“Counter-terrorism” agencies’ domestic spying on free speech activity The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-funded Fusion Centers used their vast anti-terrorism and anti-crime authority and funding to conduct a sprawling, nationwide and hour-by-hour surveillance effort that targeted even the smallest activity…
First order of business for police chiefs’ intelligence-sharing subcommittee: Occupy The documents reveal that the police chiefs of major U.S. cities created an “Emerging Issues” Subcommittee and that “The first issue the committee is working is the Occupy Movement.” The…
Tell Congress to Follow the Oversight Board’s Recommendations and End Bulk Surveillance! PCJF statement on Oversight Board report By Carl Messineo, Legal Director andMara Verheyden-Hilliard, Exec. Director The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s (PCLOB) report, calling for an end…
Reprinted from McClatchy DC Serious questions shadow President Barack Obama’s proposal to add a public advocate to the secret court that oversees surveillance programs. The public advocate, Obama says, would provide an “independent voice in significant cases” before the Foreign Intelligence…
Reprinted from CNN In a development that should surprise absolutely no one, anti-NSA activists were quick Friday to say that President Barack Obama’s efforts to limit the agency’s spying activities didn’t go far enough. Leading up to a speech in which he…
Community activists and civil rights organizations have filed a petition Jan. 15 with the Missouri State Circuit Court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s conduct in the case of Officer Darren Wilson. Since the Nov. 24…
Reprinted from The Washington Post A free-speech advocacy group wants to show its appreciation to Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence contractor who publicly disclosed secret surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency. So the group purchased an ad. “Thank…
Reprinted from Politico Edward Snowden will soon be following Washingtonians around D.C. — or at least his face will. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund announced Wednesday that buses carrying ads with the National Security Agency leaker’s face next to the…
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) obtained new NSA documents late yesterday afternoon in response to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made in early June 2013. These documents sent to the PCJF have been posted below alongside…
Reprinted from Washington City Paper NSA leaker Edward Snowden may be in Russia, but his face could soon be rolling through the streets of D.C. The Partnership for Civil Justice, a D.C.-based legal nonprofit that has represented Occupy Wall Street protesters, is raising money to…
Lawsuit was filed after State Dept. refused to produce materials on U.S. government payments to Miami-based journalists during Cuban Five Prosecution The PCJF filed a Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for its refusal to produce…
Joins support campaign for NSA whistle-blower Pultizer Prize winning author Alice Walker Author Alice Walker has joined the ‘Thank You, Ed Snowden’ campaign, which has quickly been joined by thousands of people over the last two weeks. We are on…