Digital age weapons developed by Israel to oppress Palestinians are rapidly being repurposed for much wider applications – against Western populations who have long taken their freedoms for granted. Israel’s status as a “startup nation” was established decades ago. But its reputation for hi-tech innovation always depended on a dark side, one that is becoming […]
FISA Court Ruled That FBI Improperly Used NSA Surveillance Data to Snoop on Americans…
According to a new declassified ruling from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), FBI personnel systematically abused National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance data in both 2017 and 2018. The 138-page ruling, which dates back to October 2018, was only unsealed 12 months later in October 2019. It offers a rare look at how […]
Trump Administration Asks Congress to Reauthorize N.S.A.’s Deactivated Call Program…
The White House is seeking reauthorization of a law that lets the N.S.A. gain access to logs of Americans’ phone and text records — while acknowledging that the program has been indefinitely halted. Breaking a long silence about a high-profile National Security Agency program that sifts records of Americans’ telephone calls and text messages in […]
Lawmakers Demand Details on NSA’s Sweeping Phone Surveillance Operations…
A group of lawmakers is demanding the National Security Agency disclose more details on its sweeping phone surveillance operations to the public. Six Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday called on NSA to release a public report outlining the current state of the Call Detail Record program. Under the program, the agency gathers […]
Privacy-Minded Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Stop NSA from Collecting Your Phone Records…
Four lawmakers with a strong record of opposing secret domestic surveillance are teaming up to try to kill the federal government’s authority to collect our phone records. Reps. Justin Amash (R–Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D–Calif.), joined by Sens. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) and Ron Wyden (D–Ore.), have introduced the Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records […]
SHOT: James Clapper – ‘I Didn’t Lie’ to Congress About NSA Surveillance, I ‘Simply Didn’t Understand’ the Question…
Former National Security Agency Director James Clapper said he did not lie about mass domestic surveillance programs when he testified to Congress in 2013, but rather he made a mistake and did not understand what specific program was being asked about. CNN’s John Berman asked for Clapper’s reaction to The Intercept’s Glen Greenwald report: “The very first NSA program we revealed […]
CHASER: Sen Ron Wyden Says “I sent him the question in advance. I asked him to correct the record afterward. He chose to let the lie stand.”…
Whatever Happened to the ‘Unmaskings’ Probe?…
Every day brings new stories about Russian interference in the 2016 election, whether Donald Trump played a role, and alleged abuses by our intelligence agencies. One of the deepest, darkest, most important issues in the whole mess has to do with the massive number of “unmaskings” of U.S. citizens. It potentially opens a can of […]
10 Times the Intel Community Violated the Trust of U.S. Citizens, Lawmakers and Allies by Sharyl Attkisson…
No matter where you stand politically, a growing body of facts raises the question: Is there systemic corruption or misfeasance at work inside America’s intelligence agencies? By that, I don’t mean people stealing money. I mean officials who are stealing our privacy — using the tools of intelligence-gathering and law-enforcing, which are meant to protect […]