Privacy Rights

2007

About Facebook

Ari Melber : Media Analysis

As the old concept of privacy fades and a new one arises online, what is being lost?
Insecurity Cameras

William Pentland : New York City

The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
Dodd Refuses to Cave on Domestic Spying

Ari Melber : US Intelligence/Covert Ops

As his fellow Democrats rush to pass the President's intelligence bill, Christopher Dodd stands his ground.
Protecting the Wiretappers

Aziz Huq : US Intelligence/Covert Ops

Telecommunications giants already are shielded from lawsuits for future warrantless spying; now the White House seeks to absolve them of past misdeeds.
NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules

Dave Lindorff : Science

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rules.
The Protect Alberto Gonzales Act of 2007

Patricia J. Williams : Supreme Court

Congress bows to Bush and passes a law that allows blanket data-mining of all phone calls or e-mail by anyone, anywhere.

Librarians at the Gates

Joseph Huff-Hannon : 1st Amendment

At a time when free expression and the right to privacy are under attack, librarians are on the front lines protecting our constitutional rights every day. Here are five who are making a difference.
The Wiretapping Tango

Bruce Shapiro : George W. Bush Administration

The NSA surveillance scandal raises questions about whether phone companies will become pawns of an Administration bent on expanding its power.
Phone Spies

: Congress

Democrats in Congress must press for a full investigation of NSA phone call surveillance and prove that the rule of law is an asset, not an obstacle, to national security.
Congress Stirs to Rein in the President

Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : National Security Administration (NSA)

In the wake of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on warrantless spying, bipartisan efforts to rein in the Bush Administration's exercise of executive power are gaining momentum.
You've Got Jail

Robert Scheer : Internet & New Media

Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.

The Patriot Act on Trial

David Sarasohn : USA Patriot Act

We won the cold war without throwing out the right of Americans to be secure in their homes, without throwing out the Fourth Amendment.