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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...

Finally, Whistleblowers Report from the Inside on the NSA Program

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


Shayana Kadidal

Finally, thanks to Brian Ross and surveillance expert Jim Bamford we have a report from the inside on what the NSA was eavesdropping on. And the facts are almost as bad as we expected.

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...

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?

We Need to Know the Truth About the NSA Spy Program

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Sen. Barbara Boxer

The Bush administration trampled on the Constitution, and we are not doing anything in the FISA bill to provide real accountability. If we vote for this legislation, we are perpetuating a cover-up.

Google Recruited By CIA For Spy Work

London Times | Jonathan Richards | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home


Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects. Agencies such as ...

White House Backtracks On Lost Intelligence Claims

LA Times | Josh Meyer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A day after warning that potentially critical terrorism intelligence was being lost because Congress had not finished work on a controversial espionag...

Bush Admin Plan To Broaden Wiretapping Powers Gains Victory In Senate

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


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...

NSA Wiring Telecoms For More Domestic Spying

New York Times | Eric Lichtblau, James Risen and Scott Shane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


For months, the Bush administration has waged a high-profile campaign, including personal lobbying by President Bush and closed-door briefings by top ...

Ex-CEO: Spy Agency Sought Phone Company Help Months Before 9/11

The New York Times | Scott Shane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The phone company Qwest Communications refused a proposal from the National Security Agency that the company's lawyers considered illegal in February ...

Former CEO Says NSA Punished Phone Firm

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima and Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew a $100 mil...

NSA Retaliated Against Qwest Communications For Refusing To Participate In Phone Spying Program

Rocky Mountain News | Sara Burnett And Jeff Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying p...

NSA Schools Reporters On Damage Of Leaks

New York Sun | Josh Gerstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Frustrated by press leaks about its most sensitive electronic surveillance work, the secretive National Security Agency convened an unprecedented seri...

NSA Held Media "Seminars" To Discourage Reporting On Spy Program

New York Sun | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Frustrated by press leaks about its most sensitive electronic surveillance work, the secretive National Security Agency convened an unprecedented seri...