Sharp Exchanges Over Surveillance Law
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President Bush and House Democrats traded angry words over whether to grant immunity to telecommunications companies provided private data without warrants after 9/11.
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Two bills take different approaches toward the tricky concept of how to regulate what happens if a company has a data leak.
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As surveillance has increased, violations of wiretap law have become a regular if little-noticed occurrence.
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Intelligence agencies came under sharp attack today from lawmakers, as did Congress, where a bill to put in place recommendations from the Sept.
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Many lawmakers are uneasy about creating a powerful intelligence director.
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Why surveillance is rampant in the UK and who is watching what you do
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Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales testified yesterday that top congressional leaders from both parties agreed in March 2004 to continue a classified surveillance activity that Justice Department officials had deemed illegal, a contention immediately disputed by key Democratic lawmakers.
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The Bush administration, facing withering criticism over its temporary foreign intelligence wiretap law, has launched a campaign to assure Democratic lawmakers that the law will not result in domestic surveillance without a court order, and at the same time it has indicated that it is willing to ...
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Attorneys for telecommunications companies from around the nation converge to answer 48 separate lawsuits charging collusion with illegal government surveillance. Ryan Singel reports from San Francisco.
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At a hearing next week, a panel plans to ask Homeland Security officials to explain how a move to expand use of powerful surveillance tools will jibe with Americans' privacy rights.
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A media sting operation gone awry revives a debate on media regulation
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The U.S. Congress has granted a temporary 15-day extension to a controversial law that allows the government to conduct telephone surveillance on suspected terrorists without first obtaining a court warrant.
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A U.S. House panel is looking into the "far-reaching privacy and competition issues" surrounding the deal.
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A congressional inquiry into online data brokers has raised concerns that federal and local law enforcement may be skirting privacy laws to obtain calling records
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A row over the secret bugging of a British lawmaker widened Tuesday with a police officer alleging he was pressured by top Scotland Yard bosses to eavesdrop on talks between the legislator and a U.S. terror suspect.
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Concern over Chinaâs use of surveillance technology, prompts new rules for U.S. exports.
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Under questioning, the White House's new privacy oversight board admits its knows how many Americans were targeted by a controversial surveillance program.  But it won't share the data and won't say if it recommends the data be shared. In 27B Stroke 6.