In Landslide Vote, House Overwhelmingly Passes USA Freedom Act without Amendments
Is this the year Congress passes a bill to limit NSA spying? The House of Representatives certainly hopes so. But just how strong that reform will be remains to be seen.
Minutes ago, the House of Representatives passed the USA Freedom Act overwhelmingly with 338 yes votes and 88...
Senate Reverses Course and Advances TPP Fast Track Bill
Rules Committee Sends USA Freedom Act to the House for a Vote, But Blocks Any and All Amendments on the Floor
Major Win as U.S. Senate Blocks TPP Fast Track Bill
Countdown to the Expiration of Section 215 of the Patriot Act
UPDATE (5/17/15): Last week, NSA defenders introduced a new bill to try to extend mass surveillance under the Patriot Act. We've created a new embeddable banner to stop this bill. Please insert this new code onto the homepage of your website after the <body> tag and before the </body> tag,...
EFF at Maker Faire Bay Area 2015
The NSA’s Call Record Program, a 9/11 Hijacker, and the Failure of Bulk Collection
Before 9/11, there was an individual by the name of Khalid al-Mihdhar, who came to be one of the principal hijackers. He was being tracked by the intelligence agencies in the Far East. They lost track of him. At the same time, the intelligence agencies had identified an al-Qaeda safehouse...
ACLU v. Clapper and the Congress: How The Second Circuit’s Decision Affects the Legislative Landscape
EFF Case Analysis: Appeals Court Rules NSA Phone Records Dragnet is Illegal
We now have the first decision from a court of appeals on the NSA’s mass surveillance program involving bulk collection of telephone records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, and it’s a doozy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion in...
When Is a Justice Department Rule Not a Rule? Report From Twitter's Transparency Fight
When is a government rule not a rule? Making that question difficult, when it should be simple, seems to be the government’s leading strategy in a hearing this week in Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit challenging the government’s squelching of its transparency report. Twitter wants to provide a closer look...
