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Conspiracy-Thriller Books & TV Shows Get New Life From NSA Leak

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Until recently, most Americans would have laughed at the idea that the government is spying on everyone. After all, conspiracy theorists have been telling us things like that for decades. The problem with these claims is that, traditionally, there has been no real evidence to back them up. Then Edward Snowden revealed the federal government … Read more »

Goodbye 4th Amendment

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How we hardly knew you… This according to Scott Shackford on Reason.com: In 2011, Democratic Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy introduced the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act, which would require authorities and law enforcement to get a search warrant to access private electronic communications. The bill is now finally up for possible vote next week. … Read more »