Outside the Beltway

Fort Belvoir blocked its workers from accessing the Washington Post website over concerns about classified information published there.

Once again, a Federal Court rules that the First Amendment rules does not protect a reporter from being compelled to reveal sources or the results of an investigation.

New technology brings the day of round the clock tracking of citizens who’ve done nothing wrong ever closer.

A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says revealing that the United States is spying on its allies has undermined their trust.

Chief Justice Roberts is the only person who gets to say who sits on the FISA Court.

Don’t blame “secret courts” for the government’s expanded spying on American citizens and allies.

The French were indignant about reports of the NSA’s surveillance programs. Now we know they have own of their own.

Every piece of mail you send and receive is being logged by the Postal Service.

The latest NSA leaks are likely to prove to be diplomatically embarrassing.

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

New revelations from The Guardian

Despite an extradition request from the United States, Edward Snowden left Hong Kong overnight on a flight to Moscow and parts unknown.

NSA Metadata coming to a courtroom near you?

Not surprisingly, Edward Snowden has been formally charged in connection with the leak of classified NSA documents.

Edward Snowden has likely violated many laws, but, absent additional facts, treason is not one of them.

Thanks to one question from one Senator, we learned yesterday that the FBI has used surveillance drones inside the United States.

Two polls indicate that most Americans oppose the President’s latest moves on Syria. This makes sense considering actual policy there seems to be entirely incoherent.

Outrage over leaks like those that Edward Snowden makes doesn’t exist when its politicians doing the leaking.

Even if you trust the current occupant of the White House to exercise the powers granted to the agencies operating in secret under him, do you trust all future Presidents?

Exploring data from 33 years’ of FISA reports to Congress

The ACLU is suing over the NSA’s data mining. Does it really have a chance?

While our leaders may not be fully trustworthy, they, not disgruntled low level employees, are best positioned to decide.

Meet Edward Snowden, the 29 year old CIA/NSA contractor who has confessed to leaking the details of the NSA’s data mining projects.

Not only do we not know the whole story of the NSA data mining operation, key details of what thought we knew are wrong.

Contrary to President Obama’s assertion today, the NSA’s operations don’t have proper legislative or judicial oversight.

Just because NSA data mining is legal, that doesn’t mean it’s proper or that the American people should tolerate it.

At what point do science and magic converge? And what are the potential costs?

Sadly, this is not surprising.

Big Brother is doing more than just checking your phone records.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

Apparently, it’s not just reporters whose phone logs the Obama administration is tracking.

Starting today, the fate of Pfc. Bradley Manning is on trial in a courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland.