Scandals at NSA and IRS Are Equally Alarming | Cato Institute

Scandals at NSA and IRS Are Equally Alarming | Cato Institute: "Project SHAMROCK, the NSA program that collected the content of virtually all cable traffic entering or leaving the United States from 1945 to 1975, and which “at its height would collect 150,000 messages a month, illegally.”

Using SHAMROCK, the NSA “acted as an information broker to the FBI and CIA” — which the agency referred to as its “customers.” Watchlists of potential subversives “eventually became blanket requests,” expanding to track Americans suspected of drug trafficking, as well as Vietnam War opponents, including such dangerous characters as folksinger Joan Baez and peace-activist pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock."

Pa. mom whose baby was taken away for days over poppy seed drug test settles lawsuit | Fox News

Pa. mom whose baby was taken away for days over poppy seed drug test settles lawsuit | Fox News: "Lawrence County's child welfare agency and Jameson Hospital have paid $143,500 to settle"

"Mort says a poppy seed bagel spurred a positive test for opiates in 2010. Her baby was returned five days later, after officials determined there was no evidence of drugs. Hospital policy called for giving drug tests to all obstetrics patients.

ACLU officials said Tuesday the hospital and county have implemented policy changes so newborns aren't taken from parents based only on maternal drug tests, which can be inaccurate."