Serve Your Country, Maybe Lose Your Credit Rating
I know it has been a while since the scandal broke, and yet I hadn't blogged about the Department of Veterans Affairs data theft. In general, I've been a bit pissed off and did...
Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts
Winston, what have you been up to lately?
Our out of control POTUS and his henchmen are at it again according to Mark Clayton, writing for the Christian Science Monitor: The US government is developing a massive computer system that can collect...
Liberty Coalition and Al Gore on upholding the rule of law
FYI, from the Liberty Coalition (of which my publication, and the Free Congress Foundation, ACLU, American Conservative Union, Republican Liberty Congress and others are partners). Dear LC Partners, Today was a very exciting day...
LC Press Release “FBI Whistleblower Vows to Continue Her Quest”
At this link is a press release from the Liberty Coalition regarding the Sibel Edmonds FBI whistleblower scandal. The Liberty Coalition, of which my publication is a member, is available on the web at:...
What have you been reading, comrade?!
Barton Gellman of The Washington Post on The FBI’s Secret Scrutiny: In Hunt for Terrorists, Bureau Examines Records of Ordinary Americans: The FBI came calling in Windsor, Conn., this summer with a document marked...
Groups Say DOD Effort Violates the Federal Privacy Act
My publication The Multiracial Activist, in addition to The Liberty Coalition and Republican Liberty Caucus, participated in this joint effort. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2005 Contact: Lillie Conie EPIC Associate Director (202) 483-1140...
E.U. Is Watching You
Matthew Broersma writing for eWEEK on EU States Propose Massive Data Retention Plan: The European Union has unveiled plans to require all telephone and Internet traffic to be logged and stored for up to...
More on E.U. Data Retention Scheme
According to Politechbot Dutch Internet providers say "no" to data retention proposals: In a letter to the European Commission and the European Parliament the ISPs stress several objections to the current proposals on data...
Tracking You, Watching You…
James Plummer, policy director for the Liberty Coalition, on Will the New National ID Track Your Movements? By the end of September virtually unaccountable bureaucrats inside the Department of Homeland Security will likely have...
Tell The U.S. and E.U. To Byte Me
The excerpt below contains more information on the scheme, favored by President Bush and other domestic surveillance advocates, to force European ISPs to maintain long-term records of all internet traffic taking place on their...