Tagged: Civil Liberties and Advocacy Efforts

I'm with Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) on this: "While I am pleased that President Bush finally has conceded that the domestic surveillance program should be subjected to FISA Court scrutiny, this should not exempt the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...