Godo for the Yahoo people. They fought the government when the NSA demanded the allow spying, but they lost. Now, thanks to the exposure Ed Snowden has offered, they've beaten the government in court.

http://rt.com/news/yahoo-data-collection-court-case-165/

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Remember those heady days of yor, when leftist democrats used to protest Presidents who attacked civil liberties?

What do we hear now...

Cue crickets.

http://rt.com/usa/obama-president-order-communications-770/

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Go ahead, try to fire them.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/the-irs-mistakenly-exposed-thousands...

Government, ie the state, combines all the nasty aspects of the mafia with the sloth of bureaucrats. Lovely.

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This is just another of the incredible, heinous crimes committed by government, which supposedly represents the "will of the people". Sick stuff.

http://cironline.org/reports/female-inmates-sterilized-california-prison...

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It's still amazing that many Americans see Snowden as an enemy, rather than a courageous hero who revealed government wrongdoing...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/whistleblower-snowden-claims-g...

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Good for the NYT for covering this. Once in a while they get it right. As we've noted on the radio program and podcasts, the FISA court doesn't conform to the actual wording of the 4th Amendment. The amendment requires warrants issued publicly, by real judges, specifying the person and items to be searched.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/in-secret-court-vastly-broadens-pow...

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We have long warned so-called "conservatives" that their zeal to close the borders would lead to a national ID which would be required to work.

The Senate bill (passed a few days ago) has this in it. The bill will likely not pass the House, but as long as the hardcore anti-immigration gangs in the GOP, and the union Democrats keep pushing for federal controls over immigration, this will be in the offing. It looks like such a system will be unavoidable in the next few years unless people who believe in freedom, free economics and the benefits of immigrants, and in the rules of the constitution (which doesn't allow the feds to be involved in immigration, only naturalization) don't win more to our side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msb6VpzTHis

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Erroneous statements. Don't call them lies. And the program has been "declassified" so he can comment now. How about the program was exposed by a whistleblower and would still be unknown unless he had?

Clapper should be in prison for the rest of his life, but that won't happen. Strangely, the feds are eager to use "wiretapping" statutes to prosecute people for "racketeering". When the feds do it, it must be completely okay. Right?

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/02/national-intelligence-dir...

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He is doing great work exposing the illegality (both on a Constitutional level and on the deeper level of natural rights) of the US government.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10154064/Edward-...

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Fer sure! Gotta stop those terrorists!

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/nsa-spied-on-european-union-o...

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There's nothing like that nutty 14th Amendment! When it comes to misinterpreting the language of the Constitution, no clause is more misconstrued than the 14th Aamendment's provision that all states shall supposedly provide equal "protection under the law."

A few days ago, when the FBI "revealed" that it was using drones to spy on US citizens, we said that Director Mueller was likely admitting to it not because he had a sudden urge to be forthright, but because the information was going to come out, and he and his cronies wanted to get out in front of it and give the public the impression that they were being "good guys letting us know."

We were right. It has been revealed today that the drone use was uncovered by the Electronic Fronier Foundation, after they filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit. Good for them. Anyone think the pop media will report about the perfidy of the FBI?

We don't think so, either.

Hope you get to watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvcBKq82f-k

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Since we've already seen this kind of thing done by domestic police to a cattle rancher in the midwest, one has to figure the feds are doing it. Muller's language is beautifully vague, as well. "Incidents"... and "very seldom". Nice that the agency is only now working to come up with set rules for the drone program. And does anyone actually think that those grandstanding bozos Grassley and Feinstein don't already KNOW the FBI is doing it, but are asking for testimony on it because they suspect that the information will soon be leaked to the public? Better to get out in front and look like ya care. 

http://rt.com/usa/fbi-director-mueller-drones-947/

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Two Congressmen have introduced "legislation" that they claim will put "reasonable" restrictions on the feds spying on Americans. Look at the language of the press release, especially where they say their bill would "restrict" the federal gubment's ability under the Patriot Act to collect information on Americans who aren't connected to an ongoing investigation.

Good for them. They've got the cash to back up their position in court.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-challenges-us-g...

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Fantastic thing to say!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-us-fair-trial

We need not comment further. Snowden says it very well.

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Here's a piece about it that's just come out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/12/nsa-surveillance-data-terror...

And here is the item we mentioned on our radio show, Monday: http://freedetainees.org/2013/06/07/public-documents-contradict-claim-em...

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They should also sue any company involved with installing the heardware or software that facilitated the spying.

Don't count on the suit being successfull. It should be, but the government runs the "justice" system.

http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2013/06/12/prism-class-acti...

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Because, of course, "we ALL pay" for your mistakes... because, um, the government has collectivized the insurance industry... So we get to tell you how to live! See?

The tanning tax... Will continue. http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/healthcare/304453-irs-cements-obamacares-tanning-tax

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