TSA FOIA Strikes Out Again (April 18, 2014)
A few weeks ago, I wrote a short post about my experience making a FOIA request to the TSA. To summarize in a…
Category: Transparency
What’s in Your File: Part V, the TSA (March 13, 2014)
Like many large government agencies, the TSA dedicates a few pages of their web site to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Privacy…
Sunday March for Peace (March 12, 2014)
This Sunday, the 16th, forty organizations and 2,500 marchers are expected to participate in the Saint Patrick’s Day Peace Parade in South Boston. We…
Massachusetts Pirate Party pays tribute to whistleblowers on Saturday March 8th (March 8, 2014)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Massachusetts Pirate Party pays tribute to whistleblowers on Saturday March 8th Boston, MA — March 8th, 2014 – During the…
Saturday Stand with Whistleblowers (March 2, 2014)
During the last few years, our federal government waged nothing less than a war on whistleblowers. From Chelsea Manning to Edward Snowden; from…
S.1664: An Act to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (January 19, 2014)
On Wednesday Jan 22nd, the Massachusetts Senate will hold a hearing on S.1664, An Act to regulate the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.…
Verizon’s Take on NSA Surveillance (January 12, 2014)
Over the past few months, several Tech companies have issued strong condemnations of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs. This is a good first…
Justice for Army Spc. Denis Reynoso! (November 21, 2013)
We hope you will join us in supporting the family of Army Spc. Denis Reynoso on Thursday December 5th. For more information on the necessity…
A specter is haunting the West (November 16, 2013)
Yesterday, Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to thirteen years for hacking corporate and government computers as part of LulzSec including the Stratfor emails. We planned…
What’s in Your File (Part I) (October 29, 2013)
During the last four months, we’ve seen a wealth of new information about government surveillance and data collection programs. Back in June, the…