Congress gearing up for another fight against NSA metadata collection
Justin Amash’s amendment to limit domestic surveillance narrowly failed in July—but that was before all of Congress knew what the NSA is collecting.
On Aug 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Marine brings the fight to the NSA—1 county at a time
“I think the fight needs to start locally,” the 32-year-old Iraq War veteran told the Daily Dot.
On Aug 13, 2013 by Kevin Collier
100 members of Congress were never told about NSA metadata spying
President Obama said in June that all of Congress had been briefed. Now Rep. Justin Amash (R.-Mich) has revealed that’s not true.
On Aug 12, 2013 by Kevin Collier
U.S. admits NSA tracked email metadata until 2011
The NSA tracked who you emailed, who emailed you, and when. But not actually what you said.
On Jul 31, 2013 by Kevin Collier
After narrow defeat, privacy supporters in Congress brag on Twitter
These members of congress voted to defund the NSA’s metadata program, and they want their constituents to know it.
On Jul 25, 2013 by Kevin Collier
In nail-biting vote, House allows NSA to keep tracking Americans’ phone calls
Rep. Justin Amash’s amendment would have blocked the NSA from collecting metadata on Americans not under criminal investigation.
On Jul 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Obama urges House to halt “defund the NSA” amendment
Rep. Justin Amash has introduced an amendment that could dismantle the NSA’s metadata collection efforts, and the White House is not happy.
How the NSA used 9/11 to collect your telephone metadata
Just a month after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the NSA began compiling vast amounts of Americans’ metadata—and it hasn’t stopped since.
Congressman’s last-minute move could defund NSA, cut spying on Americans
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) has figured out a way to stop the NSA from collecting Americans’ metadata—cut the funding for it.
On Jul 23, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Germany collaborated with NSA to spy on its citizens
The US gave a German intelligence agency access to one of its key surveillance programs, “XKeyscore.”
On Jul 22, 2013 by Joe Kloc
U.S. likely to renew NSA’s Verizon metadata spying program
The order authorizing the NSA to collect data on Verizon phone calls expires Friday, but a judge is likely to extend it for 3 additional months.
On Jul 19, 2013 by Kevin Collier
NSA comes clean on metadata: Are you within 3 degrees of a target?
“If you know someone who saw something, you should tell someone to say something” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.
On Jul 18, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Federal court allows Chevron to access journalist and activist metadata
The company lost a major lawsuit in Ecuador last year, and is demanding metadata from Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google to build a racketeering case against the plaintiffs.
On Jul 15, 2013 by Joe Kloc
City council snoops on emails and phone calls to catch litterbugs
Who wouldn’t sacrifice privacy to win the high stakes war on litterbugs?
On Jul 10, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Privacy group takes NSA spying challenge straight to the Supreme Court
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is directly petitioning the Supreme Court to protest the intelligence agency’s practice of tracking every single Verizon call made in America.
On Jul 8, 2013 by Kevin Collier
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