Grant Gross reports: About 4,500 people have indicated they plan to attend a rally Saturday in Washington, D.C., to protest surveillance programs run by the U.S. National Security Agency. Organizers with StopWatching.us are hoping for a large crowd to protest the NSA’s mass surveillance programs detailed in leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden this year. Read…
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Michael Hayden’s Off The Record Conversation Gets Live Tweeted By Liberal Activist
If ever the phrase “delicious irony” applied, this is it. Ashley Alman reports: You would think the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and director of the National Security Agency would know a thing or two about discretion, but live tweets of an overheard phone conversation prove otherwise. Tom Matzzie, a political strategist and…
Stop Watching Us: the video
StopWatching.us is a coalition of more than 100 public advocacy organizations and companies from across the political spectrum. This video harnesses the voices of celebrities, activists, legal experts, and other prominent figures in speaking out against mass surveillance by the NSA. Please share widely to help us get the message out that we will not…
House privacy group to meet Wednesday with privacy groups, online ad rep
Kate Tummarello reports: Members of Congress will meet with privacy advocates, a privacy researcher and an online advertising industry representative to talk about digital privacy on Wednesday. The meeting will be the second of ten meetings about online privacy held by the House Commerce Committee’s Bipartisan Privacy Working Group, led by Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)…