All posts tagged "Surveillance"

A spat broke out between a couple of GOP senators while they were trying to pass their respective bills on the floor.

Sen. Rand Paul from Kentucky was trying to pass a bill that would give more land to a local Boys and Girls Club when fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz from Texas stepped in, according to an X post by Burgess Everett, the congressional bureau chief for Semafor.

Cruz was upset that Rand had shot down bills that passed in the Commerce Committee, which Cruz chairs. In particular, Cruz talked about a bill that would force internet-connected devices with cameras to have labels as a check on mass surveillance. Cruz said he would only pass Paul's bill alongside a "spy fridge bill," Everett wrote....

President Donald Trump on Wednesday reiterated that he had reversed his stance on a surveillance tool and bill he long complained contributed to the "witch hunt" of him — a major sticking point among MAGA.

Trump appeared to change his mind and said he would set aside his past experiences to urge Republicans to support FISA 702 — or Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — and voiced its importance to American security.

Trump wrote the following on his Truth Social platform: ...

The internet mocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday after he advocated for a surveillance tool and bill that he claimed he "was a victim of."

Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform, citing that the military was concerned over the legislation — Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA 702 — and its importance to American security.

He wrote the following: ...

A former GOP operative Thursday called out Republicans for the party's complete about-face and acceptance of surveillance under the Trump administration.

Rick Wilson, the co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, questioned in his Substack why "constitutional purists" have not pushed back on ICE, its use of warrantless arrests and the "special circle of hell for the tech firms" purchasing data on Americans.

"This isn’t just about deportation. It’s about the infrastructure of control. When you build a machine that can track anyone, anywhere, at any time, without a warrant, you haven’t built a tool for immigration enforcement. You’ve built the hardware for a dictatorship," Wilson wrote. ...

San Salvador (AFP) - Salvadoran digital newspaper El Faro's employees filed a lawsuit in a US federal court on Wednesday against NSO Group, alleging the Israeli firm's controversial Pegasus software was used to spy on them. The lawsuit was filed in California by 13 El Faro journalists and two administrative staff, represented by lawyers from the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. Pegasus was used to breach the phones of at least 22 people associated with El Faro, including the plaintiffs, compromising their communications and data, according to the complaint -- a copy of ......