Top 5 Reasons to Support the Surveillance State Repeal Act
1. It Would Repeal the Patriot Act The Patriot Act is one of the most civil liberties infringing laws passed in our lifetime. It was rushed through Congress…
Jeb Bush is wrong about the NSA’s unconstitutional domestic spying program
There’s no indication that the National Security Agency’s unconstitutional domestic spying efforts have thwarted an actual terrorist plot inside the United States. In January 2014, the New America Foundation…
House Introduces Bill to Repeal the Patriot Act
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have introduced the Surveillance State Repeal Act that would end the NSA’s unconstitutional domestic spying. I can say without hesitation:…
Letter in Support of the Surveillance State Repeal Act
Dear FreedomWorks member, As one of our more than 6.9 million FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative today and ask him or her to support H.R.
The NSA May Be Spying on You through Your Computer’s Hard Drive
The NSA could literally be inside your computer. A couple years ago, most people would probably dismiss this as a tin-foil hat conspiracy theory. However, with the Snowden leaks…
Nominee to replace Eric Holder at odds with White House panel, privacy oversight board on NSA spying
There are many big issues on the minds of senators as they consider the nomination of Loretta Lynch to serve as the next attorney general. But among the most concerning…
No, Marco Rubio, Congress shouldn’t permanently reauthorize the PATRIOT Act
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is one of the best in the upper chamber when it comes to budget and spending issues, earning high marks in 2013 and 2014 on…
There’s a Quick Fix to Protect Our Email Privacy
Today is Data Privacy Day. Many businesses are using the holiday to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our personal information online. That is all fine and well.
A State of the Union address full of stale, terrible ideas and poor leadership
President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union address to Congress last night, laying out a litany of mostly terrible policy proposals, as well as attempting to…
Paris tragedy demands more freedom, not less
It didn’t take long for the intelligence community’s best friends in Congress to invoke last week’s terrorist attack in Paris, in which 17 people were brutally killed at the offices…