This week brought yet another privacy scandal for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) fundamentally flawed "Secure Flight" passenger surveillance program. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) chief privacy officer, Nuala O' Connor-Kelly, is launching an investigation to find out whether the program broke federal privacy law by hiding from the...

Whether you're a newly minted blogger or a relative old-timer, you've been seeing more and more stories pop up every day about bloggers getting in trouble for what they post. Like all journalists and publishers, bloggers sometimes publish information that other people don't want published. You might, for example...

glenn mcdonald is the former author of the "Internet-famous" weekly music column "The War Against Silence." Although he hung up the column last year after 500 consecutive installments, he's back for an encore that is well worth reading. Dearest Industry, I write today in what began, at least...

Claire Miller, an Oregon teacher who is participating in the HR 550 lobby effort, canvassed the Oregon House delegation and reports an 80% favorable response. Representatives David Wu, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio, and Darlene Hooley all indicated support for the bill and for the need for...

Ed Davis from Common Cause has posted a good blog entry about today's HR 550 media coverage which is followed by comments from participants in the last two days' lobbying activities. Check it out here. Click here to tell your member of Congress to support HR 550!

Constituent lobbyists Joannie Ashbrook and Jennie Woodard report a familiar mix of responses from HR 550 House visits. Rep. Gene Green's (D-TX) staffers were very receptive and indicated that he would likely vote for the bill, despite the fact that he is also a co-sponsor of HR 278...