Spying and Surveillance
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is intended “to help the executive branch balance national security priorities with individual rights,” the Intercept reported earlier this year. On August 25, the president announced his nomination of Adam I. Klein to chair the PCLOB. However, Klein fails to offer a strong buffer between intrusive policies and the American people.
President Trump might have been “wiretapped” by Obama, as he claimed, but unfortunately he will not draw the right conclusions from the violation. He will not see runaway spying on Americans as a grotesque attack on American values. That is unfortunate, because this could have provided a great teaching moment for the president. Seeing how all of us are vulnerable to this kind of government abuse, President Trump could have changed his tune on the PATRIOT Act and all government attacks on our privacy. He could have stood up for liberty, which is really what makes America great.
The use of drones as a law enforcement tool has been taking place for years. Since the beginning, civil liberties advocates have warned of the consequences that heightened, innovative surveillance can unleash on the populace. Drones deployed without proper regulation, drones equipped with facial recognition software, infrared technology, and speakers capable of monitoring personal conversations would cause unprecedented invasions of our privacy rights.
By Derrick Broze | Activist Post On Tuesday morning WikiLeaks released brand new documents related to surveillance operations conducted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. WikiLeaks has further exposed the Central Intelligence Agency’s spying capabilities in an explosive new document dump dubbed “Vault 7.” The vault is a massive collection of data regarding CIA surveillance […]
Evidently your home router can also be used to violate your 5th Amendment, the author weighs in.
