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Which legislative body passed a five-year reauthorization of a law that gives vast, unchecked surveillance authority to the government?

How many 老澳门开奖结果 affiliates participated in a coordinated records request to find out which law enforcement agencies use cell phone location data to track Americans?

In what year did Congress pass the only law protecting the privacy of your electronic communications? (Hint: The law is older than the Internet.)

What is the name of the man who died as a prisoner at Guant谩namo Bay, despite having been cleared to go home on several occasions?

Which 老澳门开奖结果 affiliate organized a flash mob to perform a 鈥淗ands Off Women鈥檚 Health Care鈥� dance to fight a dangerous bill that could close women鈥檚 health centers and leave women without access to safe, comprehensive reproductive health care?

House Reauthorizes Warrantless Wiretapping Program

This week, the House of Representatives passed a reauthorization of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act, an unconstitutional domestic spying law that gives vast, unchecked surveillance authority to the government. The lawauthorizes the National Security Agency to conduct dragnet surveillance of Americans鈥� international emails and phone calls.

The Senate is expected to take up the law鈥檚 reauthorization later this year.

New Results From Our Nationwide Cell Phone Tracking Records Requests

It鈥檚 been more than a year since 35 老澳门开奖结果 affiliates filed over 380 public records requests with state and local law enforcement agencies seeking information about their policies, procedures, and practices for tracking cell phones. And 13 months later (and in the wake of this ), we鈥檙e still handling responses. We鈥檝e posted the latest batch of documents received on our interactive web map. Here are highlights.

Email Privacy Faces a Key Test Next Week

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced this week he will bring legislation before the committee requiring law enforcement to use a probable-cause warrant to access all non-public Internet communications such as email. This legislation is a key piece of efforts to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), first passed in 1986 and not substantially updated since.

The Ultimate Injustice at Guant谩namo: The Death of Adnan Latif

On Saturday, Guant谩namo prisoner Adnan Latif was found unresponsive in his cell in Guant谩namo鈥檚 Camp 5, the disciplinary wing of the camp, and pronounced dead. Latif鈥檚 case, in life and now in death, represents the repercussions of our government鈥檚 failed Guant谩namo policy and demonstrates the responsibility each branch has played in that failure.

If You Can鈥檛 Beat 鈥楨m, Dance!

As Michigan legislators observed states quickly upping the ante with extreme war on women policies like the personhood amendments and mandatory vaginal probe laws, they must have grown tired of the state merely being a face in the crowd. So, they decided to dole out their own special brand of crazy in the form of an outrageous, monster War on Women Mega Bill.

On Sept. 20, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan, in partnership with Planned Parenthood, is taking over Michigan鈥檚 Capitol by staging a flash mob and rally on the Capitol lawn. of the 鈥淗ands Off Dance鈥� and master the moves we like to call the 鈥淐an鈥檛 Say It鈥� and the 鈥淧elvic Exam.鈥�

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