The FBI Has Quietly Collected 434,000 Iris Scans of US Citizens
By Josie Wales In a shocking article published Tuesday by the Verge, it was revealed the FBI has been quietly collecting hundreds of thousands of…
Civil Liberties
Israel Wants Mandatory Biometric Database To Go Live Next Year
By Nicholas West One of the principal reasons why civil liberties advocates try to sound the alarm about emerging technology is that it can very…
Remy: Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue (Civil Liberties Edition)
By ReasonTV Remy channels his inner Toby Keith to send terrorists a message. You will be spied on and have your balls groped until the…
iCensor: Apple Patents Remote “Kill Switch” for iPhone Cameras
By Nika Knight Owning an iPhone could someday mean being blocked from recording anything that someone in power doesn’t want you to record. That’s the…
Two Court Decisions Further Destroy Fourth Amendment Protections
By Derrick Broze Two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal court in Virginia continue the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections from…
Supreme Court Rules Warrantless Forced Blood Draws for DUI Unconstitutional
By Jay Syrmopoulos The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that police can’t forcibly draw blood from individuals suspected of drunken driving without a warrant. This…
The Roots Of Today’s Tyranny: The Patriot Act II
By Derrick Broze To understand the plans of tyrants we must examine past attempts to destroy liberty in the name of security. To understand where…
The Roots of Today’s Tyranny: Total Information Awareness
By Derrick Broze To understand the roots of the oppression, erosion of liberties, and invasion of privacy that has become the new norm for Americans,…
The Latest Law Enforcement Trend: Porn Sniffing Dogs
By Joshua Krause Now that the drug war is slowly but surely winding down in America, you have to wonder what the police are going…
NY Electronic Communications Privacy Act Passed
By Mike Maharrey A New York Assembly committee has passed an electronic data protection bill that would end warrantless collection of cell phone data and…
NDAA 2017 Includes Draft for Women, Indefinite Detention of American Citizens
By Derrick Broze The U.S. Congress has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2017 with provisions that will force women to sign up for…
Constitutional Judge Begs America to “Wake Up” Over Fed’s Plan to Spy on Your Web Activity
By Matt Agorist This week, the US senate published a bill that would give the FBI seemingly unlimited power to pry into the “electronic communications”…
U.S. Demands Russia Stop Bombing Al-Qaeda … Is War On Terror Over? Can We Have Our Rights Back?
By Brandon Turbeville Demonstrating once again its longstanding support for al-Qaeda and other related terror groups in Syria, the United States has now, according to…
Cops Now Using a New Device Allowing them to Steal Cash From Innocent Citizens Like an ATM
By Claire Bernish As if civil asset forfeiture, where police can seize your property without having to prove you actually committed a crime, wasn’t contentious…