Two bills, the bipartisan and bicameral Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA) and H. R. 7816, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act (PLEWSA), have been introduced. They would restore desperately needed privacy protections from the government for people in the United States, while also creating a path to reauthorize the controversial surveillance authority known […]
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On August 11, President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington D.C. and federalized the city’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Armed troops are patrolling the streets of D.C. with an influx of agents from the FBI, DHS, DEA, ICE, the State Department, and other federal agencies. Guard troops from Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, West […]