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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Northern California has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on Monday, over its alleged practices of Read More…
The daughter of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (pictured right), has reportedly fled Read More…
Civil advocates and secretaries of states are warning against a provision in a DHS reauthorization bill that would let the president dispatch Secret Service to polling places.
Twelve lawsuits filed against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its net neutrality repeal have been consolidated into one suit that will be heard at a federal appeals court in Read More…
Over a million claims submitted to the International Criminal Court by Afghani individuals and organizations allege crimes against humanity and war crimes were committed by various factions since 2003, including Afghan forces, the Taliban, the CIA, and the U.S. military.
As two Reuters journalists approached their third month in jail, the news service has published their disturbing, detailed 4,500-word investigative report documenting the September 2017 killings of 10 Rohingya Muslims that subsequently led Read More…
While investigating a violent white nationalist rally in June 2016, California state police demonstrated sympathy for the neo-Nazis who organized the Sacramento event, coordinating with them in an effort to identify, Read More…
The first year of the Trump administration alone has resulted in more loss of life from drone strikes than all eight years of Obama’s presidency.
On Thursday, February 2, a federal judge declared Florida’s process for restoring voting rights to convicted felons unconstitutional, calling for immediate changes to a clemency process that he q risks Read More…
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency recently signed a contract with private company Vigilant Solutions to officially secure agency-wide access to its massive nationwide license plate recognition Read More…
On Friday afternoon, just hours before Congress failed to avert a government shutdown, the President signed into law the “FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.” The bill passed the House and Senate earlier this week with the support of many Republicans and Democrats, offering only slight adjustments to Section 702, a law that oversees the NSA’s spying ability.
Over a third of Senate Democrats joined 41 Republicans and one Independent, Sen. Angus King (I-ME), on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, providing the critical missing votes needed to quash any further Read More…
With bipartisan backing, a total of 256 members of the House of Representatives voted Thursday morning to renew one of the government’s most sweeping surveillance authorities for six years with Read More…
Thanks to increased, tighter standards for state-issued ID’s defined by the Real ID Act, passed by Congress in 2005 in the wake of ubiquitous, post-9/11 security frenzy, all adults boarding any federally regulated aircraft — including domestic U.S. flights — must have an “enhanced ID” (Real ID); otherwise, they will be required to present an additional, alternative form of acceptable identification, unless they reside in one of the 26 states granted extensions through Oct. 10, 2018.
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