Documented phenomenon
Mass surveillance stateAtlas
Government & Politics · Surveillance & privacy
Accounts of post-9/11 mass surveillance capacities documented in statute and disclosure records, and disputed claims that those systems enable near-total domestic political monitoring.
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organization
American Civil Liberties Union
organization
Brennan Center for Justice
organization
Brookings Institution
government agency
Bureau of Justice Assistance
concept
Countering Violent Extremism
organization
Data brokers
government agency
Department of Homeland Security
organization
Electronic Frontier Foundation
organization
FISA Court
concept
FISA Section 702
organization
Fusion centers
government agency
Government Accountability Office
concept
Homeland security information sharing
program
National Network of Fusion Centers
government agency
NSA
government agency
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
organization
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concept
Snowden disclosures
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