As someone who was an active user of Twitter for more than a decade, I cannot begin to communicate how utterly awful that platform has become in the past few years. First, it was all the disinformation and vileness by Trump supporters who seemingly refuse to understand that a private company is not a government…
Category: Govt
An Update on Homeland Security Intelligence Reporting on Me
Benjamin Wittes reports: When I last checked in on the saga of the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence reporting about me, I had a bit of a cliff-hanger on my hands. “Is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still filing intelligence reports about journalists?” I asked: It seems like a simple question. And I confess…
EPIC Urges PCLOB to Push for Meaningful Reform of Section 702 Surveillance
From EPIC.org: In comments on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s Oversight Project examining section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), EPIC urged the Board to recommend that Congress prohibit “abouts” collection and warrantless backdoor searches. EPIC also urged the Board to recommend new and enhanced safeguards, including a larger role for FISC amici,…
Attorney General Formally Bans The Collection Of Journalists’ Records During Leak Investigations
Tim Cushing writes: The early months of 2021, following Trump’s loss at the polls and the subsequent raid of the Capitol building by his supporters, were periodically punctuated by disturbing revelations about the DOJ under the former reality show star. Seeking to plug multiple leaks originating in his administration, the Trump DOJ began targeting journalists, hoping to use their communication records to sniff out the sources of these…