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Baltimore’s covert spy plane program: a national crossroads for privacy and free speech

Posted in News · September 01, 2016 8:44 AM
Using private funding, the Baltimore Police Department was able to use the dragnet surveillance technology off-the-books.

Listen Now: Is the United States a Police State?

Posted in Press Coverage · February 15, 2016 3:33 PM
On Loud and Clear radio: PCJF Executive Director Mara Verheyden-Hilliard joined Heidi Boghosian, director of the AJ Muste Institute, for a discussion of the ongoing attacks on civil liberties.

The Crackdown on the Occupy Movement

Posted in Cases and Campaigns · November 17, 2015 9:00 AM
Requests for communication records and documents pertaining to the Occupy movement and law enforcement or government response thereto are being solicited from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Parks Service (NPS).

Tell Congress: Don't Revive Section 215 — End the NSA's Mass Surveillance Programs!

Posted in Take Action · May 08, 2015 10:45 AM

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Dear member of Congress:

It is a good thing that Section 215 has expired, and any action to revive its functions will be a betrayal of the Constitution and the American people. I join with millions across the country who are insisting that the unconstitutional mass surveillance programs of the NSA, FBI and other intelligence services be defunded and ended immediately. 

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has already ruled that the NSA's program collecting phone records is illegal, and that the agency manipulated existing law to continuously expand its powers.

The USA Freedom Act, while claiming to address the popular concern about the NSA's violation of privacy rights and civil liberties, does not go nearly far enough. It leaves untouched the legal foundation for much of the NSA's mass surveillance programs -- which were themselves secret until whistleblower Ed Snowden exposed them.

Congress needs to pass an affirmative rejection of all mass surveillance programs, overturning Section 215 of the Patriot Act, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act and Executive Order 12333, while making clear that no secret legal interpretations may be used to justify these programs' continuation. 

As my elected representative, I insist that you fulfill your obligations to defend the Constitution, and act accordingly to end mass surveillance programs.

Sincerely,

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Court calls NSA program illegal, now tell Congress to end it entirely

Posted in News · May 08, 2015 8:54 AM
Proposed USA Freedom Act is insufficient — the American people don't want a 'step' towards the Constitution

Project Censored: FBI Dismisses Murder Plot against Occupy Leaders as NSA and Big Business Cracks Down on Dissent

Posted in Press Coverage · September 30, 2014 8:00 PM
Months later, Dave Lindorff reported for WhoWhatWhy, a document obtained in December 2012 from the Houston FBI office shows that the agency was aware of a plot to assassinate Occupy movement leaders—and did nothing about it.

The Intelligence Empire: Burning a Hole in the Country's Pocket

Posted in News · August 25, 2014 8:00 PM

The Government's Under-the-Radar Mass Surveillance Program

Posted in News · August 13, 2014 8:00 PM
What if the executive branch's authorities were defined not by legislation nor the Constitution, but by opaque and loosely interpreted Executive Orders, the application of which were deemed "confidential?"

Justice Dept.'s disingenuous denial of spying on Muslim and Arab Americans

Posted in News · July 08, 2014 8:00 PM
The statement issued today by the Justice Department and Director of National Intelligence in response to Glenn Greenwald's just-released story in The Intercept about NSA and FBI spying is disingenuous.

We have the momentum against mass surveillance, but we must take action

Posted in News · June 25, 2014 8:00 PM
The legislation passed by the House shows that progress is possible. But it is not enough. We have to keep organizing, fighting and encouraging others to join this effort.

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