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4th Amendment? What’s That?

Letter in the Sunday Monterey Herald, January 20, 2018 With the help of 65 Democrats, the House of Representatives voted 256-164 last week to support a controversial bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program. Section 702 of the Foreign … Continue reading

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DON’T READ THIS — CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Thirteen Things the Government is Trying to Keep Secret from You By Bill Quigley/ Common Dreams/ August 23, 2013 Forbes.com “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot … Continue reading

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Privacy Rights? What Privacy Rights?

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading

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Will Congress Allow Telecoms to Conduct Cyber Witch Hunts?

Congress May Pass a Bill Similar to China’s Internet Censorship, With Corporations in Charge by Elliot Cohen/ Buzzflash at Truthout/ Nov. 22, 2011 On the surface, the so-called “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) looks like it has a noble end, … Continue reading

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