Secret U.S. surveillance court didn’t reject a single request from federal agencies in 2015: Memo
(Cyberwar.news) [Reuters] The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court did not deny a single government request in 2015 for electronic surveillance orders granted for foreign intelligence purposes, continuing a longstanding trend, a Justice Department document showed. The court received 1,457 requests last year on behalf of the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Read More
Bill allowing government to collect virtually all data on U.S. internet users to be voted on in Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing for a vote on the infamous Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) prior to a four-week recess beginning August 10. As of right now, however, there are no immediate plans to vote on the bill.(1) CISA is a bill that just won’t die. Critics have dubbed CISA the “zombie Read More
