The Immunity Deal

"Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a breakthrough compromise yesterday on a bill that would dramatically revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Most significantly, the draft legislation...

NSA & Spy Free VOIP Soon Available

With paranoid uncontrolled Western governments willfully spying on their own citizens in violation of their constitutional rights, it is timely that companies like GNU will soon be deploying free, easily accessible...

Jail the Journalists!

That seems to be the DOJ position. Where is the NYTimes on this?  Why aren't they writing more about it?"Ever since the President's illegal warrantless eavesdropping program was revealed by the New York Times'...

Challenges Brew Over 'State Secrets'

No matter the opinion on the subject, I think it is important for this subject to be brought before the courts. Just a blurb in the news today, but very important to our constitutional rights."WASHINGTON - In federal courts and on Capitol Hill, challenges are brewing to a key...

NSA Judge: 'I feel like I'm in Alice and Wonderland'

"Spectators lined up outside the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco starting at noon to guarantee a seat at a much-anticipated legal showdown over the government's secret wiretapping program.Jon_eisenberg The hearing involves two cases: one aimed at AT&T for...

Bush Administration Says Warrantless Eavesdropping Cannot Be Questioned

"The Bush administration said Monday the constitutionality of its warrantless electronic eavesdropping program cannot be challenged. The government is taking that position in seeking the dismissal of federal court...

Analysis: New Law Gives Government Six Months to Turn Internet and Phone Syst...

"A new law expanding the government's spying powers gives the Bush Administration a six-month window to install possibly permanent back doors in the nation's communication networks. The legislation was passed hurriedly by Congress over the weekend and signed into law Sunday...

Analysis: New Law Gives Government Six Months to Turn Internet and Phone Syst...

"Analysis: New Law Gives Government Six Months to Turn Internet and Phone Systems into Permanent Spying Architecture Wired | August 6, 2007 Ryan Singel A new law expanding the government's spying powers gives the...

FBI raids DOJ attorney's home in search for warrantless wiretap information l...

"As Newsweek reports in its August 13 issue, the FBI has used a secret warrant to raid the home of former Justice Department lawyer Thomas M. Tamm, taking three computers and personal files.The government is searching for the individual who leaked information about President...

The Top Secret Document At The Heart Of The Warrantless Wiretap Scandal

"Federal officials claim its contents are so sensitive to national security that it is stored in a bombproof safe in Washington and viewed only by prosecutors with top secret security clearances and a few select federal judges. The Document, described by those who have seen...

Obama Grows a Pair

It's amature hour for the Obama team, all of a sudden he has cojones. A guy who has never even ran a lemonade stand. "Obama promises that, as president, he will do it all -- visit on an unconditional basis with five...

Analysis: Gonzales Testimony Part of Broader Effort to Conceal Surveillance P...

Perhaps a perjury investigation will get to the heart of the obfuscations and explore the extent of Prgram X - a surveillance program the American public was never supposed to know about."Alberto Gonzales' testimony that there was "no serious disagreement" within the Bush...

Court rules in favor of domestic spying program

A sharply divided court in Cincinnati has decided that you can't sue the Federal Government for spying on you because you can never be sure that they are spying on you.  To know such information is a state...

New NSA Whistleblower Speaks

"A former member of U.S. military intelligence has decided to reveal what she knows about warrantless spying on Americans and about the fixing of intelligence in the leadup to the invasion of Iraq."

Poll Shows Security Imbalance In US

"By a large margin, Americans feel the Bush administration has tipped the balance of security against liberty too far towards security, a new UPI/Zogby polls shows. But the public remains closely divided on the...

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