Surveillance

Interview: Sued by Local Government for Open Records Request on Surveillance

I recently appeared on InfoWars Real News with David Knight to talk about the lawsuit the city of Lexington, Ky., filed against me over an open records requests. To open the interview, I explain exactly why the city sued me. One of the highlights of the segment was when I pulled out a copy of a redacted…

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Activism 101 Podcast #20: Local Government Sues Me to Keep Documents Secret

The city of Lexington really doesn't want me to have information on the police department's mobile surveillance cameras. When I won an open records appeal to the attorney general's office, the city took it to the next level and sued me.

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Now in Effect: Two Montana Laws Take on Warrantless Electronic Data Collection

HELENA, Mont. (Oct 5, 2017) – On Sunday, two Montana laws went into effect that work together to ban warrantless collection of cell phone data in most situations. These laws not only increase privacy protections in the state, they also hinder one practical impact of federal surveillance programs. Rep. Daniel Zolnikov sponsored both House Bill 147 (HB147)…

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Foreign NSA Surveillance and the Threat to Liberty at Home

We got an interesting email from Sputnik News recently relating to U.S. surveillance of foreign nationals outside the country. Here the question, followed by my response. QUESTION “The National Security Agency is currently conducting surveillance on more than 100,000 foreign nationals outside the US, several senior US officials revealed Monday, highlighting cases in which so-called…

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Activism 101 Podcast #17: What Do You Do when the Cops Won’t Give Up the Documents?

In this installment of the Activism 101 podcast, I talk about how I appealed and won when the Lexington Police Department denied my request for documents relating to mobile surveillance cameras.

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Radio Interview: Addressing Surveillance at the Local Level

If you’ve been following our Activism 101 Podcast, you know that I’ve been involved in local activism taking on the surveillance state in my hometown. Well, I got some great media exposure on a local radio station recently. On Sept. 13, I appeared on Kruser and Krew, on 590 WVLK to talk about surveillance in…

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Local Communities Can Take the First Step Toward Rejecting Federal Militarization of Local Police

The same rules and standards that apply to surveillance technologies should also apply to the acquisition and deployment of military grade equipment by local police forces. That is why we are unveiling a new Community Control Over Police Surveillance + Militarization (CCOPS+M) model bill.

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Bill to End Unchecked Police Surveillance Dies in California Committee

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept 5, 2017) –  Last week, a bill that would have required all law enforcement agencies in the state to get local government approval before acquiring or using surveillance technology died in a California Assembly committee. Passage of the bill would have taken the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance…

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