The Constitution and Conscience: NSA’s Thomas Drake (Video)
A program that he exposed was later confirmed by the NSA to have been a waste of over a billion dollars.
The Constitution and Conscience: NSA's Thomas Drake (Video)
A program that he exposed was later confirmed by the NSA to have been a waste of over a billion dollars.
U.N. Experts: Americans’ Right to Protest Is in Danger Under Trump
In Minnesota, following the police shooting death of Philando Castile, protests caused part of a highway to shut down. ...Minnesota legislators drafted bills that would punish highway protestors with heavy fines and prison time and would make protesters liable for the policing costs of an entire protest if they individually were convicted of unlawful assembly More
FBI Greenlights Crackdown On Black Lives Matter Protesters
The pattern is clear: Federal and local law enforcement target the First Amendment-protected activities of social justice movements because they pose a political threat, not a violent one.
45 Years After COINTELPRO, FBI Still Thinks ‘Dissent is the Enemy’
...the groups note, "documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that the FBI continuously invokes counterterrorism authorities to monitor groups it admits are peaceful and nonviolent."
Glenn Greenwald: UN Report Finds Mass Surveillance Violates International Treaties and Privacy Rights
“The hard truth is that the use of mass surveillance technology effectively does away with the right to privacy of communications on the Internet altogether,” the report concluded. By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept First Look Media 15 October 2014 The United Nations’ top official for counter-terrorism and human rights (known as the “Special Rapporteur”) More
Victory: First Amendment Rights Triumph Over Columbus Police And Fort Benning Officials!
We did it! Fort Benning officials and the Columbus police tried to shut down the November Vigil by attempting to limit the number of participants and by denying SOA Watch a permit to set up a stage and sound system, but justice prevailed. We will return to the gates of Fort Benning from November 21-23. Following a More
Researchers: Police likely provoke protestors — not the other way around
“We’re finding police have a lot of capacity to set a tone,” Adams said during a recent radio interview with Sacramento’s KFBK. “When police show up in riot gear you get a different kind of interaction than when they show up in their regular uniforms.”
▶ Melissa Hill talks about police surveillance and tracking, Peacestock 2014
Activist, Chalker, Blogger talking about the surveillance state in Minnesota. In September 2011, Melissa Hill was the first person arrested in connection with Occupy MN protests. Following a lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully arrested for trespassing on what was public property, she received a $15,000 settlement for her trouble. Hill now has a blog, "Track the More
Timothy Karr: Verizon's Plan to Break the Internet
Verizon has big plans for the Internet. And if that doesn't worry you, it should. by Timothy Karr Published on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 by Save The Internet. Posted on CommonDreams.org The company is trying to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order, which prevents Internet service providers from blocking, throttling or otherwise discriminating against online content. More
Timothy Karr: Verizon’s Plan to Break the Internet
Verizon has big plans for the Internet. And if that doesn't worry you, it should. by Timothy Karr Published on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 by Save The Internet. Posted on CommonDreams.org The company is trying to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet Order, which prevents Internet service providers from blocking, throttling or otherwise discriminating against online content. More
Margaret Sullivan, NYT: A Blow for the Press, and for Democracy
Sometimes James Risen feels like Jean Valjean, the beleaguered protagonist of “Les Miserables,” hounded for years by the authorities. By MARGARET SULLIVAN July 27, 2013 New York Times James Risen. Photo NewsBusters “They just keep coming at me,” Mr. Risen, a Times reporter in Washington, told me by phone last week. It has been 10 More