The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the U.S. State Department of potentially violating the constitutional rights of one of its employees should it proceed with plans to fire him for publ
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Two Democratic senators urged the Obama administration Thursday to declassify secret court rulings that provide broader interpretations of the domestic spy law known as the USA Patriot. A secret tr
Google reports that U.S. government requests for user data for use in criminal investigations continues to rise, even as a bill to require an officer to get a judge’s approval to get at a cit
A federal judge won’t hold the CIA in contempt for destroying videotapes of detainee interrogations that included the use of a torture technique known as waterboarding, ruling instead Wednes