Surveillance Archives

Take Action: Congress Needs to End the Use of Facial Recognition Technology
July 10, 2020 –
“If the technology is flawed and the pol
Big Brother Rolls On
May 20, 2020 –
Life as we used to know it has been upen
Contact Tracing Needs Strong Safeguards
May 7, 2020 –
Until safeguards are put in place to prevent mission creep and other abuses of data collected through electronic contact tracing, the privacy and security of Americans could be undermined long after the emergency has ended
Defending Rights & Dissent Backs Bill to Rein In Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
February 25, 2020 –
Defending Rights & Dissent is supporting the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act (SAPRA), a bi-partisan bill to rein in surveillance.
Church Committee Final Report, Book III, 1976
September 10, 2019 –
Take a deep dive into the observations o
House Rejects Amendment to Curb NSA Surveillance
June 24, 2019 –
Under so-called “backdoor searches,” agencies, including the FBI and DEA, search these communications without ever obtaining a warrant.
CBP Admits to Targeting Journalists, Activists, After Civil Society Groups, Including Defending Rights & Dissent, Demanded Answers
May 17, 2019 –
After revelations that Customs and Border Patrol (CBB) had monitored journalists, human rights lawyers, and activists, Defending Rights & Dissent joined with a 100 civil society demanding answers. In a May 9, 2019 response letter, CBP admits for the first time to having engaged in this monitoring, though it defended its actions.
Two New DHS Domestic Spying Scandals Revealed
March 7, 2019 –
Both Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) and Custom and Border Patrol (CBP) are engaged in monitoring and tracking First Amendment protected activity.Monitoring of political speech is inherently chilling. It is also outside the jurisdiction of both ICE and CBP.
FBI Caught Spying on Anti-Racist Groups…Again
February 4, 2019 –
The FBI opened a counterterrorism investigation into racial justice group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). The precipitating incident was a counter protest against the white supramcists. At the protest, individuals brought knives and violently stabbed anti-racist counter protesters. This led the FBI to investigate…the counter protesters
Stop Spying
August 17, 2018 –
We’re working to stop spying by pushing
Delmer Berg Sacramento FBI File
June 13, 2018 –
Direct link: https://drive.google.com/fi
Delmer Berg FBI HQ File
June 13, 2018 –
Direct link: https://drive.google.com/fi
Community Action Commission Files (Delmer Berg)
June 13, 2018 –
Direct link: https://drive.google.com/fi
Letter to DOJ IG requesting investigation into FBI’s Device Miscalculation
June 4, 2018 –
Direct link: https://drive.google.com/fi
DHS Race Paper coalition letter, 2018
May 30, 2018 –
Direct link: https://drive.google.com/