The Guardian uncovered a secret FISA court order commanding Verizon to turn over call metadeta for ALL calls on a daily basis. This includes identifying information about all phone calls, including calls which are purely domestic- everything down to local calls ( Read more... )

Much as I hate to distract you from the ongoing LJ drama, here's some news that's significantly more important.

Congress has just, with barely a whimper of protest from the supposed majority, enacted revisions to FISA that allow for virtually unfettered warrantless spying by the executive branch, including spying on American citizens. If you'd ( Read more... )