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The Nunes Memo and FISA Explained
The controversial memo prepared by Rep. Nunes (R-CA) hasn’t left the newscycle since its release on February 2. Berin recorded this special episode from the Bay Area...
USA FREEDOM Act Would End the Worst Surveillance Offender
Today, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up H.R. 2048, the USA Freedom Act, which ends bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records under Section 215...
House Passes Lofgren-Massie Amendment to Help Rein in NSA
The NSA collects emails and browsing and chat histories of Americans and searches the information without a warrant under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments...
TF, CDT, and 40 others tell Congress what real NSA reform should look like
The White House has expressed support for reining in the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records, but with multiple bills in Congress it’s uncertain...
Feds Allow More Transparency on FISA Surveillance but Don’t Go Far Enough
Today, the Department of Justice announced that it has reached an agreement with Google and Microsoft to allow them and other tech companies to report,...
FISA Court, let us make the case for transparency
As part of its mass surveillance programs, the federal government has asked private companies like Google and Microsoft for users’ data ███ times in the...