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Support Police Body Camera Bills (November 12, 2015)
It is no surprise that we believe in government transparency and accountability. With the large number of police shootings of unarmed citizens as…
Somerville Cryptoparty, Nov. 25, 6-9pm (November 12, 2015)
Our discussion about the future of the Internet was well attended and lively. How to ensure privacy and decentralization were prominent topics. The…
Voting on Military Weapons for Local Cops Bill at Monday’s IRC Meeting (November 11, 2015)
Besides our usual administrative status reports, at Monday’s IRC meeting we will be discussing and voting on whether to endorse H.2169 – An Act…
Vote on Body Cams Bills At Tonight’s IRC (November 9, 2015)
Besides our usual administrative status reports, at tonight’s IRC meeting we will be discussing and voting on whether to endorse three legislative proposals:…
New FOIA Requests: CIA, DISA, CBP (November 8, 2015)
I filed a couple of FOIA requests this week: one to the CIA, one to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and to…
Cybersecurity Information and Sharing Act (CISA) Passes (November 7, 2015)
The Cybersecurity Information and Sharing Act is new legislation introduced in the Senate as S. 2588 by Dianne Feinstein (D–CA) on July 10,…
Join us at the Anarchist Bookfair (November 6, 2015)
We will be tabling at the Boston Anarchist Bookfair, Nov. 21 & 22, and want your help. It will be at the Boston University George…
TPP text is finally public and is it a doozy (November 6, 2015)
Following on New Zealand’s release of the TPP text, the US Trade Representative released the text in an even more difficult to review way.…
Campaign meetings on 11/15 & 12/6 (November 2, 2015)
We ran two State Representative candidates in 2014. In 2016, we know we can run many more candidates if we all work together. We…
TSA: Watch List? Huh, what watch list? (October 30, 2015)
I’m long overdue for a FOIA post, this one in particular. It was a FOIA/PA request to the TSA, who responded in a…