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DOJ: Obama immune from litigation for illegal spying
in a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA, EFF's litigation against the National Security Agency for the warrantless wiretapping of countless Americans, the Obama Administration's made two deeply troubling arguments. ... Data-Mining for Terrorists Not 'Feasible,' DHS-Funded Study Finds
Homeland Security report finds datamining isn't feasible for catching "terrorists"."The government should not be building predictive data-mining programs systems that attempt to figure out who among millions is a terrorist, a privacy and terrorism commission funded by...Rights Group Will Sue US Government over Wiretapping
After the US Government granted amnesty to the telecoms that helped it illegally spy on American citizens, the Electronic Frontier Foundation turned its attention to the government itself. What did the government...
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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... 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... 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... 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...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... 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... Warrantless wiretaps unlikely to be OK'd
Senate Democrats, emboldened by Election Day wins that put them in control of Congress as of January, say they would rather wait until next year to look at the issue. "I can't say that we won't do it, but there's no guarantee that we're going spend a lot of time on...Orwell Today
"Then came Hitler, the Spanish Civil War, etc. By the end of 1935 I had still failed to reach a firm decision. The Spanish war and other events in 1936-37 turned the scale and thereafter I knew where I stood. Every line of serious work that I have written..."US House of Representatives approves warrantless wiretap bill - People's Dail...
" The UnitedStates House of Representatives on Thursday night passed a bill that would grant legal status to President GeorgeW.Bush 's warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. The House of Representatives passed the bill with a vote of 232-191. The bill,...House approves warrantless wiretap law (AP)
" WASHINGTON - The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> President Bush 's warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of...Judge nixes warrantless surveillance (AP)
" DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it. U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's...
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