Nsa Wiretapping

Where Have All the Wiretap Reports Gone?

Susan Landau | Posted 10.26.2011

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Providing data in the Wiretap Report is not simply compliance with 40-year-old legislation. That information is what allows us to understand what's true about this highly intrusive and secretive investigative technique and what's not.

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TSA: True Safety Averted

Michael Bendetson | Posted 05.25.2011

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All the American people are asking for is discussion based on empirical evidence, not the ideology of fear. Instead, we've been ignored in favor of high-powered lobbyists.

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NYR: Who's In Big Brother's Database?

The New York Review of Books | James Bamford | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Bamford The New York Review of Books From the forthcoming November 5th issue The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security A...

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Setting the Record Straight on Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Strong intelligence tools are necessary to keep us secure. But those tools must be transparent to Congress, subject to legal review from the Executive Branch, and fully consistent with the law.

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Harman "Disappointed" By NSA Wiretapping She Voted To Allow

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Sunday, CQ reported that the NSA had wiretapped Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), listening in on a call in which she apparently offered a quid pro quo to a...

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NSA Wiretapping: Justice Department Reining It In

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports tha...

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Senate Panel To Investigate NSA Wiretapping Violations

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports tha...

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Did NSA Illegally Wiretap A Scholar? Congressional Panel Wants To Know

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A Congressional oversight panel plans to ask the National Security Agency to start an investigation into new evidence that the agency il...

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FISA: Got Questions, Will (Help) Pay For Answers

Charlie Reina | Posted 05.25.2011

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We need to know why the president was so hot to do the tele-spying the way they did. Why go outside FISA? Why circumvent a law that already allowed them to tap all they wanted, effectively without restraint?

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We Need to Know the Truth About the NSA Spy Program

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Bush administration trampled on the Constitution, and we are not doing anything in the FISA bill to provide real accountability. If we vote for this legislation, we are perpetuating a cover-up.

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Telecoms And Bush Team Up For Another Drive For Wiretapping Immunity

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether telecommunication utilities should have legal immunity for having helped the National Security Agency conduct eavesdropping without warrants e...

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Bush: Give Telecom Firms Immunity For Wiretapping

Associated Press | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush said Wednesday that he will not sign a new eavesdropping bill if it does not grant retroactive immunity to U.S. telecommunications comp...

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