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Congress gearing up for another fight against NSA metadata collection

Justin Amash's amendment to limit domestic surveillance narrowly failed in July—but that was before all of Congress knew what the NSA is collecting.

On Aug 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Marine brings the fight to the NSA—1 county at a time

"I think the fight needs to start locally," the 32-year-old Iraq War veteran told the Daily Dot.

On Aug 13, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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100 members of Congress were never told about NSA metadata spying

President Obama said in June that all of Congress had been briefed. Now Rep. Justin Amash (R.-Mich) has revealed that's not true.

On Aug 12, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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U.S. admits NSA tracked email metadata until 2011

The NSA tracked who you emailed, who emailed you, and when. But not actually what you said.

On Jul 31, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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After narrow defeat, privacy supporters in Congress brag on Twitter

These members of congress voted to defund the NSA's metadata program, and they want their constituents to know it.

On Jul 25, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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In nail-biting vote, House allows NSA to keep tracking Americans’ phone calls

Rep. Justin Amash's amendment would have blocked the NSA from collecting metadata on Americans not under criminal investigation.

On Jul 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Obama urges House to halt “defund the NSA” amendment

Rep. Justin Amash has introduced an amendment that could dismantle the NSA's metadata collection efforts, and the White House is not happy.

On Jul 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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How the NSA used 9/11 to collect your telephone metadata

Just a month after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the NSA began compiling vast amounts of Americans' metadata—and it hasn't stopped since.

On Jul 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Congressman’s last-minute move could defund NSA, cut spying on Americans

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) has figured out a way to stop the NSA from collecting Americans' metadata—cut the funding for it.

On Jul 23, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Germany collaborated with NSA to spy on its citizens

The US gave a German intelligence agency access to one of its key surveillance programs, “XKeyscore.”

On Jul 22, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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U.S. likely to renew NSA’s Verizon metadata spying program

The order authorizing the NSA to collect data on Verizon phone calls expires Friday, but a judge is likely to extend it for 3 additional months.

On Jul 19, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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NSA comes clean on metadata: Are you within 3 degrees of a target?

"If you know someone who saw something, you should tell someone to say something" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

On Jul 18, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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Federal court allows Chevron to access journalist and activist metadata

The company lost a major lawsuit in Ecuador last year, and is demanding metadata from Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google to build a racketeering case against the plaintiffs.

On Jul 15, 2013 by Joe Kloc

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City council snoops on emails and phone calls to catch litterbugs

Who wouldn't sacrifice privacy to win the high stakes war on litterbugs?

On Jul 10, 2013 by Kevin Morris

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Privacy group takes NSA spying challenge straight to the Supreme Court

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is directly petitioning the Supreme Court to protest the intelligence agency's practice of tracking every single Verizon call made in America.

On Jul 8, 2013 by Kevin Collier

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