Why Doesn’t the Intelligence Community Care Whether Its Security Programs Work?
A recent cybersecurity bill working its way through Congress is the latest surveillance program that does little to keep Americans safe.
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To Protect Our Privacy, Make the FISA Court Act Like a Real Court
The FISA Court no longer acts as a check on the executive branch. To bring the court back to it’s constitutional purpose, Congress will have to enact serious reforms to safeguard Americans’ privacy. -
Embarrassment – Not Security – Drives Government Secrecy
Whereas, in the past, the press served to disseminate information, journalists’ new, vital role is discovery of information. -
A Wholesale Failure of Missouri's Judges
The Justice Department report highlights one of the darkest moments in the history of Missouri’s judiciary and the judges of the state have both an ethical and a moral obligation to lead the charge back into the light. -
Protecting Whistleblowers Protects National Security
The FBI director say whistleblowers are “critical” to democracy, but the Justice Department doesn’t protect intelligence whistleblowers. More needs to be done to protect them. -
The Crime Scene
Mapping violence and imprisonment across the 50 states. -
Have You Told Your Colleagues You Are Not a Terrorist Today?
Intelligence officials have gone to great lengths to avoid accountability and oversight, which is exactly what is needed as Americans’ privacy and civil liberties are being exploited in the name of national security. -
Lethal Injection Secrecy Gets a Boost in Ohio
A recent district court ruling is not legal reasoning, but a capitulation. -
Counterterrorism Efforts Should Be Based on Facts, Not Flawed Theories
If the Obama administration’s new “Countering Violent Extremism” programs are anything like past iterations, they will likely create more problems than they solve. -
New Government Program to Root Out Extremists is Seriously Flawed
The government’s counterterrorism programs seem to be based on a disproven theory that there are discernible pre-terrorism indicators in everyday behavior, a theory likely to alienate Muslim communities across the U.S.
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