 2013: This post has been revised to reflect reports of regular FBI and National Security Agency surveillance of domestic phone records under a provision of the Patriot Act. It … Continue reading →

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U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls

Posted on June 6, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Charlie Savage and Edward Wyatt The Obama administration is secretly carrying out a domestic surveillance program under which it is collecting business communications records involving Americans under a hotly debated section of the Patriot Act, according to a highly … Continue reading →

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