ACLU Asks Washington Utilities Commission to Investigate Phone Companies and...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington today asked the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) to investigate reports that telephone companies have regularly shared consumer...
View ArticleGovernor Signs Bill Rejecting REAL ID
As part of a growing state rebellion, Gov. Christine Gregoire today signed a bill rejecting REAL ID, a new federal identification system that would create a de facto national ID card. Legislatures in...
View ArticleMcCarthy v. Barrett
Body: Anti-war activists are pursuing a lawsuit challenging Tacoma Police Department actions that violated their rights at demonstrations at the Port of Tacoma. The suit asserts police conducted...
View ArticleACLU-WA Seeks to Protect Privacy for Highway Toll Payments
The ACLU-WA is working with legislators to add privacy protections to bills that authorize tolling and set up a photo enforcement system on the Highway 520 bridge. Current design plans call for this...
View ArticleSurveiling Only With Suspicion
Body: Sponsors: Sen. Adam Kline, Rep. Sherry Appleton This legislation will protect free speech rights in the face of an enormous expansion of government surveillance of lawful political and religious...
View ArticleGovernment Surveillance Without Suspicion: Watching the Watchers
Government surveillance of political activists without any suspicion of wrongdoing is unfortunately all too familiar, but recent events and evidence show that the problem is increasingly widespread....
View ArticleChinn Case Is Just The Tip of the Surveillance Iceberg
Well, that settles it – government surveillance without suspicion is a costly endeavor. The case surrounding the wrongful arrest of Phil Chinn – the Olympia activist targeted for surveillance based on...
View Article"Top Secret America" Sheds Light on the Intelligence-Industrial Complex
This week, the Seattle Times is running a Washington Post expose on the vast American intelligence bureaucracy. Called "Top Secret America," the series delves deep into the underbelly of the...
View ArticleTSA Pat-Downs
Body: Sponsor: Rep. AppletonThese joint memorials would have sent a message from the legislature to the federal government that the Transportation Safety Administration’s new enhanced pat-down...
View ArticleDomestic Surveillance Programs Cast Wide Net
A wide range of federal and local agencies are currently engaged in domestic surveillance programs. Here is a sampling of a few that are publicly known:The Northwest Law Enforcement Information...
View ArticleWhy the NSA’s gathering of metadata matters
Government power that operates unchecked behind closed doors is inevitably abused. The recent disclosures about the secret NSA surveillance programs prove this maxim.The news gives the public a...
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