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WARRANTLESS SURVEILLANCE
Challenge to the FAA
In July 2008, Congress capitulated to the White House's demands and scare tactics by passing the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, giving the NSA even more power to spy on Americans without warrants than it exercised under its illegal surveillance program.
PATRIOT ACT
Challenging FBI Abuse Of National Security Letters
The Patriot Act continues to threaten civil liberties as the FBI delivers tens of thousands of National Security Letters that demand personal records from businesses, and gags recipients from telling anyone about the letter.
SPY FILES
Demanding the Truth About Government Spying
The FBI and Pentagon are watching and keeping files on peaceful activists, and infiltrating groups like Greenpeace and PETA with informants. In January 2007, the president announced that he's allowed to open Americans' mail, and we also learned about undisclosed Pentagon and CIA demands for citizens' financial records.
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