Tag Archives: NDAA

More power to the government? Ask Congress.

Posted on December 15, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The latest National Defense Authorization Act, being herded through Congress months later than it is supposed to be, has a nasty little item buried in it. It is not just a reauthorization of an expiring provision of FISA (Foreign Intelligence … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-18C: Solutions? Symbols?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton National Review has discovered something a lot of us have realized for years: the multiple generations of politically prominent families in the US is getting worse.  We’ve all known about the Kennedys and the Rockefellers and the … Continue reading →

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“Hostile to the United States” Part B: Internal countries, organizations, and individuals

Posted on December 27, 2013 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In my first segment, I discussed the 2013 NDAA and its language allowing gathering of information (spying) from external countries, organizations, and individual hostile to the United States now or in the past.  It seems to include … Continue reading →

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“Hostile to the United States” Part A: External countries, organizations, and individuals

Posted on December 25, 2013 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, as I write this, was hastily passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate so that they could go “home” for Christmas.  (It proves that those who question exactly … Continue reading →

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