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NEA "Scandal": Secretly Taped Conversation Appears to Have Violated State Laws

Lisa Derrick | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nea, Eavesdropping, National Endowment for the Arts, United We Serve, Patrick Courrielche, Wiretapping, Politics News
Lisa Derrick

Courrielche has not been been forthcoming about how he came to have the recorded conversations, which may be a way of invoking his right to self-protection, since recording that call was illegal in several states.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 3, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Obama g20, Spain War Crimes, Pundits, Obama Inauguration, John Yoo, John Yoo Memo, John Yoo Torture, Predictions, Chip Reid, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Drudge Report, Unitary Executive, Politics News

It's Friday, and I'm feeling generous and mercurial, so here's a fun and shameless plug! Los Angelenos in the house? This Saturday, enjoy the dynami...

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Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Eavesdropping, Detention, Tammy Baldwin, Truth Commission, Cheney, Surveillance, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, William Delahunt, Jerrold Nadler, Bush, Dick Cheney, Conyers, Intelligence, Kidnapping, Rick Boucher, Hank Johnson, Janice Schakowsky, Report, Enhanced Interrogation, War Powers, John Conyers, Judiciary Committee, Steve Cohen, Valerie Plame Wilson, House, Interrogation, Warrantless Wiretapping, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Imperial Presidency, Rendition, Prisoner, Sheila Jackson Lee, Luis Gutierrez, Bobby Scott, Blue Ribbon Commission, Bush Administration, Chris Weigant, War Powers Commission, Co-Sponsor, Wiretapping, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, hr104, Representative, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

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

AFP | Posted 11.14.2008 | 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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Bush Says Congress Putting US in Danger

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Spying Standoff, Eavesdropping, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — With a government eavesdropping law about to expire, Washington is awash in accusations over who's to blame. President Bush said Fr...

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Bush Admin Plan To Broaden Wiretapping Powers Gains Victory In Senate

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Government Surveillance, National Security Agency, Eavesdropping, Nsa, Warantless Eavesdropping, Wiretappin Program, Wiretapping, Politics News

A White House plan to broaden the National Security Agency's wiretapping powers won a key procedural victory in the Senate on Thursday, as backers def...

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New Advertising Start-Up Spies On Your Calls

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Eavesdropping, Spyware, Puddingmedia, Business News

A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying a...

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