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Lying, Spying and Hiding Feb. 01, 2018
I have argued for a few weeks now that House Intelligence Committee members have committed misconduc... Read More
A Conspiracy of Silence Assaults Privacy Jan. 25, 2018
During the past three weeks, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law vast new pow... Read More
Did Donald Trump Change His Mind on Domestic Spying? Jan. 18, 2018
Late last week, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Inte... Read More
What if Government Steals Liberty and Fails to Deliver Safety? Nov. 09, 2017
What if the government doesn't really deliver for us? What if its failures to protect our lives, lib... Read More
Spying on You, Spying on Me, Spying on the President Jun. 01, 2017
"The makers of our Constitution ... conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone ... Read More
A Parting Shot at Personal Freedom Jan. 19, 2017
On Jan. 3, outgoing Attorney General Loretta Lynch secretly signed an order directing the National S... Read More
On Terrorism, Cruz Has No Idea Dec. 17, 2015
Terrorism is not going away. We saw that in the closing of the Los Angeles schools after what was de... Read More
A Needle in a Haystack Dec. 10, 2015
If you were looking for a needle in a haystack, simple logic would tell you that the smaller the hay... Read More
The Spies Who Ruin Us Dec. 03, 2015
In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/1... Read More
Lies the Government Is Telling You Jun. 11, 2015
Last week, Republicans and Democrats in Congress joined President Barack Obama in congratulating the... Read More
Not Smart to Make the NSA Go Dark May. 19, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., isn't worried that, absent a Senate vote, key provisions of the Patriot Act a... Read More
Correction: Obama Is Not a Liberal Apr. 10, 2015
WASHINGTON — Let me count the ways that President Barack Obama is not a liberal. Obama ran as ... Read More
Privacy vs. Security: How the Debate Changes Mar. 31, 2015
The pilot who crashed the Germanwings plane, taking 150 lives, was too ill to work, according to doc... Read More
Is Government Faithful to the Constitution? Dec. 18, 2014
When the government is waving at us with its right hand, so to speak, it is the government's left ha... Read More
Spying, Lying and Torture Aug. 07, 2014
In some respects, the recent admission by CIA Director John Brennan that his agents and his lawyers ... Read More
Spying on Innocents Jul. 10, 2014
In what appears to be one of Edward Snowden's final revelations, the former CIA and NSA agent has de... Read More
A Legal Way To Kill? Apr. 24, 2014
When President Obama decided sometime during his first term that he wanted to be able to use unmanne... Read More
Freedom for Me, but Not for Thee Mar. 20, 2014
Initially, I was gratified to learn that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chair of the Senate In... Read More
Say It Ain't So, Dianne Mar. 14, 2014
I (sort of) understand about Angela Merkel and Americans who are just "two hops" (connections) from ... Read More
The CIA Reminds Us Who's Boss Mar. 13, 2014
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a stalwart ally of the nation's intelligence agencies, says she is appalled t... Read More
