Any effort to rein in the drug war, stop warrantless surveillance or reform asset forfeiture laws will inevitably bring out fierce opposition from powerful law enforcement lobbyists. But not every cop opposes such reforms. In fact, you will find many police officers, sheriffs and deputies, corrections officers, federal agents, judges and prosecutors who take their…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 3, 2018) – The Tenth Amendment Center has joined a diverse group of organizations supporting a California bill that would increase oversight and transparency of law enforcement surveillance technology. Passage of the bill would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and…
One way to ensure your activism efforts will fail is to try to go it alone. You need to build a strong coalition.
Joining forces in coalitions does not mean we endorse a group in general, or embrace their philosophy.
The Tenth Amendment Center is pleased to support this new venture and proud to announce that national communications director Mike Maharrey will provide regular content for the new website.
Last night, I spoke on a really cool anti-surveillance panel with people from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), ACLU of Southern California and Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. It was hosted by Restore The Fourth Los Angeles. I love speaking at events with Hamid Kahn of StopLAPDSpying. Where I’m usually considered the radical, Hamid keeps me in…
Working long hours for something that I love, I get more media coverage wearing my pajamas - sitting on the floor of my apartment - in one day...than most "PR Professionals" can get in a year.
It sure is a busy couple days to close out the week. This morning, the TAC partnered in trolling the NSA with a blimp over their spy facilities in Utah. Tomorrow, I have a day with NationBuilder and an event with Restore the Fourth. I was quoted in the EFF press release about the positive…
I like building bridges – especially where most people think they can’t exist. Case in point. This morning, TAC partnered with Greenpeace and Electronic Frontier Foundation to fly a blimp directly over the NSA data center in Utah. It had a sign on it and an arrow pointing down – “illegal spying below!” The goal?…
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