A bit earlier than usual

New York Times: Surveillance and privacy debate reaches pivotal moment in Congress

Fox News: How Rand Paul plans to overhaul FISA surveillance program

CATO: House FISA reform battle enters final stage

Washington Times: Keeping surveillance in line with the Constitution

Popular Mechanics: The total death of privacy

National Interest: The super sneaky way the US army is getting an almost new tank

Massive: Simulating evolution helped scientists design a better virus

PopSci: The Pentagon’s new drone swarm heralds a future of autonomous war machines

Reason: Amash, Paul, and others trying to stop Congress from expanding domestic surveillance

Forbes: How China built a tech empire and then turned it against its citizens

VICE: Apple is giving all Chinese iCloud data to a state-owned company

Techdirt: CBP warrantless device searches continue to increase and new DHS guidance isn’t going to bring that number down

Reason: Seattle’s minimum wage killed Subway’s five-dollar footlong

Washington Post: A quick history of cannabis hysteria in California

WIRED: When wi-fi won’t work, let sound carry your data

FEE: Bitcoin cynics are on the wrong side of history

Scientific American: Are alien civilizations technologically advanced?

The Intercept: NSA surveillance bill would legalize loophole that lets FBI spy on Americans without warrant

Washington Post: FBI chief calls encryption a ‘major public safety issue’

The Hill: Delaying surveillance reform could undermine the economy

Biometric Update: Snowden blames Aadhaar for destroying privacy of Indians

Law.com: Justices struggle with privacy rights in police searches of rental cars

Stars and Stripes: Trump restricts ‘unmasking’ of citizens caught in surveillance

WIRED: How the government hides secret surveillance programs

And Reason: Federal agencies may be regularly hiding surveillance methods in criminal cases

Biometric Update: UK planning to consolidate databases, consider expanding Surveillance Camera Code application

Techdirt: Former NSA contractor pleads guilty to taking his national defense work home with him

FEE: An ex-cop talks about police