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8 Apr 2008, 12:13 pm
—an assertion that could be a precursor to the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 2:57 am
Also, Pam Hess and Lara Lakes Jordan of the AP are onto the connection between the "Fourth Amendment" footnote in this memo and the NSA's warrantless surveillance program.Oh, and in the meantime, on the very day that the Yoo memo was released, we have the tantalizing Vanity Fair excerpts from Philippe Sands's new book -- the prequel to the Yoo memo, which takes the Pentagon story more or less right up to the point where the Yoo memo resolves the… [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]
1 Apr 2008, 5:19 pm
NSA Domestic Surveillance Began 7 Months Before 9/11, Convicted ... [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 11:54 am
Lichtblau won a Pulitzer Prize, along with James Risen, for breaking the NSA warrantless wiretapping story — the story that sparked this entire debate on domestic spying. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 10:56 am
On December 16 2005, the New York Times revealed the existence of the President's secret, warrantless wiretapping program, setting in motion an ongoing stream of revelations about more secret domestic surveillance and acrimonious political debates over whether to give amnesty to corporations that aided the program. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 2:27 pm
For example, because of the government’s blithe and repeated invocation of the state secrets privilege to cover up egregious and systematic misconduct like the NSA warrantless wiretapping or the kidnapping and torture of foreign citizens, we've repeatedly had the courthouse doors slammed shut in our faces when we've tried to challenge the government's surveillance and rendition practices. [read post]
14 Mar 2008, 11:27 am
Democrats continued their defiance of President Bush on Friday over his secret wiretapping program, passing a spying bill that calls for a commission to investigate the program, and refusing to give amnesty to telecoms that collaborated with the warrantless surveillance. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 1:31 pm
"Secret sessions should not be used as a cynical, delaying tactic to block the House from voting on critical legislation that would strengthen our intelligence collection efforts and protect the American people from warrantless surveillance. [read post]
12 Mar 2008, 3:28 pm
That bill proposed to limit what the NSA could do in blanket surveillance using telecom facilities inside the United States by essentially requiring the spies to know who was on all ends of the communication before moving forward with warrantless wiretapping. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 12:51 pm
The NSA is engaged in a widespread mining of so-called transactional data -- domestic telephone records, credit card purchases, travel data, international financial data, internet searches, subject lines and headers of emails -- pulling in immense data about Americans and foreigners, which it then uses to find particular targets -- or even, according to Gorman -- to decide what cities to target for blanket surveillance. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 12:04 pm
" Image: FBI.gov See Also: Qwest CEO Not Alone in Alleging NSA Started Domestic Phone Record ... [read post]
26 Feb 2008, 3:48 pm
So the court judges not only reversed a significant win for the administration; they also took the opportunity to radically throttle the NSA by rewriting the nation's surveillance laws to allow the court to have oversight over surveillance conducted outside the United States. [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 2:54 pm
Bush Monday reiterated his support [transcript] for a surveillance bill that grants immunity for telecommunications companies [JURIST report] from lawsuits related to their participation in the NSA warrantless surveillance program [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 2:39 pm
The real hang-up is whether the telecom industry can be held liable for past cooperation in the government's warrantless surveillance -- the very thing FISA was enacted to combat. [read post]
21 Feb 2008, 4:18 pm
The NSA remains free to spy outside the United States as it sees fit, regardless of whether communications flow into U.S. switches or involve an American. [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 9:52 am
" See Also: House Democrats Stand Up To Bush, Refuse to Rubber Stamp Domestic Spying Gov Seeks Spy Suit Dismissal - Says It Now Gets Warrants Judge Halts NSA Snooping U.S. 9th Circuit Deals Setback to NSA Surveillance Victim ACLU Asks Supremes to Let Anti-NSA Spying Case Continue Appeals Court Tosses Anti-NSA Spying Suit Analysis: Spy Ruling Portends Hurdles for AT&T Eavesdropping Case Photo: Scott Robinson [read post]
19 Feb 2008, 8:00 am
According to the plaintiffs, the NSA’s operation of the TSP — and the possibility of warrantless surveillance — subjects them to conditions that constitute an irreparable harm. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 12:11 pm
The House Democratic leadership opposes immunity, and its bill also puts sharper limits on warrantless surveillance conducted inside the United States and specifically refutes the President's argument that he has power to order extra-judicial, domestic wiretaps because he's the Commander in Chief. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 5:22 pm
The House of Representatives today rejected a three-week extension of the Protect America Act - the legislation it passed in August at the request of the President to expand NSA surveillance authorities. [read post]
