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Missouri Senate passes bill to protect electronic data and communications

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 3, 2014 – When proponents of mass, warrantless surveillance are backed into a corner on the basis that such activities violate the 4th Amendment’s warrant requirements, they often make the claim that electronic data is outside the scope of the amendment because it doesn’t qualify as “persons, houses, papers, or effects.” Instead…

Minnesota Legislature considering Liberty Preservation Act against NDAA

A Liberty Preservation Act that would help thwart the unconstitutional indefinite detention efforts of the federal government has been introduced in Minnesota. SF2854 is “a bill for an act relating to public safety; prohibiting persons from assisting the federal government to indefinitely detain certain persons; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statues, chapter 1,”…

ICYMI – Sharyl Attkisson on the history of the evolving Benghazi timeline

Sharyl Attkisson’s write up and tweets on today’s Benghazi hearing Continue reading →

Banning warrantless data, Utah Governor signs privacy bill into law

HB0128 makes any electronic data obtained by law enforcement without a warrant inadmissible in a criminal proceeding. This includes data gathered by the NSA and shared through the super secret Special Operations Division (SOD) or fusion centers. The new law also stops Utah law enforcement from obtaining phone location data without a warrant.

NSA Official Claims Madison Would Be ‘Proud’ of Illegal Surveillance

It seems as if the NSA cannot go one day without insulting the intelligence of the American public and desecrating the legacy of the Founding Fathers. This time, NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett had the nerve to invoke the Father of the Constitution in defense his agency’s unconstitutional spying. Speaking on a video-link to a…

The biggest, most elaborate and expensive April Fools joke in US History

Joke’s on us Via Heritage Foundation Cross posted to Unified Patriots

Maryland legislature guts anti-surveillance bill

On March 23, the Maryland Senate passed a bill to prohibit the state from obtaining warrantless location data, but included amended language which severely limits its scope and allows continued NSA data sharing with state and local law enforcement. SB 698 was intended to place strict limits on Maryland law enforcement seeking location information obtained…

Tennessee house votes to nullify federal hemp ban, 88-5

House bill 2445 (HB2445), introduced by Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), would mandate that the state authorize the growing and production of industrial hemp within Tennessee, effectively nullifying the unconstitutional federal ban on the same.