Domestic Spying

After the (Grand Old) Party: Don't Go Home Just Yet

Shahid Buttar | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Obama Election Day, Grassroots, Obama Presidency, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Obama Transition, Executive Power, Barack Obama, Culture Wars, Pakistan, Christopher Shays, Marriage Equality, Change, Robert Gates, John Kerry, Electoral System, Gop, Community Organizing, Newt Gingrich, Domestic Spying, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama White House, Obama Priorities, Obama Issues, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

If the crowds celebrating Obama's victory go home in 2009, his Administration will achieve disappointing results. The President-Elect will confront a variety of national and global crises.

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My Co-Worker is a Terrorist

Jake Brewer | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Aclu, Maryland State Police, Energy Action Coalition, Domestic Surveillance, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Powervote, Domestic Terrorism, Green Energy, Maryland, Domestic Spying, Green News
Jake Brewer

My co-worker, Josh's, most terrorizing activities? Helping pass landmark legislation like the Maryland Healthy Air Act and the Clean Car Bill.

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White House: Spying Misconduct, Which Included Eavesdropping On Phone Sex, Must Be Investigated

AFP | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Eavesdropping, Dana Perino, Domestic Spying, Wiretapping, Politics News

The White House spokesperson Dana Perino said today that she couldn't speak to the accuracy of an ABC news report that came out last week citing misco...

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Domestic Wiretapping First Hand Account: NSA Listened To Phone Sex

ABC | BRIAN ROSS, VIC WALTER, and ANNA SCHECTER | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Civil Liberties, Domestic Wiretapping, Sex, Phone Sex, Wiretapping, Fbi, Domestic Spying, FBI Surveillance, Politics News

Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropp...

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Sam Brownback Doesn't Like... Title Of Constitutional Hearing

Bob Geiger | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Domestic Spying, Sam Brownback, Politics News
Bob Geiger

Amazingly, that objection in yesterday's Senate hearing was based on Brownback's utter shock that anyone would think the Bush-Cheney crew has done anything to break the law in the last seven years.

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New FBI Rules Would Make Domestic Surveillance Even Easier

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Wiretapping, Fbi, Justice Department, Justice Department Spying, Domestic Spying, Politics News

The Justice Department will unveil changes to FBI ground rules today that would put much more power into the hands of line agents pursuing leads on na...

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White House Pushes For Expanded Domestic Spying

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson | Posted 08.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spying, Justice Department, Domestic Surveillance, Domestic Spying, Politics News

The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about A...

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Mary McFate--She's the NRA

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mcfate, Domestic Spying, Politics News, National Rifle Association, Mother Jones Magazine, Corporate Espionage, Sapone, Mary Lou Sapone, Mother Jones, Gun Control, Nra, Espionage, Gun Violence, Mary McFate, Guns, Mary Sapone, Spying, Politics News
Josh Sugarmann

Intermittently for the past 25 years, the NRA has run a series of ads under the headline "I'm the NRA." Included are celebrities (like Washington Red...

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The NRA's Dirty Tricks

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corporate Espionage, Gun Violence, Mother Jones Magazine, National Rifle Association, Mary Lou Sapone, Mother Jones, Gun Control, Mary McFate, Spying, Nra, Espionage, Guns, Domestic Spying, Mcfate, Sapone, Mary Sapone, Politics News
Paul Helmke

When the National Rifle Association asks its members for their next contribution, they might want to disclose how much of that money will be spent to spy on gun violence victims and their families.

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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

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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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