New revelations about the National Security Agency show that while it has been long established internet and telecoms companies like Google and Verizon had helped the U.S.government to violate the constitutional rights of hundreds of millions of Americans, no company seems to have aided domestic spying more than AT&T.
Civil liberties advocates around the country celebrated after New Mexico passed a law that banned the police from taking the property of people who have not been convicted of any crime, a practice known as civil asset forfeiture.
Eric Holder and the Department of Justice have issued new guidelines to federal law enforcement agencies that will stop them from using assets seized by local and state governments through civil asset forfeiture.
The Intercept has obtained the handbook that was created by the United States government as a guide for how and when to put someone on a terrorist watch list.
Government prosecutor's routinely read the emails that prisoners send to their lawyers, violating attorney-client confidentiality and possibly the Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.
The Newark Police Department has been told it must come under the supervision of an independent monitor after a three-year investigation into the department's practices found a wide range of constitutional abuses.
