Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

High Court Will Take Up Wiretaps Lawsuit

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court says it will consider shutting down a legal challenge to a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas commu...

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Andrea Stone

Counterterrorism Chief Urges Congress To Renew Surveillance Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The federal government's top official in charge of analyzing intelligence warned Congress Wednesday not to "wait until the last minute" ...

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Court Grants Telecom Companies Freedom To Aid Wiretaps

AP | Posted 02.28.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says a law granting telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the National Security Agenc...

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NYPD Intel Unit Caused Muslim Businesses To Close

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 01.08.2012

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NEW YORK -- Even before it showed up in a secret police report, everybody in Bay Ridge knew that Mousa Ahmad's cafe was being watched. Strangers loit...

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Sen. Mark Udall Questions Federal Surveillance Accountability

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — Like its predecessor, the Obama administration says it cannot count how many people in the U.S. have had their telephone calls and ...

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Najibullah Zazi Had Contact With Senior Al-Qaeda Officers

AP | LOLITA BALDOR and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack in New York after receiving training in Pakistan was in contact with a s...

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PresidenSurveillance went beyond warrantless wiretapping

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantles...

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Intel Court Expected To Okay Bush's Warrantless Wiretapping

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A federal intelligence court, in a rare public opinion, is expected to issue a major ruling validating the power of the president and Congress to wire...

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Where Has the Time Gone?

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Byron Williams

Bush, You had more impact on the country than any other president in my lifetime. One may have to go back to FDR to find a commander in chief that had more influence on the republic.

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Jim Webb: Spy Bill Too Complicated For Some Bloggers

The Seminal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The following exchange took place on the eve of the FISA vote, July 8th, between myself and Virginia Senator James Webb. Josh Nelson: You mentioned ...

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