George Loder News Today

A network of 80 surveillance-oriented “fusion centers” around the US are eroding our privacy and civil rights.

In Maine, officials retaliated against a whistleblower who revealed they were snooping on protesters and gun-buyers as potential criminals.

On the heels of a week-long civil trial surrounding the data collection practices of the Maine State Police, officials will seek an outside review into whether its intelligence unit is violating federal privacy laws.

The Maine State Police will seek an outside review of whether its intelligence unit, which has been accused of illegally keeping data about law-abiding people, is violating federal privacy laws.

The external review was ordered after a federal jury found in favor of a retired detective who blew the whistle on suspected illegal information collection practices at the Maine Information and Analysis Center.

Teofilo Reyes of the advocacy group Restaurant Opportunities Center said "its all too common" after an Olive Garden manager in Kansas was fired for sending a message to employees demanding proof of sickness, family emergencies and such, including, "If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us."

A jury in Maine awarded a now-retired state trooper $300,000 Friday after finding that the state police retaliated against him when he raised concerns

Fellow police officers often shun those who report excessive force and other misconduct

A jury in Maine awarded a now-retired state trooper $300,000 Friday after finding that the state police retaliated against him when he raised concerns about the...

A jury has awarded a former Maine state trooper $300,000.