Surveillance

German court limits spy agency’s overseas surveillance

Caitlin Yilek · May 19, 2020 5:22 pm

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before a House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform joint hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

FISA is supposed to protect, not ensnare, innocent people

Bonnie Campbell · May 6, 2020 10:21 am

In this March 2, 2017 photo, Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio in New York.

‘It’s about power’: Tucker Carlson warns Big Tech’s response to COVID-19 ‘sounds a lot like China’

Jon Brown · April 29, 2020 1:37 am

A DJI Mavic Pro 2 Enterprise with attached speaker for emergencies hovers while controlled by members of the Meriden police and fire departments at the William Dunn Sport Complex on Thorpe Avenue in Meriden, Wed., Jan. 22, 2020.

Connecticut police testing ‘pandemic drone’ that can monitor people’s body heat and coughing

Zach Halaschak · April 22, 2020 8:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

How we can embrace technology to fight coronavirus while protecting privacy rights

Ashkhen Kazaryan · April 22, 2020 4:00 am

FISA court ordering target list shows it ‘suspects’ pattern of FBI seeking political dirt, Joe DiGenova says

Daniel Chaitin · April 7, 2020 2:23 am

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, testifies during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Washington. Wray says the FBIâs background investigation of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was limited in scope but that the âusual process was followed.â

FISA court orders DOJ to review flawed surveillance applications and provide names of targets

Jerry Dunleavy · April 4, 2020 1:00 am

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Civil libertarians fear use of drones during pandemic will remain part of surveillance state

Katherine Doyle · April 2, 2020 4:00 am

Rumors of some kind of investigation into Donald Trump's alleged Russia connection are swirling, although no government official has confirmed a probe is underway. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The FBI didn’t break the law to spy on just Trump. It does it to everyone

Jack Hunter · April 1, 2020 8:41 pm

Page was a foreign policy adviser to Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Not just Carter Page: DOJ watchdog finds flaws in dozens of FISA applications

Jerry Dunleavy · March 31, 2020 4:49 pm

Firefighters disinfect a street against the new coronavirus, in western Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 13, 2020. The new coronavirus outbreak has reached Iran's top officials, with its senior vice president, Cabinet ministers, members of parliament, Revolutionary Guard members and Health Ministry officials among those infected. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness.

Iran empties streets during coronavirus outbreak and claims it is monitoring all 80 million residents

Zach Halaschak · March 13, 2020 11:21 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Beltway Confidential

Biden bragged he wrote the Patriot Act. Trump should kill it

Jack Hunter · March 12, 2020 6:34 pm