The riddle of how the White House discovered the telephone call and subsequent content between Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak appears to have been solved. The FBI used a “Pen Register.” There was no unmasking, and no warrant. A pen register is a device/process which records the telephone numbers of outgoing calls. Monitoring […]
Michael Flynn’s Fired Lawyers Just Filed Court Papers to Reappear in His Case…
COMEY BRIEFED CLAPPER ON FLYNN-KISLYAK CALL AS A RESULT OF PEN REGISTER ON FLYNN PHONE…
Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties…
Emmet G. Sullivan, the judge in the case of former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, is refusing to let William Barr’s Justice Department drop the charge. He’s even thinking of adding more, appointing a retired judge to ask “whether the Court should issue an Order to Show Cause why Mr. Flynn should not be […]
U.S. Senator Says Apple, Google Need to Show Contact Tracing Will Not Violate Privacy…
Smartphone software makers Alphabet’s Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any apps to help track who has been exposed to the new coronavirus will not lead to a violation of their privacy, Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Wednesday. “Apple and Google have a lot of work to do to convince a […]
Full Measure: I Spy…
We begin with an examination of one of the worst abuses of government power that could happen in our society. Illegal spying on U.S. citizens. Amid findings about egregious violations by our intelligence community, there’s a criminal investigation. And the court that approves surveillance on U.S. citizens has instructed the FBI to implement new safeguards […]
DHS Watchdog Says CBP’s Drone Program Is an Insecure, Possibly Rights-Violating Mess…
The CBP has drones. How many, it’s not really sure. It depends on when you ask. Or how you ask. The EFF’s FOIA lawsuit against the agency caused it to suddenly “remember” it had deployed drones 200 more times than it had previously disclosed. The CBP’s drones are a lending library for US law enforcement […]
SHOT: ‘Social Score’ Facebook Has ‘Trust’ Ratings for Users–But Refuses to Divulge Your Score…
FACEBOOK is rating users based on how “trustworthy” it thinks they are. Users receive a score on a scale from zero to one that determines if they have a good or bad reputation – but it’s completely hidden. The rating system was revealed in a report by the Washington Post – and later confirmed by […]
FLASHBACK: CHASER — China Assigns Every Citizen a ‘Social Credit Score’ to Identify Who Is and Isn’t Trustworthy…
Chinese Surveillance State Is Basically the U.S. Surveillance Apparatus Minus the Constitutional Rights…
Reuters has a long, detailed examination of the Chinese surveillance state. China’s intrusion into the lives of its citizens has never been minimal, but advances in technology have allowed the government to keep tabs on pretty much every aspect of citizens’ lives. Facial recognition has been deployed at scale and it’s not limited to finding […]
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