Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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For Elizabeth Warren and Allies, A Fight Over Clinton’s Hires
Warren’s coalition is developing a hit list of the types of people they’ll oppose — what one source called "hell no" appointments — in a Clinton administration.
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Net Neutrality Activists Bodyslammed, Dragged from Republican FCC Press Conference
For reminding Republicans that 85% of their party supports net neutrality, activists got bodyslammed.
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Obama Calls For "Strongest Possible Rules" to Protect Net Neutrality
Advocating a free and open Internet, the president came out against "fast lanes" for higher-paying web users, shocking the telecom industry.
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Video: Are Computer Laws Too Tough On "Hacktivists"?
“So you get 25 years in prison for forcibly entering your way into a computer, but one year in prison for forcibly entering your way into a female?” said Deric Lostutter, who exposed the rape of a girl in Steubenville, Ohio, and is now facing criminal charges.
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Taking the Fight for Electronic Privacy to the Streets
On Oct. 26, a bipartisan coalition will stage the nation's biggest domestic protest against mass surveillance as thousands march on Capitol Hill to demand the right to private communication.
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The Latest Victims of Justice Department Overreach
Andrew ‘weev’ Auernheimer was sentenced Monday to 3.5 years in prison for revealing to the media that AT&T had configured its servers to allow access to iPad owners’ unsecured email addresses.
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The Police State on Trial
"We are fighting for due process and for the first amendment," says one plaintiff battling the National Defense Authorization Act, "for a country we still believe in and for a government still legally bound by its constitution."
