Did a decision by the Bush administration to deregulate cable internet service end up undermining the NSA’s e-mail wiretapping on U.S. soil and lead to an overbroad spying law? An academic bo
Tag: Sunshine and Secrecy
Last year, when a telecommunications company received an ultra-secret demand letter from the FBI seeking information about a customer or customers, the telecom took an extraordinary step — it
Google just unveiled numbers showing an alarming jump in the number of government demands for private user data. We took the technology giant to task for its report’s shortcomings. But at lea
As police departments around the country are increasingly caught up in tussles with members of the public who record their activities, the U.S. Justice Department has come out with a strong stateme