Author name: Mike Maharrey

Mike Maharrey is the national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center and an accomplished author with a background in journalism and constitutional education. Mike has written four books on constitutional theory and history and is a frequent speaker and media commentator on topics of liberty and decentralization.

Heading Toward an Abyss: Sen. Church Warned About Surveillance in 1975 (Video)

We can’t say nobody ever warned us. In 1975, Sen. Frank Church issued a poignant warning about the surveillance state on NBC Meet the Press, saying it created the potential for “total tyranny.” If this government ever became a tyranny, if a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence […]

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No Expectation of Privacy?

A lot of people just parrot things they hear without really thinking about it. If they did carefully consider what they were saying, they probably wouldn’t say it. This is particularly true when it comes to mass, warrantless surveillance. The Lexington Police Department covertly uses two cameras that can be hidden in streetlights and one

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Nothing to Hide?

“I don’t care about surveillance cameras. I don’t have anything to hide.” This is the most common refrain I hear when talking to people about government surveillance. I understand the sentiment, but I have since come to believe it’s actually self-deception. It’s a trite saying that sounds reasonable, but nobody really means it. Ask yourself

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