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How Privacy Purists Are Helping Criminals Jun. 21, 2017
Next time you set out to commit armed robbery, leave your cellphone at home. Timothy Carpenter was c... Read More
More Spying and More Lying May. 04, 2017
Late last week, President Donald Trump told CBS News that domestic surveillance of American citizens... Read More
Congress Created a Monster Mar. 09, 2017
Those of us who believe that the Constitution means what it says have been arguing since the late 19... Read More
Concealing and Revealing Mar. 02, 2017
Last week, President Donald Trump erupted with fury over a series of public revelations of private f... Read More
The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost Feb. 23, 2017
Last week, The Wall Street Journal revealed that members of the intelligence community — part ... Read More
A Parting Shot at Personal Freedom Jan. 19, 2017
On Jan. 3, outgoing Attorney General Loretta Lynch secretly signed an order directing the National S... Read More
Did the Russians Hack Hillary? Dec. 15, 2016
Earlier this week, leaders of the Democratic National Committee and former officials of Hillary Clin... Read More
'Staggering in Its Breadth' Oct. 11, 2016
News this week that Yahoo secretly monitored hundreds of millions of user emails at the behest of fe... Read More
Watching the Watchmen Jul. 08, 2016
Our privacy rights are under continual assault from out-of-control government. Whether from the Nati... Read More
Wake Up, America! Jun. 09, 2016
While Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling in their final round in the Democratic primari... Read More
FISA Court's Rubber Stamp of Approval for Government Spying Requests May. 04, 2016
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was established in 1978 to provide a measure of oversigh... Read More
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Apr. 28, 2016
Would all of our lives be safer if the government could break down all the doors it wishes, listen t... Read More
The Spies Who Ruin Us Dec. 03, 2015
In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/1... Read More
'Deep Web': Inside the Silk Road Drug Bazaar May. 29, 2015
Alex Winter's "Deep Web," which premieres on Epix this Sunday night, tells a tale that's both tragic... Read More
Is Government Faithful to the Constitution? Dec. 18, 2014
When the government is waving at us with its right hand, so to speak, it is the government's left ha... Read More
Independence Day, 2014 Jul. 03, 2014
After a brief holiday last week, I returned to some heavy reading courtesy of the federal government... Read More
Obama Likes Secrets, Including Yours Jun. 29, 2014
The surprising thing about the Supreme Court's decision on police searches of cellphones was its una... Read More
The Justices and Their Cellphones Jun. 27, 2014
Since the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court went up in flames back in 1987, every appoi... Read More
Ignorance Is Privacy: A Ruling Against Warrantless Tracking Assumes People Don't Know How Cellphones Work Jun. 18, 2014
Do you know how your cellphone works? If not, it's probably best not to find out. You can lose your ... Read More
We Didn't Know Isn't Good Enough Jun. 03, 2014
I wouldn't want to be the cop who tossed the flash grenade into the sleeping baby's crib. I wouldn't... Read More
