The Long Ordeal of Whistleblower Chelsea Manning

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 19, 2017 The WikiLeaks whistleblower has now served seven years of her sentence, experiencing extraordinary hardship as a person seeking gender-reassignment treatment while imprisoned by the U.S. military. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chelsea Manning Pens Document Condemning Secret Surveillance Court System

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Nov 4, 2015 Her 129-page document proposes "concrete" solutions to the rampant and unchecked violations of privacy and civil liberties by the U.S. government. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Senate Cedes More Power to National Security Agency With New Spying Bill

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 28, 2015 Under the guise of “cybersecurity,” the Senate passed a spying bill that “carves a giant hole in all our privacy laws and allows tech and telecom companies to hand over all sorts of private information to intelligence agencies without any court process whatsoever," writes Trevor Timm at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ahead of Senate Vote, Edward Snowden Speaks Out to Stop CISA Surveillance Bill

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Oct 27, 2015 Joining privacy rights groups in opposition to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), Snowden says it is "not going to make us any safer." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dead Spying Legislation Returns With Help From Big Business (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 2, 2015 The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act failed after Edward Snowden’s revelations of mass government spying. But today it’s back, largely unchanged, and President Obama is expected to reverse his opposition to it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Information-Sharing Bill Would Extend NSA’s Reach, Opponents Argue

Thor Benson / Truthdig Mar 31, 2015 The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which includes no data-protection provisions, would set up a new network for private corporations to share customer data with nearly all levels of law enforcement and intelligence, including the National Security Agency.The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would create a new network for companies to share customer data with law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the NSA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Aaron Swartz Can’t Fight the New Cybersecurity Bill, So We Must Do It

By Thor Benson Jul 13, 2014 A year-and-a-half after Swartz killed himself because of pressure from felonies he faced over alleged “cyber crimes,” the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says.CISA is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )