The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will be holding a public hearing on Monday, November 4: Consideration of Recommendations for Change: The Surveillance Programs Operated Pursuant to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act All sessions will be streamed live on www.c-span.org and live on…
Category: Govt
Senator Leahy & Representative Sensenbrenner Join To Introduce USA FREEDOM Act
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), chairman of the Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee in the House, introduced on Tuesday legislation that seeks to restore Americans’ privacy rights by ending the government’s dragnet collection of phone records and requiring greater oversight, transparency, and accountability with respect to domestic surveillance authorities….
Leaked memos reveal GCHQ efforts to keep mass surveillance secret
James Ball reports: The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has repeatedly warned it fears a “damaging public debate” on the scale of its activities because it could lead to legal challenges against its mass-surveillance programmes, classified internal documents reveal. Memos contained in the cache disclosed by the US whistleblower Edward Snowden detail the agency’s long fight against making…
EFF files amicus brief in Lavabit contempt case
EFF has filed this amicus brief (pdf) in support of Lavabit. Here is their press release on it: Federal law enforcement officers compromised the backbone of the Internet and violated the Fourth Amendment when they demanded private encryption keys from the email provider Lavabit, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues in a brief submitted yesterday…