Opposing unconstitutional mass government surveillance

Author: Alex Marthews

A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall

Post author By Alex Marthews
Post date November 9, 2016
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The night of November 8 brought a storm to Washington, not of hope but of alienation and resentment. Trump’s improbable win has handed authoritarian Republicans the keys to all three branches of government. In North Carolina, surveillance state apologist Richard Burr beat out ACLU chief Deborah Ross; in Wisconsin, Russ Feingold, the sole and honorable […]

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Four Reasons to Fear Illegal Mass Surveillance, Even If You “Have Nothing to Hide”

Post author By Alex Marthews
Post date January 25, 2016
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Two and a half years after Edward Snowden provided definitive proof that the US government and its allies are illegally spying on their own populations en masse, and a week before the first presidential primary in Iowa, it is troubling to me that the issue hasn’t received more lasting concern and attention, both from the […]