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How Secrecy Has Already Corroded Our Democracy in Concrete Ways
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
Thurgood Marshall’s Prescient Warning: Don’t Gut the 4th Amendment
By Conor Friedersdorf In a story on the secret body of law being created by the FISA court, The New York Times reports that “in one of the court’s most important decisions, the judges have expanded the use in terrorism cases … Continue reading
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NSA surveillance may be legal — but it’s unconstitutional
By Laura K. Donohue The National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs undermine the purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was established to prevent this kind of overreach. They violate the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable search and … Continue reading
NSA Phone Record Collection ‘Beyond Orwellian,’ ACLU Says
By Ryan J. Reilly and Matt Sledge The Obama administration’s seizure of millions of phone Verizon phone records under a secret court order is “alarming” and “beyond Orwellian,” an American Civil Liberties Union official said Wednesday. The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald … Continue reading
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