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I Married a Spy - Chapter One
I met Batman in 1967 after I dropped out of college. It was the Fall Semester after the Summer of Love in San Francisco. The college poetry teacher suggested that everybody drop out and go experience the renaissance. I drove from Los Angeles to my aunt's home in Sacramento.... 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. ... EFF Challenges Constitutionality of Telecom Immunity in Federal Court
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, public interest advocacy org for rights in the digital age, has filed a brief in Federal Court challenging the Constitutionality of the telecom immunity bill. EFF is arguing there is no Constitutional authority for giving authority to... 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...Brazil wiretapping scandal: Did spies tap officials' phones? (Updated)
" Head of Brazil's intelligence agency removed. 2008-09-02 02:42:02 - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's president on Monday suspended the head of the nation's intelligence service amid a scandal over wiretaps on...GET POLITICAL with VIC LIVINGSTON (Opinion) - McCain Strikes Offshore Gold as...
• Barack was right about checking the tires. So why is he springing a leak?• Because he'd rather compromise than stand up and fight. As the presidential race enters the critical...Sweden approves wiretapping law
In one of most far reaching eavesdropping plan and threatening civil liberties plan Swedish parliament has passed this draconian law which will allow government to record all electronic conversation."Sweden's parliament has approved controversial new laws allowing authorities...Supreme Court Skips 4th, Keeps Catch-22
"The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear a case to stop President Bush’s domestic warrantless wiretapping, and let stand a 2-1 Appeals Court ruling that threw out the case on a technicality—a catch-22.x20 The ACLU brought the case on behalf of some journalists,... Wiretapping Made Easy
i read this forbes article about mobile intercepts (e.g. intercepting peoples' mobile phone conversations) and it got me thinking about mobile phone security. i guess i assumed that GSM was secure until i read... 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... Point, Click ... Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
"The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device. ... The surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital... FISA failure demonstrates why we need real progressives in Congress
"I'm still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled Bush to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans' privacy yet--legalizing an illegal program, and making it stronger to boot. Why did this happen? Why did Democrats in both chambers...Bush Signs Law to Widen Reach for Wiretapping
"President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants." They who would give up an essential liberty for safety,...Democrats sell out America thanks to spy bill vote
"What an absolute disgrace this is. Not only did the Democrats almost completely cave in to the Bush junta on this most critical issue they actually gave him more power. Unbelievable. How can any Democrat paint themselves as a logical alternative to the GOP when you have this...George Bush using the Constitution to destroy the Constitution
"In an act of absolutely unmitigated gall, George Bush is using the power granted to the Executive Branch by the Constitution to force Congress to stay in session, that they might pass a law legalizing his warrantless wiretap surveillance program--the same program that...
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