Comments on: FBI defends use of national security letters

By: Audit: National security letter misuse widespread - Homeland Stupidity

Audit: National security letter misuse widespread - Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:20:05 +0000

[...] new audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of national security letters to gain access to information about domestic phone calls, e-mails and personal financial [...]

By: “Life in the surveillance state” - Homeland Stupidity

“Life in the surveillance state” - Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 06:42:14 +0000

[...] One receipient of a national security letter, who also called the American Civil Liberties Union instead of just rolling over, has already been named in published reports as George Christian of Library Connection, Inc., which maintains Internet connections for public libraries in Connecticut. Several details of Christian’s case do not match those of the businessman whose letter the Post published anonymously. [...]

By: FBI drops request for library computer records - Homeland Stupidity

FBI drops request for library computer records - Homeland Stupidity — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:14:10 +0000

[...] The FBI had issued a National Security Letter to The Library Connection, Inc., demanding records relating to use of a particular library computer on Feb. 15, 2005, and the library system sued, saying the National Security Letter provided no due process. [...]

By: Pentagon to expand domestic intelligence activities - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:53:47 +0000

[...] Now, those secret files the FBI is keeping on innocent Americans who have never committed a crime in their life may be shared with military intelligence agencies. [...]

By: The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:16:58 +0000

[...] Responding to the news of the FBI using national security letters to spy on innocent Americans, security expert Bruce Schneier has a must-read essay on why surveillance of innocent people is such a bad thing for our society. “This isn’t about our ability to combat terrorism; it’s about police power. . . . unfettered police power quickly resembles a police state, and checks on that power make us all safer,” he writes. And one victim of national security letters tells his story. Filed under: Politics, Homeland Stupidity, Terrorism, Law Enforcement [...]

By: PATRIOT Act reauthorization up for final vote - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:53:50 +0000

[...] Indeed, the bill actually makes some PATRIOT powers worse. For example, even though the Washington Post recently revealed widespread abuse of the “National Security Letter” (NSL) power to secretly demand records of tens of thousands of ordinary Americans, the bill actually strengthens this power by adding new criminal penalties for NSL recipients who speak out about their experience. [...]

By: Homeland Security tells Muslims to register before flying - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 08:43:56 +0000

[...] You mean such as national security letters? [...]

By: Give up your freedom for a false sense of security - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:05:09 +0000

[...] In the last year, we found out that the FBI has retaliated against whistleblowers reporting botched terror investigations; routinely collects data on innocent people, keeps it forever, and shares it with other federal agencies; conducted improper and unlawful surveillance, sometimes for years at a time; declared war on pornography (the perfectly legal kind); and monitored political activist groups, falsely labeling them terrorists. [...]

By: Senate questions national security letters - IO ERROR

Senate questions national security letters - IO ERROR — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:55:47 +0000

[...] FBI defends use of national security letters [...]