Tag Archives: domestic spying
Legal news website shuts over government spying intrusion
An award-winning legal news website has stopped work, saying it cannot operate under current US surveillance policies. Pamela Jones, Groklaw’s founder, cited the alleged US practice of screening emails from abroad and storing messages “enciphered or otherwise thought to contain secret meaning” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23768810 “There is no way to continue doing Groklaw, not long term, which […]
Some US lawmakers show opposition to domestic spying
On Wednesday lawmakers from both parties called for the vast collection of private data on millions of Americans to be scaled back. During a sometimes contentious hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Republicans and Democrats told administration officials that they believed the government had exceeded the surveillance authorities granted by Congress. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/us/politics/bipartisan-backlash-grows-against-domestic-surveillance.html?from=us Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, […]
Drones to spy and kill in US worries citizens
American suspicion about the government, the military and the surveillance state: the specter of drones streaking through the skies above American cities and towns, controlled by faceless bureaucrats and equipped to spy or kill worries americans. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/us/politics/visions-of-drones-in-us-skies-touch-bipartisan-nerve.html?src=rechp There are dangers of unchecked government. And it has exposed fears about ultra-advanced technologies that are fueled by […]
Dirty Babylon 