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Sen. Feinstein’s office says no delay for Senate encryption bill

'I don’t know where talk of a ‘delay’ comes from.'

On Jan 20, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Senate will not investigate Ted Cruz following ‘classified’ gaffe

'I don’t think national television is the place to discuss classified information.'

On Dec 16, 2015 by Dell Cameron

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Privacy advocates decry Senate bill that would hold tech companies liable for reporting extremist content

The requirement failed as an attachment to a previous bill, but now it's back.

On Dec 9, 2015 by William Turton

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Top Democratic senator will seek legislation to ‘pierce’ through encryption

'I have concern about a PlayStation that my grandchildren might use.'

On Dec 9, 2015 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Police chiefs, prosecutors demand laws mandating encryption backdoors

Law enforcement say backdoors make it harder to catch criminals. But where's the evidence?

On Nov 24, 2015 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Sen. Ron Wyden isn’t giving up the fight against CISA

The Senate advanced CISA on Thursday, but the battle over your privacy is not yet over.

On Oct 22, 2015 by Eric Geller

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Top Democrat worries net-neutrality rules will help terrorists

The FCC says she can rest easy.

On Aug 14, 2015 by Eric Geller

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It’s time to pardon Edward Snowden

How can we continue to treat Snowden as if he were a traitor?

On Jun 4, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter

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NSA champion Dianne Feinstein swoops in to slow surveillance reform

Critics say it's a halfhearted attempt at reform.

On May 27, 2015 by Eric Geller

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Top Senate Democrat wants to scrub bomb-making manuals from the Web

First Amendment? We don't need no stinking First Amendment.

On Apr 2, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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Why 54 civil liberties groups want to kill an NSA reform bill

"The FISA Improvements Act does not offer real reform..."

On Dec 18, 2013 by Aaron Sankin

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Senator who wrote bill to help NSA gets way more money than opponent

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has received three times as much as her idealogical opponent in the debate over NSA spying. 

On Nov 13, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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New NSA bill would actually legalize metadata program

The Senate Intelligence Committee today approved a bill that woud do more harm than good in the fight against domsetic surveillance.

On Oct 31, 2013 by Joe Kloc