Warrantless Wiretapping

Andrea Stone

Counterterrorism Chief Urges Congress To Renew Surveillance Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: National Counterterrorism Center, Warrantless Wiretapping, Drone Attacks, Intelligence, Video, Counterterrorism, Matthew Olsen, Nctc Matthew Olsen, Secret Courts, Wiretapping, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Nctc, Fisa, Politics News

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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A Brewing Battle Over Warrantless Wiretapping

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Spying, Faa, Fisa, Fisa Amendments Act, George W. Bush, Politics News
Jameel Jaffer

The courts have a role to play in ensuring that government surveillance complies with the Constitution. We'll find out on Tuesday whether the Obama administration is finally willing to let the courts play that role.

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10 Reasons the U.S. Is No Longer the Land of the Free

Jonathan Turley | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Drones Assassinations, War Crimes, 9/11 Civil Liberties, Constitution Patriot Act, Secret Courts, Warrantless Wiretapping, Obama Constitution, Indefinite Detentions, Civil Liverties, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Jonathan Turley

Americans remain confident that any definition of a free nation must include their own -- the land of free. Yet, the laws and practices of the land should shake that confidence.

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Ron Paul Is No Friend to Progressives

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Abortion, Warrantless Wiretapping, Civil Rights, President Barack Obama, Economy, Ron Paul, George W. Bush, Conservatism, Libertarian, Ayn Rand, Foreign Policy, Objectivism, Aumf, Liberalism, Paleoconservatives, Ndaa, Progressivism, Racism, Health Care, Republican Party, Election 2012, Indefinite Detention, Politics News
Bob Cesca

Ron Paul's progressive supporters might not grasp that Paul's libertarianism, while informing some of his seemingly progressive views on foreign policy and the like, carries with it a significant load of horrendous and unacceptable baggage.

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Land of the Free? Citizens to Subjects

Michael Brenner | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Espionage, Wikileaks, Free Speech, Politics News
Michael Brenner

America's reign as the world's bastion of political liberties is over. We no longer conduct ourselves as a people and a polity dedicated to the legally protected rights ensconced in our Constitution.

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Who's Got the Helicopters?

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Waterboarding, Guantanamo Bay, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Iraq, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Dick Cheney, Books News
Glenn C. Altschuler

The Darth Vader of the Bush Administration, Dick Cheney wielded more power -- and was more dismissive of Congressional prerogatives -- than any vice president in American history.

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Where Have All the Wiretap Reports Gone?

Susan Landau | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Oversight, Voip, Encryption, Title III, Wiretapping, Warrantless Wiretapping, Wiretapping Violations, NSA Wiretapping, Wiretapping Laws, Technology News
Susan Landau

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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"Travelling States of Emergency" Unmasked: Did British Colonial Repression Tactics Inspire the American DHS?

Naomi Wolf | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Tsa Screenings, Warrantless Wiretapping, Homeland Security, Politics News
Naomi Wolf

New research suggests that British colonial rule was a laboratory of the very repressive tactics and the same soundbites that we are seeing at home now in the United States. The past is prologue.

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Patriotism Then and Now

Jonathan Richards | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Civil Liberties, Patriot Act, Patriotism, Patriot Act Extension, Politics News
Jonathan Richards

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The Surveillance Memos, and a Suggestion for Jack Goldsmith

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Judge Jay Bybee, Warrantless Wiretapping, Government Secrecy, John Yoo, OLC Memos, Jack Goldsmith, Surveillance, Aclu, Patrick Philbin, Politics News
Jameel Jaffer

Last week, almost five years after we filed our request under the Freedom of Information Act request, we managed to obtain two Bush administration legal memos about government surveillance.

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Obama Is Becoming the Most Anti-Privacy President Ever

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Friendly Fascism, First Amendment Rights, Warrantless Wiretapping, Obama, Privacy, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Bob Jacobson

In an apparent application of PATRIOT Act principles, the FBI is seeking the unimpeded right to request Internet records without public notice of any type, and ironically, without it being required to keep a record of the FBI's request.

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Federal Eavesdropping Program to Take Over Arizona Immigration, Nation Relieved

Chris Michael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bush Administration, Eavesdropping, Doj, Arizona Immigration, George W. Bush, Obama Doj, sb1070, Obama Administration, Mexico, Bush Doj, Department of Justice, Spying, Chris Michael, Domestic Spying, Comedy News
Chris Michael

WASHINGTON--Arizona's controversial new immigration bill has come under serious fire this past week by requiring state law enforcement officials to st...

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Shadow Elite: Warrantless Wiretap Case & Obama: Abuse of Executive Power?

