Rand Paul Warns Of Danger Of Domestic Spying In 11 Hour Senate Speech

Wearing a dark suit, tie and running shoes, Paul began his marathon talk by announcing, “There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP/Susan Walsh) WASHINGTON — The fate of the government's bulk collection of Americans' phone records is unclear following an FBI warning, House-Senate disagreements and more than 10 hours of

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Senate Committee Secretly Approves New Domestic Spying Measures

The spying bill is named the “Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act” [CISA].

Justin King
By Justin King
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. arrives to pose for photographers in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. arrives to pose for photographers in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2015.   The junior Senator, who launched his political career by  advocating for the prosecution of journalists who share government 'secrets', is a signatory to the Cyber-security Information Sharing Act. (TFC) – While

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Happy Holidays?: Obama Endorses A Militarized Israel, Land Grabs, And Domestic Spying

At a time when many were distracted by the hectic holiday season, Obama signed into law U.S. support for a militarized Israel, the transfer of sacred Native American land to a mining company, and increased domestic spying.

Sean Nevins
By Sean Nevins
President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. Photo credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP

President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014.   credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP WASHINGTON --- The 113th Congress passed 296 bills from 2013 to 2015, making it one of the least productive in American history. As the holiday season commenced, however,

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Controversy Rages Over Sen. Feinstein’s “Bipolar” Responses To Drones, Surveillance

Sen. Feinstein’s responses to drone use and surveillance are signs that she’s only willing to cross the party line when it’s convenient for her.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In recent weeks, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has found herself the source of a whirlwind of contradictions. To the casual observer, Feinstein appears quick to defend the party-line position until it becomes inconvenient for her. Take, for example, Feinstein’s interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes”

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Obama Ponders Limiting NSA Access To Phone Records

The White House says Obama is still collecting information before making final decisions.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
NSA spying

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to rein in spying on foreign leaders and is considering restricting National Security Agency access to Americans' phone records, according to people familiar with a White House review of the government's surveillance programs. Obama could unveil his highly anticipated decisions as early as

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‘Burglars’ Revealed: Sixties Activists Who Stole FBI COINTELPRO Files

The stolen document that would have the “biggest impact on reining in the F.B.I.’s domestic spying activities was an internal routing slip, dated 1968, bearing a mysterious word: Cointelpro.”

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

In an exclusive with the New York Times on Tuesday, published to coincide with a new book about a fateful plan more than four decades ago that helped bring down J. Edgar Hoover and expose the dark nature of the FBI's obsessive targeting of the dissident and anti-war left, the original burglars who broke into a bureau field office in 1971 have now

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