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The NYPD has plenty of problems with accountability and transparency. The main problem is this: the public wants some of this and the NYPD wants none of this. So, it does stupid things repeatedly that do little more than remind the public it's not to be trusted. Like any cop shop, it's manned by cops…

After years of continuous, unrepentant abuse of surveillance powers, the FBI is facing the real possibility of seeing Section 702 curtailed, if not scuttled entirely. Section 702 allows the NSA to gather foreign communications in bulk. The FBI benefits from this collection by being allowed to perform "backdoor" searches of NSA collections to obtain communications…

If you -- like Florida governor Ron DeSantis and his hateful little legislative buddies -- want to oppress certain people, you're going to have to do it on your own time. The state isn't allowed to help you be shitty. Florida passed an anti-drag show law earlier this year. Legislators were careful to ensure the…

7 posts published by Tim Cushing, Mike Masnick, Gretchen Heckmann, and Karl Bode on November 20, 2023

Some city officials in Illinois are now engaged in a round of "How Can I Get Sued?" Sounds like fun, but Calumet City officials might do well to remember the only way to win is not to play. That's the upshot of the latest bit of officious nonsense to surface in the Chicago area. Granted,…

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