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Is This Election About Democracy, Or Not?

The New York Times reports that the Biden administration is asking a secret court to reapprove its mass surveillance powers for a full year, rather than accepting key statutory reforms that would meaningfully limit its ability to spy on Americans without a warrant. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), a leading reformer, fired back: “A broad bipartisan, […]

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Broad Is The Way That Leads To Destruction

It is sometimes very hard for members of Congress to choose to do the right thing. In the context of government surveillance, the broad and easy way is to let the intelligence agencies have their way. After all, nothing about you is beyond their reach, and they’re happy to accuse defenders of our privacy of […]