cybersecurity

CD200: How to End Legal Bribes

July 14, 2019 0:00


The currently legal ability of obscenely rich people to bribe lawmakers and law enforcers is the source of many – if not all – of our political problems. In this episode, get an update on the few democracy-enhancing bills that have moved in this Congress and Jen speaks to Sam Fieldman – the National Counsel at Wolf-PAC – who explains how we can constitutionally end the role of money in politics by going around Congress.
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CD178: Election Insecurity

July 31, 2018 0:00

Since the 2016 election, our country has been questioning whether our elections are secure, fair, and accurate. In this episode, we examine the threats to our election administration, both real and overblown.

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CD120: Cybersecurity For Sale

February 28, 2016 0:00

CISA is law; all private companies have immunity for sharing data with the government for “cybersecurity”, so what happens now? In this episode, we examine the plans being discussed and implemented by Congress to secure the data stored by the U.S. Government.

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CD113: CISA is Law

December 27, 2015 0:00

Cybersecurity or surveillance? What does the language attached at the last minute to the 2,009 page omnibus government funding bill actually authorize? In this episode, we take a close look at what just became law.

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CD112: Dingle-berries on the Omnibus (2016)

December 20, 2015 0:00


Available for less than 3 days before the votes, the 2,009 page “omnibus” government funding bill was signed into law. History will not look kindly upon provisions that give private companies immunity for forwarding data to the government, make policing political contributions illegal, repeal a food labeling law, restrict international travel, and allow environmental damage. Read More

CD106: CISA and Friends

November 8, 2015 0:00

CISA – the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act – has officially passed the Senate. While Congress is busy merging CISA with two other so-called cybersecurity bills that passed the House of Representatives, in this episode, by taking an in-depth look at the contents of all three bills, we discover that these bills are not what you’re being lead to believe.

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Here’s How CISA Helps the NSA Scrape the Internet Backbone to Read Your Emails at Will

July 27, 2015 0:00

By Donny Shaw

The National Security Agency is sitting on a new surveillance apparatus, awaiting congressional action to help them begin collecting a massive amount of new data on people in the U.S. that they can view and share without a warrant. Read More

CD099: April Takes a Turn

June 27, 2015 0:00

Medicare, cybersecurity, favors for banks, mortgages, IRS bullying, a tax cut for the rich, and a couple of good ideas are highlighted from the law and bills that passed Congress in April.

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CD059: NDAA 2014

January 4, 2014 0:00


Congress and President Obama worked together to fast-track a new & unexamined NDAA into law. The new law essentially makes NSA data collection legal, cuts military pensions, and spends an enormous amount of money making sure the United States is able to destroy the entire world at a moment’s notice. Read More

CD025: What’s in CISPA?

April 24, 2013 0:00

H.R. 624: The “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act”, better known as CISPA, passed the House of Representatives and is now moving into the Senate. It’s a better bill than it was in the last Congress, but it’s still not ready to become law. Read More