Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Democrats and Republicans Unite In Vote To Extend Warrantless Surveillance

Civil liberties groups have decried the expansion of warrantless surveillance, saying that it violates Americans’ rights to privacy, creates an end-run around the Fourth Amendment, and may be subject to politically motivated abuse.

January 19th, 2018

By Thandisizwe Chimurenga Thandisizwe Chimurenga @tchimurenga

Democrats and Republicans Unite In Vote To Extend Warrantless Surveillance

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate has quietly voted to give intelligence agencies the permission to conduct warrantless surveillance on U.S. citizens for an additional five years. Senators took a vote on Tuesday of this week to end debate on a bill, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), that allows the

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Thandisizwe Chimurenga

Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She is a staff writer for MintPress News, Daily Kos and co-hosts a weekly, morning drive-time public affairs/news show on the Pacifica Radio network. She is the author of No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant and Reparations … Not Yet: A Case for Reparations and Why We Must Wait; she is also a contributor to several social justice anthologies.

Congress Plotting to Cut a Hole in the 4th Amendment, Again

“Whatever happened to the public promise to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution as it is written? That’s in the oath all in government have taken. That is the oath that the president and his Republican allies reject.”

January 11th, 2018

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Congress Plotting to Cut a Hole in the 4th Amendment, Again

Opinion -- Hidden beneath the controversy stirred up last week by the publication of a book called Fire and Fury, a highly critical insider’s view of the Trump White House that the president has not only denounced on national television but also tried to prevent from being published and distributed, are the efforts of the Trump

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Liberty Act Presents Another “Fake Fix” To Controversial NSA Spying Program

With vague language, loopholes, and glaring omissions, the proposed USA Liberty Act — ostensibly intended to check exposed NSA spying abuses — is a toothless tiger, leaving in place practices that are squarely at odds with Fourth Amendment constitutional protections for ordinary citizens.

November 03rd, 2017

By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb

Liberty Act Presents Another “Fake Fix” To Controversial NSA Spying Program

Ever since Edward Snowden helped reveal the true extent of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) massive spying program, U.S. politicians

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a MintPress News journalist based in Chile. She has contributed to several independent media outlets including Global Research, EcoWatch, the Ron Paul Institute and 21st Century Wire, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

Attorney General Sessions Seeks Permanent Reauthorization Of Spying Powers

FISA has long faced criticism from privacy and civil liberties groups, who say communications of ordinary Americans can easily be swept up in the spying.

September 12th, 2017

By Brandi Buchman

Attorney General Sessions Seeks Permanent Reauthorization Of Spying Powers

The U.S. attorney general and the director of national intelligence on Monday urged Congress to permanently reauthorize Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires, preserving intelligence agencies’ authority to collect information on foreigners outside the United States. The

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Mass Surveillance Advocate Quietly Nominated To “Protect” Your Privacy Rights

The president recently nominated a staunch advocate of mass surveillance to chair one of the few barriers standing between intrusive government spying and the American people’s privacy.

September 04th, 2017

By Carey Wedler

Mass Surveillance Advocate Quietly Nominated To “Protect” Your Privacy Rights

Though outrage over mass surveillance swept the United States after Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, there is little discussion of these invasive practices just four years later.This apathy comes despite former President Barack Obama’s

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Carey Wedler

Carey Wedler is the editor-in-chief of Anti-Media. Shortly after graduating from UCLA with a degree in History, she got her start making Youtube videos, which led her to Anti-Media. Besides editing, she also covers foreign policy, the war on drugs, and solution-oriented developments. Her work has been published in Newsweek, Ron Paul’s Liberty Report, and the Foundation for Economic Education. Contact Carey via email: carey.wedler@theantimedia.org. Support her on Patreon: patreon.com/CareyWedler

Wikileaks: CIA “False Flag” Attack Likely Used To Plant Evidence For Trump Tower Wiretap

The first “false flag” operation conducted by the CIA’s UMBRAGE program – exposed by Wikileaks’ release of the “Vault 7” documents – may have involved planting “proof” that led to the approval of a request to wiretap Trump Tower last October.

March 09th, 2017

By Whitney Webb Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb

Wikileaks: CIA “False Flag” Attack Likely Used To Plant Evidence For Trump Tower Wiretap

WASHINGTON, DC – Like many of the scandals and controversies involving President Trump, it all started with a tweet. Last Saturday, Trump made a daring accusation against his predecessor Barack Obama, accusing Obama of wiretapping his campaign headquarters in Trump Tower in

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The US Government’s Secret Rules for Spying on Journalists Are “Terrifying”

“It makes me wonder, what other rules are out there, and how have these rules been applied?”