Anonymous senior officials claim that not renewing three sections of the Patriot Act is “playing national security Russian Roulette” in a time of unspecified “mounting terrorism threats.” Vigilant citizens take to Twitter to illustrate the consequences.

The presidential advisory board on privacy that recommended a slew of domestic surveillance reforms in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations reported today that many of its suggestions have been agreed to “in principle” by the Obama administration, but in practice, very little has changed. Most notably, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board […]