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Apr 3, 2014

Take the CIA Out of the Loop on the Torture Report

Take the CIA Out of the Loop on the Torture Report
Crop of photo by Arlo Bates via Flickr

Apr 3, 2014

Utah Enacts Significant Location and Communications Privacy Bill

Utah Enacts Significant Location and Communications Privacy Bill
cyber security

Apr 3, 2014

Introducing the ACLU's NSA Documents Database

Introducing the ACLU's NSA Documents Database
Spying

Apr 2, 2014

Dragnet Surveillance and the English Language

Dragnet Surveillance and the English Language
"Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo da Vinci (modified by Jay Stanley)

Apr 2, 2014

A Tour of the TSA’s Testing Facility

A Tour of the TSA’s Testing Facility
Crop of image by afagen via Flickr

Apr 1, 2014

Dear Mr. President: Walk the Walk on Big Data

Dear Mr. President: Walk the Walk on Big Data
J. Edgar Hoover, 1961, photo by Marion S. Trikosko from LOC/wikipedia

Mar 31, 2014

How State Secrecy Protects Government Agencies From Embarrassment, Then And Now

How State Secrecy Protects Government Agencies From Embarrassment, Then And Now
Privacy keyboard Photo source: g4ll4is from Flickr

Mar 28, 2014

Let's Lock Down the NSA's Shadow Database

Let's Lock Down the NSA's Shadow Database
Photo source: Chelsea Gomez from Flickr

Mar 27, 2014

Are "Two Hops" Too Many?

Are "Two Hops" Too Many?
Modification of image by jpstanley with map by jepoirrier via Flickr

Mar 27, 2014

Cell Tower Dumps: Another Surveillance Technique, Another Set of Unanswered Questions

Cell Tower Dumps: Another Surveillance Technique, Another Set of Unanswered Questions