First They Came For The Muslim-Americans
Published with permission from the Washington Spectator. For those of us who think or write about surveillance, the events of May and June 2013 represented a crucial turning point in our sense of what was possible. Edward Snowden’s release of classified documents changed the way many Americans thought about their relationship to national security agencies. […]
FBI Discontinues Surveillance Of Muslim Americans After Completing 15-Year Study Of Beautiful Culture
WASHINGTON—After 15 years of broadly targeting the 3.3-million-member community and extensively monitoring its activities, the FBI declared an end Friday to its surveillance of Muslim Americans, saying its exhaustive study of their beautiful culture was finally complete. Officials confirmed that the program was started in the fall of 2001 when federal agents, captivated by Islam’s […]
Supreme Court Allows FBI to Hack Computers Anywhere
Thanks to a Supreme Court decision on Thursday, law enforcement agencies including the FBI may end up with broad powers to hack any computer, regardless of its physical location—but the expansion of power hinges upon congressional approval. With a new rule change in the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedures, which covers search and seizure protocols, […]