How Junk Arson Science Convicted a Mother of Killing Her Own Daughters
After 16 years of fighting, Angela Garcia took a plea deal in the arson death of her children. Did prosecutors know their case was fatally flawed?
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Microsoft Says U.S. Is Abusing Secret Warrants
Microsoft is suing the government for the right to tell customers when law enforcement is reading their email.
Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga
A former assistant inspector general at the Pentagon who was responsible for protecting whistleblowers became one himself when the process failed.
FBI Told Cops to Recreate Evidence From Secret Cell-Phone Trackers
Feds tell locals that they need to find other ways "to corroborate information concerning the location of the target obtained through the use of this equipment” if they want to introduce it at trial.
In Bungled Spying Operation, NSA Targeted Pro-Democracy Campaigner
How a middle-aged pro-democracy activist was falsely accused of terrorism and placed on a top-secret NSA surveillance list.
Senate Kicks Off Debate Over Reauthorizing Controversial NSA Programs
PRISM and Upstream are aimed at "foreign targets" but scoop up a potentially vast number of communications involving innocent Americans.
Law School Sells Naming Rights to Secretive Antonin Scalia Fan
An anonymous $20 million gift to George Mason University was conditioned upon naming its law school after Scalia, truly honoring the late justice’s legacy of allowing corporations and the wealthy to buy influence under a shroud of secrecy.
FBI Mass Child-Porn Hack Ruled Illegal on a Technicality
The decision was based on jurisdictional rules the government hopes the Supreme Court will change within the next few weeks.
NSA and CIA Double Their Warrantless Searches on Americans in Two Years
The searches for terms “concerning a known U.S. person” were conducted on a massive NSA database ostensibly collected for foreign intelligence purposes.
CIA’s Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA
A company with an innovative line of cosmetic products caught the attention of Oprah’s lifestyle magazine and beauty bloggers. Now the CIA is involved, too.