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17 Jul 2012, 11:41 pm by tekEditor
After the NSA claimed it would violate Americans' privacy to say how many of us it spied upon, Binney was one of three NSA whistleblowers who decided to help back the EFF's lawsuit over the government's massive domestic spying program; they intend to tell the truth about the NSA's warrantless wiretap powers. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 12:19 pm by Alex Vitrak
Lone Senator Blocks Renewal of NSA Wiretap Program [Wired – David Kravets] "The Obama administration wanted a quick, no-questions-asked-or-answered renewal of broad electronic eavesdropping powers that largely legalized the Bush administration’s illegal warrantless wiretapping program…But Sen. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 2:57 pm by David Kravets
It can begin surveillance a week before making the request, and the surveillance can continue during the appeals process if, in a rare case, the secret FISA court rejects the surveillance application. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 3:14 pm by Greg Nojeim
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]
4 Jun 2012, 12:52 am by suffolkmcls
By Sarah Nashat Recent reports indicate that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act passed the Senate and has turned up in the House for debate and deliberation. [read post]
31 May 2012, 11:25 am by David Kravets
The bill also gives the government broad powers to force companies like Google and Facebook to help the NSA keep tabs on foreigners. [read post]
25 May 2012, 12:12 pm by Rekha Arulanantham
Which court has agreed to hear our case challenging the FISA Amendments Act, which authorizes NSA warrantless wiretapping? [read post]
22 May 2012, 7:13 am by Steve Vladeck
Thus, to the extent section 1881a(a) authorizes warrantless programmatic surveillance that intercepts communications within the United States or by U.S. citizens abroad, it seems inconsistent with the Fourth Amendment in general, and the Warrant Clause, in particular. [read post]
21 May 2012, 11:39 am by David Kravets
Photo: Mark Klein The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether to halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 12:00 pm by Guest Blogger
Accordingly, private companies can send warrantless surveillance information regarding threats of copyright piracy to the government, and the government is authorized to act on them. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 3:30 am by James Bamford
Hayden, made similar claims while secretly conducting the warrantless wiretapping program. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 12:30 pm by Greg Nojeim
  This turns cyber into a new surveillance program. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 8:50 pm by Ryan Singel
NSA chief General Keith Alexander faced tough —  and funny — questions from Congress Tuesday stemming from Wired’s story on the NSA’s capabalities and warrantless wiretapping program. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 2:20 pm by Jerry Brito
The NSA’s warrantless wiretapping scandal speaks to this difference. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 12:05 pm by David Kravets
Photo: Mark Klein The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to halt a legal challenge weighing the constitutionality of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 10:14 am by Jameel Jaffer, Center for Democracy
Bush era involved the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the post-Watergate statute that was meant to rein in domestic surveillance undertaken in the name of national security. [read post]
It is absolutely critical that private industry or a civilian government agency lead these efforts — it would be wildly inappropriate for a military agency to collect information about US citizens on US soil, and given the NSA’s history of warrantless wiretapping, even leaving that possibility open should be a non-starter. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 11:32 am by Andrew Dat
  The madness started way back in 2008 when Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [read post]