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16 Jul 2013, 6:13 pm by lennyesq
NSA Sued by Churches, Gun and Digital Rights Groups Over Phone Surveillance NSA Sued by Churches, Gun and Digital Rights Groups Over Phone Surveillance by FindLaw   View this document on Scribd Related articles Church Leaders, Gun Groups Sue NSA Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Phone Surveillance (ip-watch.org) EFF, Unitarian Church, gun groups suing NSA over illegal surveillance(dailydot.com) US… [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 11:02 am by Techdirt
Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, James Robertson, NSA, Privacy, Surveillance, Wiretapping     [read post]
9 Jul 2013, 3:15 pm by Julian Sanchez
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]
7 Jul 2013, 5:12 am by Timothy P. Flynn
 The Bush Administration based its warrantless wiretapping practice on FISA; the Obama Administration, to the surprise of many of its supporters, has not only continued the program, but expanded the scope of electronic surveillance to apparently everyone in America.The Edward Snowden case has shined a light on the 11-member FISA Court. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 7:19 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
That's right, the procedures allow the NSA to presume that prospective targets are foreigners outside the United States absent specific information to the contrary—and to presume therefore that those individuals are fair game for warrantless surveillance. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 12:57 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
In order to defend the massive NSA surveillance program, the government revealed that criminal defendants had no opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of which law? [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 12:10 pm by Jennifer Granick
This morning's NY Times op-ed argued that the NSA's warrantless electronic spying programs are illegal. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 11:47 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Steve King (R-Iowa), who voted in favor of the Patriot Act and warrantless wiretapping, calls the surveillance "more than creepy" and "beyond the imagination of George Orwell." [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 12:51 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Without it, we may never get a definitive ruling on whether the NSA's mass surveillance of our internet and telephone communications complies with the Constitution. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 12:51 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Without it, we may never get a definitive ruling on whether the NSA's mass surveillance of our internet and telephone communications complies with the Constitution. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 11:05 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
In fact, the FBI found out about the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program almost from its inception. [read post]
18 Jun 2013, 9:45 am by Kit Walsh
Say I'm the NSA and I want to legally justify a court order giving me access to private emails of Occupy activists (so I can join in the FBI and DHS surveillance of peaceful protesters, for example). [read post]
16 Jun 2013, 5:16 pm by Jeralyn
Dick Cheney came out of the woodwork today to defend warrantless NSA surveillance. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 9:16 am by Brian Pascal
On Thursday, both the Washington Post and the Guardian revealed a slide presentation describing an NSA program called PRISM that appears to be a data-mining tool for information gathered from such companies as Google, Apple, and Microsoft under the current Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act infrastructure. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 7:19 am by Joe Consumer
(VZ) customers and turn them over to the NSA. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 12:25 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
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]
8 Jun 2013, 11:20 am by Betsy McKenzie
Bush’s secret program of warrantless domestic surveillance in 2007, after news media disclosures, lawsuits and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court forced the president to look for new authority.Congress obliged with the Protect America Act in 2007 and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008,  which immunized private companies that cooperated voluntarily with U.S. intelligence collection. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 10:21 am by The Book Review Editor
As explained in chapter thirty one, Title III provides that the fruits of an electronic surveillance can be used in a prosecution only if the defendant is first given copies of the government’s application and the court order approving the surveillance. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 10:42 am by Benjamin Wittes
  NSA’s signals intelligence activities are largely conducted under Executive Order 12333 (“United States Intelligence Activities”) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”)—both of which have been amended over the years. [read post]