Domestic Spying

Fighting the Unconstitutional Spying Law

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Fisa, Aclu, FISA Bill, Warrantless Spying, Spying, Fourth Amendment, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

The FISA bill goes further to extend the power of the executive to collect our communications than the president's original secret spying program. The Fourth Amendment was essentially eviscerated.

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

Charlie Reina | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, FISA Bill, Bush Fisa, Spying, Fisa, NSA Wiretapping, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Charlie Reina

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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The Spying Started Before September 11 -- That's The Whole Point

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Wiretapping, George Bush, Spying, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Despite what the LA Times said on Saturday, spying actually started a few weeks after Bush took office -- at a time when the administration was ignoring the terrorist threat.

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Smile! Bush Wants To Spy On You From The Sky

Newsweek | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Satellites, Bush Spying Program, Surveillance, Bush Administration Spy Satellites, Surveillance Cameras, Bush, Domestic Spying, Politics News

A Bush administration program to expand domestic use of Pentagon spy satellites has aroused new concerns in Congress about possible civil-liberties ab...

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Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses

Shahid Buttar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Journalists, Secrecy, Transparency, Corporate Welfare, Municipal Wireless, First Amendment, National Security, Rule of Law, Oversight, Fisa, Surveillance, Watergate, Executive Power, Privacy, Domestic Spying, NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program, Bear Stearns, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Controversial government programs are theoretically restrained by checks and balances, but neither Congress nor the courts have a way to check a secret program.

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Administration Set To Use New Spy Program In U.S.

Washington Post | Spencer Hsu | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spy Satellite, US Spy Satellite, Bush Administration Domestic Spying, Bush Administration Spy Satellites, Domestic Spying, US Satellite, Politics News

The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing ch...

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Mea Culpa, or, I Believe I May Have Misspoken

Robert Davey | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Protect America Act, Government Spying, Lisa Graves, Warrantless Wiretapping, Warrantless Surveillance, Glenn Greenwald, Surveillance, Warrantless Spying, Spying, Fisa, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Robert Davey

I think I have to eat my own words, because it looks as if I did misread the Protect America Act. But in my defense I must say that the law is very confusing.

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Rock Against Telecom Immunity!

Max and the Marginalized | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Immunity, Fisa, Bush, Domestic Spying, Max and the Marginalized, Telecoms, Politics News
Max and the Marginalized

A song for the telecom companies that broke the law and complied with the administration's domestic spying program to play while they put you on hold.

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Bush's Terror Card Backfires on Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Surveillance, Spying, Fisa, Domestic Wiretapping, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Wiretapping, Telecommunications, Telecoms, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Ari Melber

Will we maintain accountability, oversight and the rule of law while aggressively pursuing terrorists, or will we allow incumbent politicians to trade away our rights to increase their own power?

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House Dems Near Surrender on Bush Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Telecoms Immunity, Warrantless Wiretapping, Congressional Democrats, Democratic Congress, Congress, Warrantless Surveillance, Congressional Oversight, Warrantless Spying, Retroactive Immunity, Spying, Democratic Party, Telecom Immunity, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Ari Melber

Tuesday's Washington Post reports that House Democrats are close to granting all of President Bush's demands for more domestic spying powers and telecommunications amnesty, in exchange for, well, nothing.

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The Los Angeles Times Retreats from the Rule of Law

John Seery | Posted 12.22.2007 | Media

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Spying, Fisa, Warantless Eavesdropping, Telecoms, Domestic Spying, Media News
John Seery

Perhaps the L.A. Times editors should reacquaint themselves with the plain language of Fourth Amendment.

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Open Minds

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Telecoms Immunity, Warrantless Wiretapping, Warantless Surveillance, Dianne Feinstein, Spying, Fisa, Telecoms, Liability Relief, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

How can any legislative branch make laws then grant immunity from breaking laws on the grounds of national security? After all, what is "national security" if not law enforcement?

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In a Burning Building, Searching for Dissent

Evan Frisch | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Government Spying, Warrantless Spying, Political Satire, Spying, Falafel Squad, Firefighters, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Evan Frisch

Firefighters are now being told to add to their duties the constant search for signs of "hate or discontent with the United States." To the Bush administration, this initiative is an attempt to evade pesky restrictions imposed on law enforcement.

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Stopping the Blank Check on Warrantless Spying

Rep. Rush Holt | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Government Surveillance, FISA House Dems, RESTORE Act, FISA Bill, National Intelligence, FISA Legislation, Warrantless Surveillance, FISA Renewal, FISA Reform, FISA House, Fisa, FISA Senate, Fourth Amendment, Intelligence Gathering, Fisa Law, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Rep. Rush Holt

When officials must establish before a court that they have reason to intercept communications, we get better intelligence than through indiscriminate collection and fishing expeditions.

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The Dangers of Wearing Bourgeois Class On Our Sleeve

David Sirota | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Netroots, Blogosphere Class, Dodd Telecom, Thomas Friedman, Blogosphere Demographic, Chris Dodd, Netroots Demographic, Telecom, Domestic Spying, Politics News
David Sirota

The netroots is really going to have to figure out how to meld its bourgeois focus with the kitchen-table concerns of everyday, non-political-junkie Americans.

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Fmr Bush Lawyer: "I Could Not Find Legal Support" For Parts Of Spying Program

Associated Press | PAMELA HESS | Posted 10.02.2007 | Home

Read More: Government Spying, Spying, Domestic Spying, Bush Spying Program, Home News

A former top lawyer for the Bush administration on Tuesday said that parts of the President Bush's much-criticized eavesdropping program were illegal....

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How the Democrats Are Being Stampeded on FISA

Art Levine | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Fisa, Aclu, Warantless Eavesdropping, Democrats, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Art Levine

Here's the latest news from an ACLU spokesperson about the fast-moving political developments that threaten your civil liberties, with a FISA bill that allows virtually unlimited warrantless wiretapping.

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10 Days Left to Stop the Dems from Caving on FISA

Art Levine | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Eavesdropping, Aclu, Democrats, Warantless, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Art Levine

Citizens need to make their voices heard as soon as possible to derail a permanent FISA "fix" that could be worse than the six-month temporary legislation passed in August.

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GOP Senator Pushes To Expand Wiretap Powers

Associated Press | PAMELA HESS | Posted 09.10.2007 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Mitch McConnell, Kit Bond, Domestic Spying, Wiretaps, Home News

Bond, along with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., sponsored the bill enacted last month. It was largely drawn from an 11-page proposal pushed by the Bush ...

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