By Phillip Stucky Republican nominee Donald Trump is in hot water for his call for Russia to release Clinton’s deleted emails, but top Democratic donors announced two separate bounties for Trump’s tax forms. Democrats united against Trump during the third night of the DNC Wednesday. Each speaker mentioned Trump’s taxes, and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine…
“An assault on the Constitution” By: Elias J. Atienza Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) slammed the newest attempt to expand the Patriot Act on Twitter. Called the “Anti-terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act,’, the bill would expand information sharing among federal agencies. More specifically, the bill would update Section 314 of the Patriot Act, regarding information sharing among…
With the recent passing of the boxer considered by many to be “the greatest of all time,” the world has stopped to reflect upon his legacy outside of the ring. It was no secret that Ali was just as outspoken about his political and religious beliefs as he was about his opinions of his boxing…
By Jonah Bennett During a Wednesday speech on privacy at Kenyon College, FBI Director James Comey said he’s anxious enough about the prospect of covert surveillance that he places tape over his computer’s webcam. Sometimes ridiculed as a hokey and bizarre privacy measure for the overly paranoid, the tape-over-the-webcam tactic has gained Comey as an…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bipartisan amendment with Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) to the FAA Authorization Act which would prohibit law enforcement from using drones to surveil Americans without a warrant. “The use of drone surveillance may work on the battlefields overseas, but it isn’t well-suited for unrestrained use on the streets in the United…
Thinking, speaking, and acting freely in an unfree world is often seen as an act of rebellion by those who hold power, privilege, and fealty to the ideas that support a given society’s power structures. And that means there will be much acrimony, harrumphing, and even outright blood-lust displayed by those with power and those…
SARASOTA, FL – The decision of law enforcement to use the stingray device has stirred up controversy before. These electronic surveillance devices simulate cell towers, which collect data and can pinpoint our location even when we’re not making a call. In California, obvious attempts were made by law enforcement to shield the public from knowing…
“If intelligence agencies are spying on Congress, they are circumventing oversight and usurping power from our elected leaders.” by Keith Farrell Follow TLR on Google+ New allegations of CIA spying on members of Congress have surfaced, the implications of which are alarming. It has been alleged that Central Intelligence officers hacked into California Senator Dianne…