Missouri bill to turn off resources to NSA moves forward
A bill that would prohibit Missouri from offering any material support to the NSA or other federal agencies engaging in warrantless mass surveillance passed out of committee today.
Tennessee senate committee passes bill to ban cellphone tracking, 6-0
A Tennessee state senate bill that would ban law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information without a warrant has passed an important committee hurdle. Introduced by Sen. Mae Beavers, Senate Bill 2087 (SB2087) passed through the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday by a unanimous 6-0 vote. Once assigned to the schedule by the calendar and…
Metadata Reveals All
A huge part of the NSA debate has centered around metadata and whether or not it is an onerous violation of our rights for the government to collect the data about our data. Dianne Feinstein, Mike Rogers, Barack Obama and others would have you believe that it is no big deal. However, a recent study…
Minnesota bills would ban cellphone tracking without a warrant
Two Minnesota bills that together ban law enforcement from obtaining cellphone location tracking information and data without a warrant passed its first committee hurdle. An Associated Press article reports, “On divided voice votes, the House Public Safety Committee advanced a pair of bills that impose a higher standard on law enforcement when they collect data…
Working locally to win nationally
1170 KFAQ Liberty Talk Radio’s Joe Cristiano interviews Matthew Kellegrew with the Bill of Rights Defense Committee on government spying covering the use of drones and NSA and the Patriot Act.
Michigan House Considering Two Anti-NSA Resolutions
The Michigan state house is considering two resolutions that, if passed, would serve as a stern rebuke and important first step against the NSA’s illegal spying program. While legally non-binding, passage could blaze the trail for stronger legislative action being taken against NSA at a later date. HR0205 and HR0216 were both introduced last year…
NSA, you’ve got nothing to hide, right?
Dear NSA: If you’ve done nothing wrong, there’s nothing to hide, right? So why the secrecy on your water use in Utah?
“You Can Keep Your Doctor. Oh, And We’re Not Listening To Your Phone Calls.”
The NSA claims to be universally eavesdropping on only one “foreign” country, but remember that the NSA lies as serially and completely as the TSA
New Hampshire House Bans Warrantless Tracking of Cell Phones
CONCORD, NH, March 19, 2014 – Last Wednesday, the New Hampshire house overwhelmingly approved a bill to ban the obtaining of cellphone location tracking information without a warrant. House Bill 1567 (HB1567) prohibits use of such information in civil or criminal proceedings, and bans tracking devices from being placed on the property of private citizens…
South Carolina Action Alert: Support H4795 to Protect the 4th Amendment
On Feb. 26, H4795 was introduced to protect the electronic data of South Carolina residents from unwarranted federal surveillance. (learn about it here) It was promptly referred to the Judiciary Committee where it will need to pass through a majority before it can be voted upon by the whole House. YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED NOW.…