ACLU Calls Out NSA’s Christmas Eve Document Dump
Reports on compliance violations were published ‘when basically no one would be paying attention to the internet or in the mood to think about unchecked government snooping for at least the next 30...
View ArticleObama Task Force Calls for Significant Changes to Policing in America
Presidential task force says that local law enforcement agencies must “acknowledge the role of policing in past and present injustice and discrimination and how it is a hurdle to the promotion of...
View ArticleJudge Orders US Government to Stop Suppressing Evidence of Torture and Abuse
“Indefinite Detention” (Photo: Justin Norman/flickr/cc) Ruling on Friday is latest development in years-long legal battle, in which the ACLU has argued the photos ‘are crucial to the public record’ by...
View ArticleWere ‘Stingray’ Surveillance Planes Listening to Baltimore Protesters?
Derrick Broze May 8, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) As the Surveillance State grows, protesters and activists are increasingly the subjects of scrutiny by law enforcement on the local, state, and federal levels....
View ArticleFBI’s covert air force of surveillance aircraft shrouded in secrecy and...
by: J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) Unbeknownst to most Americans, the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency has its own air force and uses it to spy on people. As reported by ARS Technica, as...
View ArticleWhy are People Celebrating? USA FREEDOM Act is a Big Win for the NSA- Not...
By Jay Syrmopoulos Washington, D.C. – The passage of the USA FREEDOM Act, by the U.S. House, has been touted by some as a huge win for civil liberties. Surprisingly, the real winners were actually the...
View Article‘A National Embarrassment’: Police Use-of-Force Stats Reveal Roadblocks to...
With no national mechanism to collect use of force data, federal efforts at reform may be hampered By Nadia Prupis As protests continue highlighting the widespread scourge of police brutality and...
View ArticleVictims File Suit Against CIA Torture Architects for ‘Systemic Brutality’
Psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, who thus far escaped accountability, face charges of ‘cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; non-consensual human experimentation; and war crimes.’ by...
View ArticleSame Judge who Covered Up CIA Torture Dismisses Suit Against NSA Surveillance
By Andrew Emett Responsible for helping cover up the CIA’s torture program, the same judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday filed by the ACLU, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Wikipedia, and...
View ArticleNebraska Is Torturing Incarcerated Youth for Having Too Many Books, Passing...
By Carey Wedler (ANTIMEDIA) A report released by the Nebraska American Civil Liberties Union this week reveals the state’s extensive use of solitary confinement in children across multiple juvenile...
View ArticleNational Effort Launches to Fight Surveillance State on Local Level
By Derrick Broze Activist Post A coalition of seventeen organizations has launched an effort to combat the growing Surveillance State by supporting accountability measures in eleven cities across the...
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