By The Electronic Frontier Foundation

In a continuing campaign to uncover the government’s secret interpretations of the surveillance laws underlying the National Security Agency’s spying programs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation Thursday filed another lawsuit against the Department of Justice, demanding that the government hand over key Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions and orders.
“We can’t have an informed debate about mass surveillance with access to only half the story,” EFF staff attorney Mark Rumold said. “The government’s secret interpretation of laws and the Constitution needs to end. Disclosure of the opinions we’ve requested will be an important step towards providing the public with the information it needs to meaningfully debate the propriety of these programs.”

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Posted on May 2, 2014

By RT America

“Barack Obama has attended 373 fundraisers while president, making it an average of one every five days he’s been in office, according to analysis by CBS News.
“He was at a fundraiser when he found out about the Fort Hood shootings, he went to a fundraiser when he attended the Fort Hood memorial service, and he’ll attend even more even though he’s no longer able to run for president. The Resident discusses.”

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Posted on May 1, 2014