FISA

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2018
The US Global surveillance bill has been signed by President Trump

US Government missed a historic opportunity to reform a dangerous surveillance law that opens to a global surveillance, instead it has signed a version that makes it worse. The U.S. legal framework related to the domestic surveillance has been signed by President Trump one day after the Senate approved it with 65 votes against 34. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2017
Microsoft biannual transparency report – US foreign intelligence surveillance requests more than doubled

Microsoft published the biannual transparency report – The number of US foreign intelligence surveillance requests more than doubled. Microsoft shared data included in the biannual transparency report, the IT giant received more than double what the company said it received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the preceding six months. Microsoft Corp announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2016
2015 intelligence transparency report, the surveillance is still nosey

According to 2015 intelligence transparency report, the searches of US citizens made by the NSA and CIA intelligence agencies have almost doubled since 2013 If you believe that the Snowden‘s revelations have stopped or limited the surveillance activities you are obviously wrong. The diffusion of the technology and the increasing threats of espionage and terrorism is […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2016
FISA Court approved each and every request made by the government in 2015

According to a Justice Department memo, the FISA ACT Court approved each and every request made by the government in 2015. According to a Justice Department memo, the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court approved each and every request made by the government in 2015. All of the 1,457 requests made last year […]