Domestic Spying

Our Neighbors' Keeper: Local Cop Chiefs Want to Create a Nation of Snoops

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.08.2009 | Local


Dave Lindorff

The last thing we need is a bunch of self-appointed citizen snoops calling in to the cops with reports on every neighbor who looks or acts a little bit different.

Jeff Muskus

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


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

Obama's New Counterterrorism Message Is Good, But the Messenger Has Problems

Frank Naif | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

John Brennan's role as a top national security honcho in the Obama administration shows the limitations of Obama's "look to the future, not to the past" mantra.

Setting the Record Straight on Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


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.

Our Government Opposes Internet Filtering -- Maybe Yes, Maybe No

Art Brodsky | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media


Art Brodsky

If the government opposes Internet filtering in Iran and opposes it in China, then it would be nice if our legislators and our government opposed it here, too.

NSA Ill-Suited for Domestic Cybersecurity Role

Frank Naif | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics


Frank Naif

Does the federal government need to be involved in coordinating private sector cybersecurity? Perhaps, but only in a coordinating role.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Defends Americans

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


Craig Newmark

There's more drama around the attempts by the current administration to protect people who might have spied illegally on everyday American citizens.

A Former FBI Agent Joins the ACLU -- and Finds Symmetry in Opposition

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics


Joshuah Bearman

Mike German was a once-politically conservative crack undercover agent who has found a new home at the ACLU, where he uses his insider knowledge to hold his former employer's feet to the fire.

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

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


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.

My Co-Worker is a Terrorist

Jake Brewer | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green


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.

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

AFP | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


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...

Domestic Wiretapping First Hand Account: NSA Listened To Phone Sex

ABC | BRIAN ROSS, VIC WALTER, and ANNA SCHECTER | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


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

New FBI Rules Would Make Domestic Surveillance Even Easier

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


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...

White House Pushes For Expanded Domestic Spying

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics


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...

The NRA's Dirty Tricks

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics


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.

Fighting the Unconstitutional Spying Law

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Charlie Reina | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


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?

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

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


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.

Smile! Bush Wants To Spy On You From The Sky

Newsweek | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


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

Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses

Shahid Buttar | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Washington Post | Spencer Hsu | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics


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

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

Associated Press | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


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

GOP Senator Pushes To Expand Wiretap Powers

Associated Press | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


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 ...