Dissent and Surveillance Overview
Date:
January 26, 2012
Headlines & Opinion
- Former Fed Informant Now Suing FBI
- WikiLeaks: Private Intelligence Company Paid to Monitor Activists’ Activities
- Groups Urge Senate to Hold Confirmation Hearings to Ensure Privacy and Civil Liberties are Protected
- Investigation of Anti-war Activists Remains Active
- ACLU: FBI used outreach to Spy on Muslims
- Lawsuit Alleges Government Spy Infiltrated Civil Rights Group
- Mixed Ruling in Lawsuit Seeking To Shed Light On FBI Investigation Manual
- Activist Group Wins Internet Free Speech Ruling
- Conservatives Seek Updating 4th Amendment Protections for the Digital Age
- JUSTICE Act Targets Patriot Act Abuses
- DOJ Appeals Warrantless Wiretapping Ruling
- Document Sheds Light on Military Spying on Peace Groups
- Government Wants Access to Wiretap the Internet
- The G-Men Who Kicked the Hornets Nest
- Penn. Governor Apologizes for Treating Activists Like Terrorists
- Widespread Surveillance of Peace Activists in Washington State
- Listed Charity Proposes Government Pay Damages to Another Charity
- Judge Rule Warantless Wiretap of Charity was Unconstitutional
- President Asked to Nominate Appointees to Privacy and Civil Liberties Board
- Planned Parenthood and Others were Target of Unlawful Intelligence Gathering
- Will Lieberman Use Fort Hood Shooting to Crush our Right to be Radical?
- Documents Show Govt Intelligence Gathering Conducted on Peaceful Protests
- Court Orders Return of CAIR Documents
Patriot Act
- (un)Patriot Act Turns Ten
- Patriot Act Spying Powers Extended until 2015
- New JUSTICE Act Would Target Patriot Act Abuses
- Senate Votes to Extend Patriot Act 90 Days
- Dueling Patriot Act Reauthorization Bills Differ on Timing and Safeguards
- DOJ Rejects Calls to Reform Patriot Act
- Senator asks DOJ for Patriot Act Oversight
FBI
- Investigation of Anti-war Activists Remains Active
- Revised Guidelines Lower FBI’s Surveillance Bar
- Expanded FBI Surveillance Powers Raise Serious Privacy Concerns
- FBI Documents Left During Raid Reveal Political Nature of Investigation
- Bank Freezes Account of Midwest Activist
- Lowered Standards for Domestic Surveillance Led to Thousands Targeted by FBI
- Lawsuit Alleges FBI used Indiscriminate Surveillance at Mosques
- FBI Infiltrated Peace Groups
- Nationwide Protests Over FBI Subpoenas
- FBI Asked to Stop Targeting Activists by Human Rights and Civil Society Groups
- DOJ Cancels Subpoenas of Anti-War Protestors After Flurry of Protests
- Subpoenas Issued in Chicago and Minneapolis Targeting Anti-War Activists
- Senate Hearings Review Problems with FBI Surveillance Guidelines
- ACLU Make Inquiry on FBI Racial Profiling Practices
- Muslim Charity Lawsuit Seeks FBI Guidelines on Surveilling Charities and Mosques
- Court Orders Review of FBI Records as Complaints Emerge
- American Muslim Frustration towards FBI Boils Over
Fusion Centers
- Massachusetts Bill Calls for Oversight of Fusion Centers
- Fusion Center Analyst Caught Spying on Peaceful Protestors
- House Hearing on Fusion Centers
