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Wyden and Paul propose to stop Rule 41 amendments
US Senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) have introduced a one-sentence piece of legislation to stop the proposed amendments to Rule 41: “The proposed amendments to rule 41 of the...
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ACLU challenges Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), as currently written, criminalizes anyone who uses a computer — including breaking the terms of service of a website — in an “unauthorized” manner. It’s the...
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Classified surveillance rules for journalist targets
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a set of classified rules that allow its agents to obtain the telephone records of journalists without a probable-cause warrant. Rather than a warrant...
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Aetna’s and Bertolini’s pants catch fire
Last April, Mark Bertolini — board chair and chief executive of Aetna, the managed health care company and insurer — bragged to Forbes about lucratively participating in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
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Elizabeth Warren winds up on the banksters
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachussets) wants President Barack Obama to explain — before he leaves office in a few months — why his administration declined to criminally prosecute the banksters...
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NSA has another contractor leak
Last August, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Harold T. Martin III, a former contractor for the US National Security Agency (NSA), on charges that he stole highly classified...
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North Dakota prosecutor’s war on the First Amendment
For all of its roots in progressivism and democratic socialism, North Dakota — or rather, one North Dakota prosecutor — is having a problem with the First Amendment when it comes to activities around...
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FBI still using NSLs to obtain out-of-scope information
Among the cache of classified and unclassified documents recently obtained and disclosed by the Intercept, was the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) rules for working with national security...
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Trend to neuter US First Amendment
In the US, the framers of the Constitution rightly made freedom of expression the First Amendment because it’s the most important. President Donald Trump is, of course, fanatically in favor of his own...
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Whistleblower leaks NSA report on Russian cyberattack
According to a top secret report by an analyst at the US National Security Agency (NSA) that was leaked by an anonymous whistleblower to the Intercept, the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)...
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Why does the US tolerate secret law?
A recently released 2014 US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) ruling by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer is so heavily redacted that we don’t know if an “American communications company” is one...
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CMS hastily cancels release of Medicare Advantage data
Medicare Advantage plans are a private insurance alternative to original Medicare Parts A (hospitalization), B (physicians and out-patient care), and D (prescription drugs) that provide a managed...
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Trump administration issues warrant for identities of visitors to anti-Trump...
On 17 July 2017, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) served a search warrant (.pdf; 1MB) on DreamHost, a website host, for all information related to a website used to coordinate protests during the...
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DaVita resolves yet another allegation of illegality
According to a US Department of Justice (DOJ) media release, DaVita Rx, the pharmacy services business unit of Denver-based dialysis service provider DaVita Inc., has agreed to pay US$63.7 million to...
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US Supreme Court rules that cell tower records require warrant
In a 5–4 decision (.pdf; 508KB) — with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the so-called “liberal” arm of the court — the US Supreme Court has ruled that government authorities must obtain a...
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Adam Schiff and Joseph Maguire continue their dance of the whistleblower...
The stare-down between US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Joseph Maguire and US Representative Adam Schiff (D‑California), chair of the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence over...
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Trump tosses word salad admitting discussing Biden with Zelensky
Earlier today, US President Donald Trump admitted discussing former US Vice President Joe Biden in a 25 July 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Full stop. Reread that opening...
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