Sens. Feinstein And Durbin Specifically Try To Carve Citizen Journalists Out...
There was a lot of reasonable concern earlier this year when a much needed federal shield law proposal appeared to ignore participatory journalists and only cover those employed by major media...
View ArticleFunny How None Of The Bills About Extending The Patriot Act Seem To Kill Off...
We've already discussed how it appears that Congress is set to extend the Patriot Act with little debate yet again, despite the growing evidence of rather massive abuses of the law by law enforcement...
View ArticleSenator Dianne Feinstein: So Out Of Touch, She Doesn't Realize Tech Companies...
In the debates over SOPA and PROTECT IP (PIPA), one thing that has been clear is that neither California Senator has been any help at all. When asked about this, I've been told, multiple times, that...
View ArticleSad Statement: Senators Behind Two Largest Tech Communities In The US Support...
Charlie O'Donnell has an excellent post noting just how ridiculous it is that New York's two Senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both support PIPA. He notes that NY has become an...
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Raging Grannies Come Out Against SOPA/PIPA
Even a group of (very politically active) grandmothers have come out against SOPA/PIPA. They note that it's rare that they agree with internet companies like Google & Facebook (they've protested...
View ArticleDisney Refused Invitation From Senator Feinstein To Meet With Tech Companies...
We've been pointing out for months that the entertainment industry -- who more or less wrote SOPA & PIPA -- has done everything it can to deny both the tech industry and consumers any seat at the...
View ArticleSenators Ramp Up Fear Mongering To Try To Rush Through Cybersecurity Bill
We're still waiting for any actual evidence that this new cybersecurity bill is really necessary. An actual description of the real problem being dealt with would be a good start. Instead, we just get...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein More Worried About Reaction To The Leak About Stuxnet, Rather...
Last week, we wrote about the NYTimes investigative report that revealed that the US government was behind Stuxnet, and that President Obama was very, very involved in the process. It was widely...
View ArticleSenate Intelligence Committee A Lot More Interested In Punishing...
A few weeks back, we noted how ridiculous it was that Senator Dianne Feinstein seemed a lot more upset that information about questionable US activities abroad was being leaked than she was about the...
View ArticleSenator Wyden Puts Hold On Intelligence Authorization Act Over Free Speech...
Once again, Senator Ron Wyden seems like one of a very small number of people in Congress actually willing to stand up against bad bills that are pushed forward with fear mongering. Earlier this year,...
View ArticleSenate Finally Holds Weak 'Debate' On FISA Amendments Act... But Terrorism!
While some in the Senate tried to skip over debate of the likely unconstitutional FISA Amendments Act, the Senate finally held a rushed and scripted "debate" today, which did very little to actually...
View ArticleThere's A Secret Reason Why The Government Has To Keep It Secret How Many...
The folks over at the CATO Institute have put together a short five minute video on the rush by the federal government to renew the FISA Amendments Act, with no changes, which effectively has...
View ArticleTwo More Politicians Claim Video Games Are The Real 'Problem'
It's only been slightly over a week since the administration announced its plan to have the Center for Disease Control conduct a study on the link between video games and so-called "gun violence" and...
View ArticleSen. Feinstein Says Congress 'Ready To Take Action' To Rein In Violent Video...
Dianne Feinstein, whose post-Newtown assault weapons ban was defanged by Sen. Harry Reid before its inclusion in the Democrats' gun control bill, has decided to switch scapegoats. Now, she's...
View ArticleSenators: Why Is Everyone So Worked Up About Verizon Spying? We've All Known...
Towards the end of my piece this morning about the administration's ridiculous response to the leaked evidence and confirmation that the NSA is scooping up every single phone record (confirmed from...
View ArticleEven The AP Is Calling Bull On Government Claims Of PRISM Helping Stop NYC...
We've already explained how some NSA supporters, including Rep. Mike Rogers and Senator Dianne Feinstein, are trying to defend PRISM and other NSA surveillance efforts by saying that it stopped a NYC...
View ArticleEither The Solicitor General Lied To The Supreme Court, Or Senator Feinstein...
While there's been plenty of attention over the last month or so concerning the revelations from Ed Snowden about NSA surveillance, there have been a series of important ongoing lawsuits that tried to...
View ArticleArchitect Of Obama's War On Whistleblowers: 'It's Good To Hang An Admiral...
Over the last few years, we've covered President Obama's war on whistleblowers, including the fact that he's used the Espionage Act against whistleblowers more than every other President combined,...
View ArticleNSA Defenders In The Senate Flip Out Over Amash Amendment To Stop Dragnet
Not surprisingly, the NSA's emergency lobbying to try to stop Rep. Justin Amash's amendment that will stop the NSA from its bulk data collection program under Section 215 of the Patriot Act (while...
View ArticleSenator Wyden: Public Has Been Actively Mislead By Government Officials Over...
While some Senators are insisting that we need to keep going with NSA surveillance and just trust them that the NSA and FBI aren't abusing the law and the information they have access to, others are...
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