Author: Alex Marthews

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How the 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates stack up on the surveillance state

Today, Restore The Fourth launches its voter guide for the 2020 Democratic primaries. Mass state surveillance is less about who’s in the Oval Office and more about senior intelligence community officials and tech company executives. Their institutional imperatives plow ahead with only limited influence from the White House either way. It’s not clear that even […]

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NSA Reform Blocked By Schiff, Pelosi. Again.

President-elect Donald J. Trump and U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi smile for a photo during the 58th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017. More than 5,000 military members from across all branches of the armed forces of the United States, including reserve and National Guard components, provided ceremonial support and Defense Support of Civil Authorities during the inaugural period. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos)

Do you ever get the feeling that the hearts of some folks preaching #Resistance aren’t really in it, when it comes to the NSA ? Last Tuesday night two senior Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, blocked bipartisan efforts to restrict NSA surveillance for the second time in three years. Seems […]