02/02/18 Overnight links

Washington Post: Nunes memo centers on a 40-year old law written to prevent surveillance abuses

Politico: FBI memo fight puts fresh spotlight on controversial surveillance law

Washington Times: Trump likely to release memo by Friday, White House says

American Spectator: From publishing the Pentagon Papers to suppressing the Nunes memo, what happened to the media’s love of releasing government secrets?

Reason: FBI’s unsavory history casts shadow over debate about political meddling

EFF: How Congress’s extension of 702 may expand NSA’s warrantless surveillance authority

Reason: This boring British Cops clone may show the future of mass surveillance

MyStatesman: Facial recognition scanners to be tested soon at Texas-Mexico border

Nation: The US has bases in 80 countries. All of them must close.

The Week: Retreat, America.

Boston Herald: Scandal-ridden FBI must be abolished

Nautilus: Does aging have a reset button? Well, yes.  Crocodiles are biologically immortal, as well as other animals.  Why not humans?

Author: S. Smith