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Obama’s NSA Reform Malarkey Nailed by Ted Rall

s “From this room to that room” is about the kindest thing that can be said about Obama’s proposed spying safeguards. The “Department of Public Trust” was a nice touch by Ted Rall. Lots of excellent articles around the Internet debunking Obama’s Friday speech on NSA reform – almost too many to count, actually. I […]

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How Many NSA Lies Will Be Necessary to Restore Trust in Govt.?

  How many more lies about surveillance will Obama need to tell to restore trust in government? I was disappointed in Obama’s speech because I thought he might waive sovereign immunity & let Americans sue the government for NSA crimes. On the bright side, I don’t need to spend the afternoon looking for a lawyer […]

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A Helpful Chronology of Obama’s Sellout on Government Spying

The New York Times has a helpful chronology of how Obama has totally sold out Americans’ privacy and the Fourth Amendment.    I remember how George W. Bush would praise freedom at the same time he announced policies that trampled the Constitution.  I assume Obama will include similar claptrap in his “NSA Vindication” speech on Friday. […]

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Federal Judge Blesses Federal Seizure of Everyone’s Phone Records

If this isn’t a @#$@#$ anti-Constitution ruling, I don’t know what is.  Federal judge William Pauley upheld the  feds seizing all Americans phone records.  Why?  ““This blunt tool only works because it collects everything,” Pauley decreed. This  dude should be a White House spokesman, not a federal judge.  At least his decision, by creating a […]

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YIKES! NSA Might be Tracking My Sheep Searches

YIKES! The NSA might be tracking the number of sheep photos I have viewed online. I swear – I was only doing research on agricultural policy….. Another great piece from Glenn Greenwald today: “The National Security Agency has been gathering records of online sexual activity and evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of […]

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Do Only “Far-Right Homophobes” Object to TSA Molesting?

After the shooting last Friday at LAX, the Southern Poverty Law Center posted a “Hatewatch” analysis that noted that TSA “has been subjected to criticism by far-right homophobes, among others, who have alleged that TSA agents engaging in hand searches are really sexually groping travelers.” So squeezing boobs, butts, and balls is not “sexually groping” […]

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MP3 of Libertas Interview on NSA, Pasties & Freedom

Legendary talk show host Brian Wilson and I had a rowdy discussion today about this past weekend’s anti-NSA protests. Brian’s expertise as a top-ranked Baltimore radio host in the 1990s came in handy when we thrashed out how the NSA wiretapping relates to freedom of expression and pasties. (I checked the spelling after the show.) […]

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