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The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we realize.

That's what the Obama administration is arguing for, in a crucial case now before the Supreme Court.

Ten years after September 11, 2001, we are still engaged in an unwinnable “War on Terror,” and have opened the door to a new vision of “normal”—a normal in which surveillance, detention and secrecy are unquestioned parts of our lives.

Barack Obama

The Obama administration may not employ lawyers advocating for extreme abrogations of constitutional protections, but it frequently ends up acquiescing to the political right.

A mosque in Minnesota

Community partnerships are seen as a softer counterterrorism. But who are the partners?

FBI building

As the US scales back the war in Afghanistan, shouldn't we be scaling back the sacrifices of civil liberties we've made here at home?

Ground Zero

Osama bin Laden is dead, but will the colossal national security apparatus ever stop growing?

Bradley Manning is not the only person in the US held in pretrial solitary confinement. For many facing terrorism charges, it has become standard procedure.

In a relentless effort to watch and hear everything, government and law enforcement agencies today are actually casting a far broader surveillance net in the name of security than they ever have before.

Expanding the public safety exception to Miranda may not make much difference on the ground. But Holder's push suggests the Obama administration has bought Bush's framing on terrorism.

Blogs

A new and scary precedent for the prosecution of whistleblowers.

August 21, 2013

Obama would have started an open debate about the NSA's spying programs if Edward Snowden hadn't beaten him to it.

August 20, 2013

The agency is either looking at you or looking out for you.

August 6, 2013

In which a chance encounter with a trade magazine inspires reflections upon the prophets, and profits, of fear.

July 29, 2013

Manning still faces the most serious “aiding the enemy” charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

July 29, 2013

Is Congress moving towards putting a real check on the executive branch’s spying power?

July 23, 2013

Reporting may be the worst crime of all.

July 9, 2013

Writer who has covered Bradley Manning hearings for months earns proper ID.

June 25, 2013

A handy myth-stripping guide to NSA surveillance and its whistleblower.

June 24, 2013
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