Juan Cole | Comey Did It to Himself and Us, by Gutting Privacy, Encryption, and 4th Amendment

17 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE NEED RSN! I'm 73 and still working because I can't afford to retire. I just donated $30 and I urge everyone to squeeze something out of their wallets to pitch in! We need RSN! / Joelle, RSN Reader, Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Juan Cole | Comey Did It to Himself and Us, by Gutting Privacy, Encryption, and 4th Amendment  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "Comey has been a central figure in the gutting of the fourth amendment of the Constitution and in attempts to make sure the FBI and the rest of the US government can break your encryption and spy on you illegally." READ MORE Chelsea Manning. (photo: ABC News) Chelsea Manning on Trump's Mission Accomplished Tweet: "I Believe I Have Heard Those Words Before" Democracy Now! Excerpt: "In his tweet on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump wrote, 'A perfectly executed strike last night.'" READ MORE Sean Hannity. (photo: Mike Segar/Reuters) Fox's Hannity Revealed as Mystery Client of Trump's Personal Lawyer Brendan Pierson, Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer was forced on Monday to reveal in a New York federal court that Fox News personality Sean Hannity, one of Trump's most ardent defenders, was also on his client list." READ MORE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an arrest. (photo: Soluciones Magazine) No Sanctuary: Who Polices the Immigration Police? Deborah Sontag and Dale Russakoff, ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer Excerpt: "ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer found numerous cases in which ICE agents and police officers allegedly engaged in racial profiling, conducted warrantless searches, detained people without probable cause, fabricated evidence, and, in this one extreme instance, solicited a bribe." READ MORE Sig Sauer rifles on display. (photo: John Sommers II/Reuters) Tax Guns Instead of Arming Teachers, California Lawmaker Proposes Alexei Koseff, The Sacramento Bee Koseff writes: "The money would also pay for a counselor at every middle school, whose primary responsibility would be to detect and report potential threats of violence." READ MORE Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock) Neo-Nazi 'Tyrone' Exposed as US Marine Paul Abowd, Al Jazeera Abowd writes: "Just weeks before a white supremacist rally turned deadly last August after a neo-Nazi allegedly drove his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, several of the rally's organisers discussed ways to use cars as weapons in an online chatroom." READ MORE Rick Scott. (photo: NY Post) Kids Are Suing Florida Governor Rick Scott Over Climate Change Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress Geiling writes: "A group of eight kids filed a lawsuit on Monday in Florida against Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) in an attempt to force the notoriously climate-averse politician to take action on climate change." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation