Having previously introduced a bill creating a tax incentive for dogs’ luxury spa treatments, Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan has gained a reputation for creative legislation. This week, Rep. McCotter maintains his reputation with the introduction of H.R. 5108, the Cyber Privacy Act. The following is the full text of the Cyber Privacy Act: A [...]

Yesterday, 315 members, 162 Democrats and 153 Republicans, voted in favor of extending the Patriot Act without any reforms. Read the names in a roll call vote.

In the face of the Senate’s repeated on-the-record votes against data privacy, it’s an outrageous hypocrisy for senators to vote for a resolution that suggests the observance of National Data Privacy Day – a day after the actual event is over.

Whether Martha Coakley is truly clueless about the Patriot Act, or is using the illusion of ignorance to cover for a seething hatred of the constitutional rights of Americans under the Fourth Amendment, she is clearly the wrong choice to succeed Edward Kennedy.

The following is our transcription of remarks made today by Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel of the Center for Democracy and Technology, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Thank you for the opportunity to testify about cybersecurity and civil liberties on behalf of the Center for Democracy and Technology. CDT [...]

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security will be holding a hearing this Tuesday at 10 AM entitled “Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace.” What happens in this hearing will set the stage for legislation to regulate the internet and to regulate people on it. How strongly will the [...]

Did you know that U.S. agents can seize your laptop, your pda, your cell phone or just about any other device that holds your personal data? Did you know that if you’re crossing into or out of the United States, U.S. agents have declared the right take your electronic gear and data from you without [...]

The FISA Amendments Act establishes the Attorney General as a spymaster beyond the reach of the law, with powers to target American citizens within the United States for political or personal reasons. Any senator who votes to approve the FISA Amendments Act may be fairly considered a traitor to the cause of freedom.

Consider that Pennsylvania is a swing state, and you start to see the serious threat that Obama’s support of the FISA Amendements Act has become. Obama activists in swing states are one by one dropping out of his campaign, withholding their money and refusing to volunteer their time. Consider that these are the people who Obama had counted on to form the foundation of his campaign.

The FISA Amendments Act completely unravels the fourth amendment to the Constitution. It makes protection from unreasonable search and seizure a mere privilege for those that please the government, not an inalienable right.