surveillance tactics

As of now, much of the criticism surrounding the NSA's renewal of its mass surveillance act — the same alarming program that Edward Snowden brought ... The issue here is not that the United States is implementing laws to help protect its citizens — it's that the continued secrecy surrounding its tactics, and ...

The attack also reshaped British spy agencies' tactics and led to a more aggressive use of electronic surveillance – details of which are revealed for the first time in classified documents published today by The Intercept. The documents – from the National Security Agency and its British counterpart ...

That event, which followed similar unrest in neighboring Chinese-ruled Tibet in 2008, was the sign of a new phase in the Chinese state's quest to control its restive outer regions. The 2009 shutdown was the first large-scale sign of a shift in tactics: the use of technology to control information. "Xinjiang has ...

In the aftermath of the renewal of a major U.S. surveillance law last month, anyone concerned about civil rights should be taking stock of both the government's extensive surveillance powers and an ugly and disturbing tactic surveillance hawks used in achieving their victory. Congress reauthorized the law, ...

Those with deep pockets can go to great lengths to push back against journalism they find objectionable. Billionaire Peter Thiel deployed a team of lawyers in a move that bankrupted the news site Gawker in 2016--and last month President Donald Trump's lawyers tried to block the publication of an ...

The New York Police Department overstepped its reach when it used a Cold War-era legal tactic to conceal information about whether it put two Muslim men under surveillance, a lawyer representing the men argued Tuesday before New York's highest court. Omar Mohammedi told the seven-member Court ...

New York's highest court will consider on Tuesday whether the New York Police Department can use a Cold War-era legal tactic to conceal information about whether it put Muslims under surveillance. The Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the cases of two Muslims who say the NYPD overstepped its ...

Even though the United States is clearly still struggling at the strategic level in its fight against terrorists and insurgents, it is supremely confident in its ability to defeat these groups in combat at the tactical level, due in no small part to technological advantages such as total air superiority, remote surveillance, ...

The NCAA started their look into Wade's recruiting tactics shortly after he was hired back in March of 2017, with the NCAA reportedly traveling around the country to inquire on the coach's recruiting strategies. According to the report, "the investigation appears to be in its exploratory and information-gathering ...