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5 Jul 2007, 11:48 am
This puts the burden squarely back on Congress to get the full story about the government's surveillance programs and ensure that the President is not left to operate outside the system of checks and balances. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 5:23 am
. “A bill that would restrict U.S. exports of technology that can be used by repressive regimes to censor the Internet or conduct surveillance on users will be introduced in the House soon. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 8:05 pm
Lest you think there's nothing at stake when people decide how much leeway to give the government to search, question and monitor, here's Digby, Mission Creeps — The New Surveillance State, with pointers to two articles which when read together give you a good idea of the rather discouraging state of play: Glenn Greenwald, The Obama administration's war on privacy and a little case study, Daniel Rubin, An infuriating search at Philadelphia International… [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 12:45 am
Here's the abstract: One of the most useful tools available to the government to learn about terrorist plans before they mature has been the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance [read post]
19 Jul 2008, 5:09 am
[JURIST] The Malawi [government website; BBC country profile] state security organization has put under surveillance the three-judge panel determining whether former President Bakili Muluzi [BBC profile] is eligible to run for another term as president, according to a Friday report by the Nyasa Times. [read post]
4 Jul 2015, 12:20 pm
The proposed deal would impose a decade of restrictions on the Iranian government and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) [official website] in exchange for the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia lifting imposed sanctions. [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 9:09 pm
Obama finds much of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance collection of “telephony metadata” […] [read post]
23 May 2017, 3:13 pm
— A challenge to the government’s practice of collecting certain internet communications can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. [read post]
10 Feb 2006, 7:12 am
Instead of immediately repealing it, however, he gave the government six months to replace it, declaring that having no law regarding covert [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 2:42 pm
Chris Smith (R., N.J.), said the proposed legislation is in response to reports that some governments have used American products to crack down on dissidents. [read post]
7 Feb 2003, 8:20 pm
[JURIST] The Center for Public Integrity released Friday a hitherto-confidential Department of Justice analysis of a potential Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 [PDF text] which would significantly extend domestic intelligence, surveillance and law enforcement prerogatives granted to the government by the USA Patriot Act of 2001 while limiting public disclosure and judicial review. [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 7:11 am
[JURIST] The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] will not investigate allegations made last year that several large telephone companies handed over customer phone records to the government as part of the domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA), according to a letter [PDF text; press release] from FCC Chairman [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 8:41 am
EFF argued that the government should not be able block the suits under claims of state secrets. [read post]
8 Sep 2008, 5:05 pm
The issue was examined in a new paper, "The Rise and Fall of Invasive ISP Surveillance", by Paul Ohm, a former Justice Department official who now is a professor of law at the University of Colorado.Read the article: The New York Times [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 3:05 pm
Mike German, Policy Counsel for National Security at our Washington Legislative Office and a 16-year veteran of the FBI, will be on CBS's Early Show tomorrow morning to talk about the federal government's surveillance of Americans' financial transactions. [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 9:13 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] is expected to decide this week if a bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news archive] will grant immunity from prosecution to telecommunications companies [JURIST report] that assisted in government eavesdropping between 2001 and 2007. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 1:11 pm
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [official website] on Tuesday brought a lawsuit [press release] asking a federal appeals court to review a National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] phone data surveillance program. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 1:31 pm
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion [PDF text; press release] Wednesday with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court [official backgrounder] asking the court to "disclose recent legal opinions discussing the scope of the government's authority to engage in secret wiretapping of Americans. [read post]
21 Aug 2009, 3:06 am
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Thursday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] challenging amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news archive] that expand government power to eavesdrop on overseas conversations. [read post]
12 Apr 2005, 7:19 am
[JURIST] The federal government has unsealed the indictment [text] of three men charged with plotting an attack on several financial institutions in the US. [read post]
