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Jan 7, 2014

Graphs by MIT Students Show the Enormously Intrusive Nature of Metadata

Graphs by MIT Students Show the Enormously Intrusive Nature of Metadata

Jan 7, 2014

New AT&T Fees Threaten Openness of the Internet

New AT&T Fees Threaten Openness of the Internet

Jan 3, 2014

Here’s Who Thinks Snowden Should Be Allowed Home – What About You?

Here’s Who Thinks Snowden Should Be Allowed Home – What About You?
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Jan 2, 2014

ACLU Appeals Decision Upholding NSA's Mass Surveillance

ACLU Appeals Decision Upholding NSA's Mass Surveillance
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Dec 30, 2013

The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About

The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About

Dec 23, 2013

VICTORY! Military Ban on Consensual Intimacy Ends

VICTORY! Military Ban on Consensual Intimacy Ends
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Dec 20, 2013

Tide Finally Turning on the Surveillance State?

Tide Finally Turning on the Surveillance State?
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Dec 20, 2013

Guantánamo Dispatch: Why Military Commissions?

Guantánamo Dispatch: Why Military Commissions?

Dec 20, 2013

Victory! Verizon Agrees to Publish Transparency Report (Updated)

Victory! Verizon Agrees to Publish Transparency Report (Updated)

Dec 20, 2013

The Nine Things You Should Know About the NSA Recommendations From the President’s Review Group

The Nine Things You Should Know About the NSA Recommendations From the President’s Review Group