Janine R. Wedel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Signing Statements, Recess Appointments, George W. Bush, 9/11, Executive Power, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Janine R. Wedel

Last week's ruling that the warrantless wiretapping from the post 9-11 era is illegal was not just a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration. It also slammed the current administration.

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NYT: Obama Must End Warrantless Wiretapping, Drop 'Ludicrous' National Security Claims

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Fisa, Barack Obama, National Security, Terrorism, Civil Rights, Warrantless Wiretapping, Warrantless Surveillance, Politics News

For more than 20 years, it was settled law, born of bitter experience, that the government may not eavesdrop on people in the United States without a ...

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Court Ruling Highlights Need for New State Secrets Law

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Warrantless Wiretapping, Jeppesen Dataplan, Judge Vaughn Walker, State Secrets, Obama Doj, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Al-Haramain-Islamic-Foundation, Cia, State Secrets Privilege, National Security, Law and Security, National Security Agency, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Daphne Eviatar

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the NSA's warrantless wiretapping of an Islamic charity and its lawyers during the Bush administration had violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

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Gang of Eight Members Want a Bigger Gang

Michelle Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Secrecy, Warrantless Wiretapping, Jay Rockefeller, Congress, Silvestre Reyes, Jane Harman, Gang of Eight, Fisa, Torture, Politics News
Michelle Richardson

President Obama is threatening to veto a bill that would check the president's authority to single-only inform a small coterie of Congressmen about important intelligence activities.

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FBI And Cell Phones: Court To Decide If Feds Needs Warrant For Phone Tracking Records

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wireless Carriers, Phone Tracking Records, Courts, Federal Government, Warrantless Wiretapping, Fbi, Warrantless Surveillance, Cell Phones, Politics News

The Justice Department is poised this week to publicly defend a little known law enforcement practice that critics say may be the "sleeper" privacy is...

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Junior G-Man James O'Keefe. Is He Stupid? Or Evil? Both!

Kara Vallow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, White House, Karl Rove, Watergate, Crime, Richard Nixon, Acorn, James O'keefe, G. Gordon Liddy Watergate, G. Gordon Liddy, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Mary Landrieu, Barack Obama, David Vitter, Politics News
Kara Vallow

I'm delighted to see that the feral children of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove are at it again - and that this time their antics may land them in the Fed...

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Patriot Act: Congress Shouldn't Rush to Judgment (Again)

Sen. Ron Wyden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Ron Wyden, Bush Administration Torture, Obama National Security, National Security, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Sen. Ron Wyden

Striking a balance between protecting Americans' security and protecting American rights and freedoms is not always easy, but members of Congress have an obligation to try -- as well as a new opportunity.

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Cheney: A Tortured Soul

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libby, Cheney, Valerie Plame, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bush Administration, National Security, Spiro Agnew, Wiretap, Guantanamo, Constitution, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Lance Simmens

Mr. Vice-President, you and your President had eight full years to chart a direction for this nation. That direction was soundly rejected by the voters in the most recent national election.

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Jeff Muskus

GOP Targets Dodd For Trying To Repeal Immunity For Telecoms In Wiretapping Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Cornyn, Civil Liberties, FISA Amendments, Warrantless Wiretapping, Telecom Immunity, Chris Dodd, Domestic Spying, Chris Dodd Wiretapping, Politics News

The Senate GOP fundraising arm is soliciting donations by vowing to defeat Democrats who want to repeal the retroactive immunity granted last year to ...

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Obama To Set Higher Bar For Keeping State Secrets

washingtonpost.com | Carrie Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, State Secrets Privilege, National Security, State Secrets, Obama State Secrets, Department of Justice, Holder Bush State Secrets, Obama National Security, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Rendition, Bush State Secrets, Politics News

The Obama administration will announce a new policy Wednesday making it much more difficult for the government to claim that it is protecting state se...

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An Example to All the World

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Assassination, Bush Administration Torture, Democracy, Death Threats, Warrantless Surveillance, Pakistan, Torture, World News
Andrew Kimbrell

I entered my cab and began a conversation with my driver, a middle aged man of my vintage who informed me he was of Pakistani descent.

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Setting the Record Straight on Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, NSA Wiretapping, Michael Hayden, Nsa, Warrantless Surveillance, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Sen. Dianne Feinstein

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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Jason Linkins

Bush Sent Gonzales To The Hospital (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Metaphors, George W. Bush, Music, China, Video, Huma Abedin, Howard Wolfson, John Ashcroft, Anthony Weiner, Marcy Wheeler, Alberto Gonzales, Eat the Press, Politics News

Man, you turn Marcy Wheeler loose on an IG report, and her eye just seeks heat. Today, Wheeler's getting praise for catching this detail in the uncla...

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