Eavesdropping Law Is Likely to Lapse
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Broad spying powers temporarily approved by Congress in August appear likely to lapse this week after the White House and House Democrats produced no clear resolution.
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Bill grants legal immunity to telecommunications companies that aided government wiretapping.
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In a case of snooping parents vs. their children, a mother&#39;s eavesdropping on a telephone conversation between the woman&#39;s daughter and her daughter&#39;s boyfriend violated the children&#39;s privacy, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the White House much of the latitude it wanted and granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies that helped in the snooping after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Hearing scheduled for next week may be first step in addressing widespread complaints about new federal spying powers signed into law earlier this month.
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Congress to try for SPY ACT law by year's end.
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President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without warrants on suspected foreign terrorists.
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A recent court case dealing with key loggers installed by the feds invites the question: will security companies put the interests of their customers first?
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Snooping and secrecy can help the government catch terrorists. But they also can also let government employees sniff around your private life without your even knowing about it.
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The secret to unlocking the iPhone may be available, but the legal waters are murky, experts say.
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The U.S. government can continue to use its warrantless domestic wiretap program pending the Justice Department's appeal of a federal judge's ruling outlawing the program, a U.S. Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled on Wednesday.
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SETBACK FOR PRIVACY ADVOCATES: The Supreme Court, without comment, turned down an appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union to let it pursue a lawsuit against the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program.
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Fed up with technical excuses, FBI wants carriers to support eavesdropping capabilities for push-to-talk technology now.
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The ever-expanding number of ways to communicate has raised concerns about the spread of confidential information through unsecure devices.
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As surveillance has increased, violations of wiretap law have become a regular if little-noticed occurrence.
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Decision is latest setback to efforts to force disclosure of warrantless wiretapping details.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A group of 21 U.S. House Democrats said they would support a Senate measure that shields phone companies from privacy lawsuits for helping the government eavesdrop on suspected terrorists.