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11 Jun 2012, 3:14 pm
6/11/2012 Security & Surveillance FISA and NSA Warrantless Snooping The FISA Amendments Act shouldn't be reauthorized until the government discloses how its use has impacted the privacy of people in the U.S. and the Congress imposes transparency requirements to prevent abuse, sixteen groups said in a letter to Congress today. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 12:25 pm
In the wake of the past week's revelations about the NSA's unprecedented mass surveillance of phone calls, today the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the program violates Americans' constitutional rights of free speech, association, and privacy. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 11:23 am
Since that provision doesn't provide the NSA with a way to order companies such as Google or AT&T to help, House Republicans argue the bill effectively requires the NSA to get court orders to wiretap anyone when the NSA wants to collect that info from switches and communication companies inside the United States. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 12:39 pm
Photo: house.gov You'd think by this point House Democrats would be a little leery when the Bush administration comes up a new threat that it says can only be combated by a secret, warrantless NSA surveillance program requiring assistance from the private sector. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 4:20 pm
The government has never confirmed or denied the existence of the program, but is trying to win legal immunity for telecoms being sued for their alleged participation in the call records program and the government's warrantless wiretapping of Americans. [read post]
27 Jul 2007, 7:29 am
"FBI Director Robert Mueller has contradicted the sworn testimony of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, telling Congress that a prominent warrantless surveillance program was the subject of a dramatic legal debate within the Bush administration, reports the Washington Post. [read post]
1 May 2019, 8:51 am
NSA (concerning a would-be class action challenging warrantless surveillance) An update on the question of whether Section 215 will be renewed in whole or in part The latest ODNI statistics on the use of surveillance authorities (with an emphasis on “unmasking”) A wave of recent DOJ prosecution developments involving China and espionage, counterterrorism, and other matters Oh, yes, there also apparently was an episode of Game of Thrones the other… [read post]
3 Jun 2019, 1:30 pm
But Wikimedia is plainly subject to warrantless surveillance. [read post]
2 Jul 2014, 2:20 pm
The government has defended its warrantless surveillance under the FAA by arguing that its surveillance targets only foreigners overseas. [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 3:15 pm
But the description of the NSA's IG suggests that, at least initially, the president authorized far broader surveillance, encompassing all communications between the United States and Afghanistan. [read post]
28 Apr 2017, 11:14 am
The agency brought the matter to the court’s attention, resulting in a delay in reauthorizing the broader warrantless surveillance program until the agency proposed ceasing this collection practice. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 9:51 am
Photo: David Shapinsky See Also: Appeals Court Tosses Anti-NSA Spying Suit Momentous NSA Injunction: Experts' First Impressions Judge Halts NSA Snooping NSA Judge: 'I feel like I'm in Alice and Wonderland' US Warrantless Spying Program Targeted Americans, Which Violates ... [read post]
25 May 2007, 8:03 am
For its part, the Bush administration has responded with a full-fledged public relations campaign to convince the public that warrantless surveillance is okay. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 10:37 am
The news launched a national debate about whether the adminsitration had exceeded its authority in authorizing the NSA to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 6:14 am
For example: “NSA does dragnet surveillance and captures the records of all phone calls. [read post]
27 Oct 2017, 12:45 pm
Those protections were significantly undermined by the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, which created Section 702 to retroactively authorize and expand a Bush-era warrantless wiretapping program conducted by the NSA. [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 4:27 am
If the former, it's possible the interception was part of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program â€â [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 8:13 am
Section 702 was designed to grant the government the authority to conduct warrantless surveillance (which has its own problems) of international communications, including communications involving U.S. persons, so long as the target is a non-U.S. person overseas. [read post]
13 May 2015, 2:29 pm
That’s because Representatives Ted Poe, Thomas Massie, and Zoe Lofgren have introduced the bipartisan End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act (H.R. 2233). [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 4:49 pm
While campaigning, Obama had picked up on the warrantless wiretapping as a civil liberties talking point, but he’d also voted in the Senate to legalize the program and to grant retroactive legal immunity to the telecom companies that cooperated in the surveillance. [read post]
