T-Room readers are aware of the challenges China has been facing to contain the Coronavirus aka COVID-19 since it broke out in early December in the Wuhan Province. As you know, President Trump issued a travel ban in early January, set-up a highly specialized team to map out the needs to contain the virus as […]
Dems Delay FISA Update Bill After Rep Lofgren Pushes for Changes…
WATCH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PRESS BRIEFING ON STEPS U.S. TAKING TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS…
WATCH PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PRESS BRIEFING ON STEPS U.S. TAKING TO CONTAIN CORONAVIRUS…
T-Room readers are aware of the challenges China has been facing to contain the Coronavirus aka COVID-19 since it broke out in early December in the Wuhan Province. As you know, President Trump issued a travel ban in early January, set-up a highly specialized team to map out the needs to contain the virus as […]
Short Term Stupid – Bill Barr Wants Clean FISA Reauthorization Because He Will Not Abuse It…
This is likely the most insufferably short-sighted political position in decades. Faced with years of evidence showing worsening abuses by government officials using the FISA court, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says a clean reauthorization bill is the best option because his DOJ and FBI will not abuse it. Note the import of AG Barr’s […]
45 Civil Liberties Groups Endorse the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act…
Dear Representatives and Senators, The undersigned organizations represent tens of millions of constituents from across the country and the political spectrum. We write to endorse the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act of 2020 (SAPRA) and urge your office to cosponsor this important piece of legislation. The bill would significantly reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […]
N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, Produced Only Two Unique Leads…
A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans’ domestic phone calls and text messages cost $100 million from 2015 to 2019, but yielded only a single significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. Moreover, only twice during that four-year period did the program generate unique information that the F.B.I. did not already […]
Patriot Act, Up for Renewal in March, Permits the Government to Assault Our Most Basic Freedoms…
The Patriot Act of 2001 has three sections that are scheduled to expire on March 15. One of those sections is the infamous 215, which authorizes the federal government to capture without a warrant all records of all people in America held by third parties. Do we really want the federal government to spy without […]
Who Knew?: Court Says Using Chalk on Tires for Parking Enforcement Violates Constitution…
The next time parking enforcement officers use chalk to mark your tires, they might be acting unconstitutionally. A federal appeals court ruled Monday that “chalking” is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. The case was brought by Alison Taylor, a Michigan woman whom the court describes as a “frequent recipient of parking tickets.” The city […]
Huge Win for Everyone with a Cellphone (and for the Fourth Amendment) at the Supreme Court…
In a blockbuster 5-4 decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that warrantless government tracking of cellphone users via their cellphone location records violates the Fourth Amendment. “A person does not surrender all Fourth Amendment protection by venturing into the public sphere,” declared the majority opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts. “We decline to […]