Government Spying

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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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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Privacy vs. Security? Privacy.

Marc Rotenberg | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Government Spying, Government Surveillance, Us Surveillance, Spying, Constitutional Rights, 9-11 Commission, Telephone Companies Surveillance, Security, Privacy, Politics News
Marc Rotenberg

We are being asked to become a weak nation that accepts surveillance without accountability that cannot defend both security and freedom.

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Michael Mukasey: Another Loyal Bushie

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Common Article 3 Geneva Convention, Mukasey Waterboarding, Mukasey Lieberman, Patrick Leahy, Mukasey Gonzales, Michael Mukasey, Dianne Feinstein, Guantanamo, Fisa, Mukasey Torture, Military Commissions Act, Attorney General Mukasey, Mukasey Bush, Habeas Corpus, Government Spying, We Do Not Torture, Geneva Convention, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Guantanamo Torture, Joe Lieberman, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News
Marjorie Cohn

Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee seem so thrilled that Mukasey is not Alberto Gonzales that they're willing to vote for him even though he's another loyal Bushie.

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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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Gov't Travel Records Include Notes On Personal Items, Reading Materials

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 09.22.2007 | Home

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The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining da...

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