Two wins for privacy and transparency (September 1, 2011)
Last week, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York Federal Court ruled that the government needs a warrant and to…
Category: Privacy
The Surveillance State Expands, Will You Help Stop It? (May 27, 2011)
As AP and other news sources have written, the Democratic and Republican party leadership worked to extend the expiring provisions of the PATRIOT…
Patriot Act renewal up for a vote (May 20, 2011)
… and this time it’s worse! The House Judiciary Committee approved renewing three awful provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act: Extend through Dec…
Now You Can Register as a Pirate Voter! (February 26, 2011)
You can now register as a Pirate when you fill out your voter registration form. When choosing a party, simply enter Pirate in…
Senate approves USA PATRIOT Act 90 day extension (February 16, 2011)
The US Senate approved a 90 day extension to the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, including: The government’s power under USA…
Thanks for opposing extending the PATRIOT Act, now to the Senate! (February 11, 2011)
Thanks to those pirates who contacted our Representatives, especially Keating, Lynch and Tsongas, to urge them to vote against extending various anti-privacy provisions…
Keating, Lynch and Tsongas vote to extend Patriot Act (February 10, 2011)
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives had a fast-tracked vote on whether to renew several troubling provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. The…
Draft Position on the TSA and Travel Security (December 3, 2010)
At our last general meeting, we decided to post a draft position a week to get feedback and refine the policies we want…
Links 8/14 (August 14, 2010)
Government Surveillance & Privacy The Digital Surveillance State: Vast, Secret, and Dangerous Project Vigilant and the government/corporate destruction of privacy Web Photos That…