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By JohnThomas Didymus

The ACLU has released documents that show that in the last two years the US Department of Justice has conducted more warrantless electronic surveillance, involving spying on telephones, email and Facebook accounts, than in the preceding decade.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32591.htm



Warrentless monitoring of social media on the rise

Federal law enforcement agencies are monitoring more email and social media communications than ever before, according to Justice Department documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.

http://is.gd/7w5cQE



Data Shows Massive Spike In Electronic Surveillance By DOJ

Justice Department documents obtained by the ACLU reveal a sharp spike in warrantless electronic surveillance by federal law enforcement.

http://is.gd/Z6s6VT


From Information Clearing House

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ACLU: Domestic surveillance spiking under Obama

Fox News

10/01/12

The instances of the Justice Department monitoring electronic communications such as phone calls, emails and even social network updates without a warrant has increased by as much as 60 percent in recent years, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The surveillance tools (known as either a 'pen register' or a 'trap and trace') record such information as phone numbers and the time and length of calls, but not the content. Orders to track phone calls increased 60 percent, from 23,535 in 2009 to 37,616 in 2011, according to Justice Department documents, including ones recently acquired by the ACLU...

http://tinyurl.com/9hczfr3



Ron Paul statement on FISA Amendments Act renewal

Campaign For Liberty
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

10/18/12

Supporters of this reauthorization claim that the United States will be more vulnerable if the government is not allowed to monitor citizens without a warrant. I would argue that we are more vulnerable if we do allow the government to monitor Americans without a warrant. Nothing makes us more vulnerable than allowing the Constitution to be violated...

http://tinyurl.com/94cg2ax


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Warnings of Domestic Spying as Oakland Police Seek Drones
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/19-5

ACLU Tells Supreme Court FISA Surveillance Law Is Unconstitutional
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/10/29-0



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