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MLK Quote

Jan 20, 2014

MLK, Spying, and the “Urgency of the Moment”

MLK, Spying, and the “Urgency of the Moment”

Jan 17, 2014

Annotated: The Most Important Passage from President Obama's NSA Speech

Annotated: The Most Important Passage from President Obama's NSA Speech

Jan 15, 2014

I Broke Into an FBI Office and Took Every Document. Here’s Why.

I Broke Into an FBI Office and Took Every Document. Here’s Why.

Jan 14, 2014

Growing Chorus Agrees Mass Surveillance Just Doesn't Work

Growing Chorus Agrees Mass Surveillance Just Doesn't Work

Jan 9, 2014

Concern High About Both NSA and Corporate Surveillance Among Americans Polled

Concern High About Both NSA and Corporate Surveillance Among Americans Polled

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 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?
NSA Building

Jan 2, 2014

ACLU Appeals Decision Upholding NSA's Mass Surveillance

ACLU Appeals Decision Upholding NSA's Mass Surveillance
Spying

Dec 30, 2013

The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About

The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About
NSA Building

Dec 20, 2013

Tide Finally Turning on the Surveillance State?

Tide Finally Turning on the Surveillance State?