Spying Too Secret for the Courts
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AT&T and the government tell an appeals court that the case against the telecom for allegedly helping the government spy on Americans is too secret for any court, despite the Administration's admission it did spy on Americans without warrants.
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'Legislative equivalent of breaking and entering' The obsessive secrecy provided by the Patriot Act for certain domestic surveillance activities suffered a severe blow yesterday, as a federal judge struck down provisions of the Act that provided for expansive and secretive use of so-called "National Security Letters" (NSL) to obtain phone and email records.â¦
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But you can trust me The judge who used to sit in charge of the American star chamber secret court issuing surveillance warrants says that his organisation should not have been sidestepped by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11.â¦
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The federal judge handling lawsuits against the nation's telecoms rules the companies have to answer spying allegations. But the real point is to force the feds to show their cards. In 27B Stroke 6.
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The United States government, not   any court, is the best judge of whether to keep programs such   as its controversial effort to eavesdrop on citizens a secret,   an assistant attorney general said on Wednesday.
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A divided U.S. appeals court strikes down a lower court's ruling that a federal government wiretapping program is illegal.
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A federal judge in New York struck down one of the Bush administration&#39;s new surveillance powers yesterday, ruling that a USA Patriot Act provision
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Decision is latest setback to efforts to force disclosure of warrantless wiretapping details.
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Even opponents of President Bush's surveillance program have to be dismayed by Judge Taylor's thin legal reasoning
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The case has pulled back the curtain on elite Washington and the inner workings of a White House known for secrecy.
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Though communications protections exist, the law is fuzzy regarding internet and e-mail activity. Watch out for the legalization of digital mind readers tracing internet users' thoughts and interests, and trampling privacy rights in the process.
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A provision of the Patriot Act that requires people who are formally contacted by the FBI for information to keep it a secret is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
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A US court strikes down parts of the Patriot Act allowing the FBI to secretly access internet records.
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The Sixth Circuit courts of appeals has ruled that a controversial NSA domestic surveillance program ruled illegal by a Michigan judge can continue while the various appeals underway make their way through the system.
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In a strange anomaly to American securities laws, it is not clear that someone who illegally obtained insider information has broken the law by trading on that information.
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The government can continue to listen in on phone calls and e-mails overseas until its appeal of a federal judge's ruling outlawing the eavesdropping program is decided, the U.S. Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled on Wednesday.
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Investigators must have a court's approval before they can order internet providers to turn over records without telling customers, according to U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero. The recently rewritten Patriot Act "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers," the judge rules.