FBI Agents Skip Court Orders to Spy on Cellphone Users
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FBI agents routinely avoid court order requirements to get information on cellphone subscribers, in possible violation of federal privacy laws, according to newly released FBI documents.
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The FBI underreported its use of the USA Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in suspected terrorism cases, according to a Justice Department audit
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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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House leaders acknowledged Friday that FBI agents with a court-issued warrant can legally search a congressman&#039;s office, but they said they want procedures established after agents with a court warrant took over a lawmaker&#039;s office last week.
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The FBI is conducting intelligence operations abroad without notifying colleagues at the CIA and State Department, current and former government officials say.
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Pressing a judge to stop suits against top telecoms, the government cites national security interests. Plaintiffs argue everybody knows the government spies on Americans and the suits should continue. In 27B Stroke 6.
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Two provisions of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge rules Wednesday.
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Top French government officials are ignoring warnings to ditch their cherished BlackBerrys -- smartphones with e-mail capacity -- despite warnings their messages may be intercepted by US spy agencies, a report said Tuesday.
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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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Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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The 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, an Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled on Wednesday.
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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a surveillance provision of the USA Patriot Act which requires Internet providers to supply personal information about customers to the federal government, and bars them from disclosing that they received a special
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NEW YORK - A federal judge struck down a key surveillance provision of the USA Patriot Act on Wednesday, ruling that it broadly violated the Constitution by giving federal authorities unchecked powers to obtain private information.
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One section of the Patriot Act was ruled unconstitutional yesterday by a federal judge. The section, 505, gave the FBI power to demand information from companies without a court order and bars recipients of
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Hold the phone: Warrantless surveillance of international calls and e-mails into and out of the United States can go ahead while a judge's ruling, which called the intercepts unconstitutional, works its way through the appeals process.
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Surveillance powers granted to the FBI under the Patriot Act, a cornerstone of the Bush Administration&#39;s war on terror, were ruled unconstitutional by a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to US security policies.
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Austrian authorities have arrested a man wanted by the FBI for failing to appear at his sentencing hearing in New York more than five years ago, police said Tuesday.