Bushies push NSA wiretap extravaganza
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Freedom's just another word for nothing left to hide Comment True freedom is protecting Americans by letting the NSA monitor their email and phone calls by the millions without a warrant, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales explained to Air Force Academy cadets in a speech last week.â¦
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Congress to lick Bush at last? The battle over domestic electronic surveillance returned to prominence last week with fresh hearings in Congress and the usual Cheney administration demagoguery. In a clear attempt to shape the debate, on Wednesday the President took to the bully pulpit at NSA headquarters in Fort Meade to demand that Congress stop pussy-footing around and make the six month FISA statute passed in August permanent. Chop, chop.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - A U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping program can continue while President George Bush's administration appeals a ruling by a Michigan judge who said the program was illegal. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in an order released Wednesday, said the Bush administration successfully argued that the program would be irreparably harmed if it were shut down pending the government's appeal of the earlier ruling. On Aug. 17,Â Judge Anna Diggs Taylor of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that the program, used to wiretap telephone and Internet traffic without court-issued warrants, was illegal and should be halted immediately. The NSA program has allegedly listened in on U.S. residents' conversations with people who have suspected terrorism links. Several lawsuits have targeted the NSA program. In addition to the Michigan lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and others, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other groups have brought lawsuits being heardÂ in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. A judge thereÂ has ruled against the U.S. government and AT&T Inc., which had requested the EFF case be thrown out. In the Michigan appeal, a three-judge panel issued a two-page ruling Wednesday, saying simply the Bush administration's arguments had met the standard for a stay of Taylor's ruling. Among the panel's considerations were the likelihood the Bush administration could win on appeal, whether the program and the U.S. government would be irreparably harmed, and the public interest, the judges wrote.
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At first glance, it might seem like the simple extension of a standard tool in the fight against the bad guys. But in fact, wiretapping Internet phones to monitor criminals and terrorists is
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ACLU complains of a Catch-22 The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program.â¦
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The tone has changed in e-mails this Vermont town has been receiving on its proposal to issue warrants for the arrests of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Now, more people are supporting the resolution.
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As the Senate contemplates whether to grant immunity to companies that helped the government with its secret eavesdropping programs, Wired is asking readers to call key senators to see where they stand on spying immunity.
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Federal agents continue to eavesdrop on Americans' electronic communications without warrants a year after President Bush confirmed the practice, and experts say a new Congress' efforts to limit the program could trigger a constitutional showdown.
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A security organization has suggested police use key-logging software to track communications between terrorists.
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A US Senate Committee slapped subpoenas on the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney&#39;s office over a warrantless wiretap program Wednesday, spiking tensions in a constitutional showdown.
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A bill authorizing the president's warrantless wiretapping program stalls in committee. Supporters charge election-year obstructionism, but opponents want tougher oversight on the executive branch.
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A government lawyer used a dramatic scenario of a nuclear attack on Washington to illustrate his arguments Tuesday in defense of President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program.
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The case of two men convicted of supporting terrorism has become central in the effort to challenge the domestic eavesdropping program.
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Fuel to the fire Fresh evidence has emerged that the US government's warrantless wiretapping program predates the 9/11 terrorist attacks.â¦
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Blog: Angered by "stonewalling" over the once-secret NSA spy program, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy issues court orders to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other administration officials. But will he get what he wants?
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i-Spy Surveillance cameras outfitted with internet technology are open to tampering and interception, security experts warn.â¦
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Take a peek inside DCSNet, the FBI's nationwide eavesdropping network. It's far more intricately woven into the nation's telecom infrastructure than observers suspected. And it's growing.